KERAN, THE SWIMMER.
BEATEN POR THE MILE - • 'CHAMPIONSHIP. ./■"..,. By- Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. London - , July 2. Ik the mile swimming championship at Highgat'e Ponds Keran, the Australian'champion, led for half . the, distance, and then Billington overhauled him, and eventually won by fifty yards from Reran. The win-, ner's time was 24m. 425. There were 70,000 people present. , / ■ The time for the race is a record. The previous record was 24m. 56 3-55., made by •Billington, at Leicester, in 1903. . In January last Keran swam the mile in Sydney in 24m. 425. If that performance was accepted as a record, Billington has tied with it. ; • .■■'■■■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 5
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102KERAN, THE SWIMMER. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 5
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