STUDENT’S WAGER.
LONG WALK ACCOMPLISHED. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, March 13. Winning about £3OO in wagers by his feat, John Alastair Timpson, a secondyear undergraduate, trotted on blistered feet to the front gate of Trinity College, Cambridge, shook hands with the head porter in fulfilment of a bet that he would walk the 106 miles from Cambridge to St. Paul’s, London, and back in 24 hours. He won with a margin of 58 minutes.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 131, 16 March 1936, Page 6
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74STUDENT’S WAGER. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 131, 16 March 1936, Page 6
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