PEDESTRIAN CONTEST.
(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Dunedin, Wednesday. The 24 hours' walking match between Captain Cotton, of Christchurch, and Joe Scott,
came to a conclusion at twenty minutes past nine this evening. Scott at two o'clock was within two miles of Cotton, and contented himself for some hours with walking at Cotton's heels. When they retired for tea there was about a mile and three quarters between them. When they returned Scott settled down to reduce the distance, and at ten minutes past nine he had caught the original start of ten miles given to Cotton, and passed him amid applause. Cotton continued walking for another ten minutes, when his record was 109 miles 7 laps, Scott's being at that time 4 laps ahead. Cotton then left the track, and mounting the platform, said he would continue if the spectators wished, but he was beaten. He had walked through the match, though utterly unfit, because he had determined not to leave Dunedin without giving satisfaction. Anything crooked about the match had not-been byliim. He thanked them for the cordial sympathy shown him during the walk, and said that 'if he had been in Christchurch he could not have been treated more kindly.
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 204, 1 September 1887, Page 3
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