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Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVI, Issue 51, 7 December 1909, Page 6

From 7 o'clock on Thursday morning Novomber 18, until half-past ten on Saturday evening, November 20, a young man kept rolling round the Albert Park Skating Rink, Melbourne. His aim was to beat his own endurance record of 62| hours at Geelong. W. Echard, the young man referred to, is not alone in his ambition. P. Freeman skated for 62J hours ftf, Newcastle, and J. Kayo put in a monotonous 62 hours at Orange, New South Wales. Echard on the Saturday glided on into what is claimed to bo a world's record of 63$ hours, thus beating his previous best performance of 62J hours by threequarters of an hour. He covered 524 miles, or at the xate of eight miles an hour. Echard is 24 years of age, of slight build, and weighs lQst. 41b,