A WALKING RECORD
I* ■> Tsl »srapla l —Press Association—Copyright LONDON. May 21. Schofield walked 25 miles at Hern© Hill in 3 ’ ours 37 minutes 7 seconds—a world’s rec-.-rd. _ Tho world’s professional record stands at 3 hours 35 minutes 14 seconds, put up by W. Pranks in England on August 23th, 1882. The best amateur record was that standing to the credit ‘of «T. Bullcr, who at tho Put•nev Velodrome, London, in 1905» walked 25 D-iies in 3 hours 40 minutes 20 seconds.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7447, 23 May 1911, Page 1
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82A WALKING RECORD New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7447, 23 May 1911, Page 1
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