WHEELBARROW RACE
FOOTRALLER’S FAST TIME.
(Per Press Association).
AUCKLAND, July 26,
Thirteen competitors faced the starter in the “Wheelbarrow Derby,” which started this morning from Onehunga to Auckland. There was a compulsory stop at Newmarket, and the race ended at a Queen Street theatre this afternoon.
Lou ,Brown, a well-known League footballer, upset the promoters’ calculations by covering the six miles to Newmarket in one hour exactly. He jog-trotted nearly all the way.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 243, 27 July 1935, Page 2
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