M's.P. IN RACE.
-—. rtto —.—• CARRYING ARMY KIT. LONDON, Aug. 27. The holiday dullness of the political world has been relieved by a novel walking match between a Liberal M.P., Mr Frank Gray, and a Conservative M.P., Captain C. Ainsworth. They arranged to walk 23 miles, from Banbury Cross to Oxford, carrying full army kit and rifle, 901 b. weight. The early morning start was witnessed by hundreds. Tho challenger, Mr Gray, is 16 year? the younger of tho two. He took tho lead, and covered four miles in 58 minutes. Halfway Captain Ainsworth led by 25 yards, but a mile and half from Oxford he was forced to retire with cramp. Mr Gray also collapsed three miles from Oxford, but resuming finished in six hours. 1 He fell in a dead faint at the winning post.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 806, 8 September 1923, Page 11
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