This picture shows some of the swimmers being covered with a thick coating of grease in preparation for the fourth Wrigley Marathon swim at Toronto, Canada, on August 31. The winner, Edward Keating, of New York, collected a nice little cheque of £5,000 for the 15-mile endurance test in the icy Lake Ontario water. A week before, Martha Norelius, famous Olympic star, won the women’s 10-mile swim and a first prize of £2,000.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 793, 14 October 1929, Page 6
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73This picture shows some of the swimmers being covered with a thick coating of grease in preparation for the fourth Wrigley Marathon swim at Toronto, Canada, on August 31. The winner, Edward Keating, of New York, collected a nice little cheque of £5,000 for the 15-mile endurance test in the icy Lake Ontario water. A week before, Martha Norelius, famous Olympic star, won the women’s 10-mile swim and a first prize of £2,000. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 793, 14 October 1929, Page 6
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