SWIMMING MARATHON.
(Australian Press Association.) Received August 22 9.55 a.m. VANCOUVER, Aug. 21.
A message from Toronto states that tlie Antipodes will be represented among over 400 world aspiring champions in the third Wrigley swimming marathon on Lake Ontario on September 5. Forty nationalities and one hundred trades and professions are represented among the entrants for the event.
Sixty women have entered for the ten mile swim on August 29, the first five earning the right to compete in the fifteen mile marathon.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 226, 22 August 1928, Page 2
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83SWIMMING MARATHON. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 226, 22 August 1928, Page 2
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