TO AFRICA IN A FORTNIGHT.
A well-known mas tor of staghounds has wagered the sum of £20,000 to £5 tc two members of a London clvi) "that they or either of them does not roach Capetown within a period of fourteen days." The fastest boats from England to' CaiKitown takes seventeen days. The two me"n may use any means of locomotion they please other than train. If they accept tho bet they hadto start on or bef ore, an agreed date in March. The only methods of covering the distance in the allotted time are by accelerating the ordinary speed of one of the South African mailboats, or travelling part of the route by aeroplane. Both these suggestions are being discused by the parties concerned.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13456, 30 April 1914, Page 2
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125TO AFRICA IN A FORTNIGHT. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13456, 30 April 1914, Page 2
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