A few hours were spent in Brisbane by the famous German runner, Dr. Otto Peltzer, when on his way south. He appeared on the Exhibition Ground, and expressed surprise that the track was not a cinder one. “ Oh, I couldn't run good time on that,” he said. He was informed that it was the fastest track in Australia. Dr. Peltzer, says a Brisbane paper, has the real Teutonic fairness, and looks every inch the athlete that he is. He must be 6ft 2in high, and is slim, but not excessively thin. One need not watch him run to be convinced that he is a runner. -King Arnold, photo.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3958, 21 January 1930, Page 43
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108A few hours were spent in Brisbane by the famous German runner, Dr. Otto Peltzer, when on his way south. He appeared on the Exhibition Ground, and expressed surprise that the track was not a cinder one. “ Oh, I couldn't run good time on that,” he said. He was informed that it was the fastest track in Australia. Dr. Peltzer, says a Brisbane paper, has the real Teutonic fairness, and looks every inch the athlete that he is. He must be 6ft 2in high, and is slim, but not excessively thin. One need not watch him run to be convinced that he is a runner. -King Arnold, photo. Otago Witness, Issue 3958, 21 January 1930, Page 43
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