"Evening Post" Photo. ■I V Wellington's Centennial mile, run in the rain on Saturday at the Basin Reserve, was an extiting event, and brought together the five best milers in the Dominion. In the top picture V. P. Boot, British Empire and New Zealand half-mile champion and record holder, is seen winning from Wade and Matthews. Below, the start of the race. From the left, C. H. Matthews (Canterbury), S. J. Wade (Auckland), C. Dickie (Wellington), W. A. C. Pullar (Masterton), and V. P. Boot (Wellington), partly obscured.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 36, 12 February 1940, Page 5
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88"Evening Post" Photo. ■I V Wellington's Centennial mile, run in the rain on Saturday at the Basin Reserve, was an extiting event, and brought together the five best milers in the Dominion. In the top picture V. P. Boot, British Empire and New Zealand half-mile champion and record holder, is seen winning from Wade and Matthews. Below, the start of the race. From the left, C. H. Matthews (Canterbury), S. J. Wade (Auckland), C. Dickie (Wellington), W. A. C. Pullar (Masterton), and V. P. Boot (Wellington), partly obscured. Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 36, 12 February 1940, Page 5
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