PEDESTRIANS IN THE STADIUM
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS’ CONTEST. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, September 13. Forty-two competitors, including A. E. M. Rowlands, started a twenty-four hours’ walk at the Stadium. T. E. Hammond beat all records after fifty miles—including - the one hundred miles in 18hr 4min lOsec—and finally covered 131 miles 586yds. Horton was second, doing 121 miles, and Wakefield covered 318 miles. Rowlands retired after fifteen hours’ walking.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6625, 15 September 1908, Page 5
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