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DAKOTA BOBBOBS UPrivti.SERENELY.: i I it*mSays He Is Swinging a l.itlle Cirde on a Wager—On MisWay to Mexico.tiI ll IIImHAS TWICE CIRCLED THE GLOBE.;7 ; Icharacter, ^ • •i-lt;1H[itIfI.ny-thS-jno-4 Dakota Bub.’’ a iim«|it« globe trotter who doesn't ln.it, mad* his appearance upon the streets I'lidav and prun*eil(Hj to lay himself out fur all the “rubbering” coming Ids way. T in- . Ci Men Gate Athletic Club of Cortland, Oregon, wagers tin* Knickerbock* r | Athletic Club of New York, that (Bob will cover a designated circuitous : route from Washington l. I*., to tin City of Mexico, and return, a distance estimated at (i,(iOO miles in one year s time: he is to start with im money, return with no money, walk every step of the way, neither beg, borrow nor steal.Bobby left Washington Sept. carrying a message from President Uoose-velt to exchange for one from President Diaz, which he will bring balt; k in e\ i dence of his prowess and exhibit to President Tuft, this before the l.'ith of Sept. *09.Dakota Bob’s specialties for which h« depends for coin to exchange for bread are cutting paper in fanciful doigns. grotesque forms and in impersonal ionite was the drawing card at tin (jytai Theater several nights recently and will | ‘ la* there this evening. j »*He claims to hold a diamond medal from the New York Journal as champion long distane^walker of the world, and says he has a road record of 7-Y0UU miles. j rHe was with General Nelson V. j 1 Mih s ten years and has gom* against * Intlians and big game in tin* W * .-t. 1 i«has crossed icy gorges, wtim swollen streams, hit the ilope nip* in *l risco dipped blithely along tin: gnat white way, carries on his posterior acatom\ the imprint of a mule sin e for g-*oii luck put there by a lop-ear* lt;1 Ivt aim k\ animal. He delics the diamond back.' of the everglades and will u.Pr tin arena at a bull tight in Mexi« lt;.His itinerary takes him from Daytona south as far as Palm Beach back t«. Titusville, the .ce across to Tampa, thence around the Gulf of Mexico, taking in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas in succession.He is diked out in a long yellow garment which answers as cravam tte ov« r-coat and duster, has sombrero and leg-gins to match, is loaded with m« dals, wears on his left side a U. S. thig andcarries a utility haversack in whi» h he carries a little of everything bongi. flowing locks give him a patriarchal}, appearance.He is completely captivated with Daytona and environs and like **A No. 1,” wants to establish southern headquarter* here. He never aryamed j in his moat fanciful vision* of anything •--“ with berjjeauty. J
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Daytona Beach Daily News
Daytona Beach, Florida, US
Tue, Dec 01, 1908
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