THE LATE SPORS.
TO TIIK KDITOK OF TIIK TI.UAIIU IIKKAXD. MX, -Iv your issue of yesterday, your >eporter lias made a mistake, ;i mistake that several people on the ground endeavoured to prove to him, iv vain, viz : — The two mile race be says was run one lip short, which is a quarter ol a mile. It lh.it was correct it vv.riiid make my tiutt at the very least 12miii "ivti-'ec-i, vbich any one knowing my running qualities, would know Was not ' orrect. The Judge, the Starter, and the Suoetary with several other gentlKiiiuu did your reporter that he was wrong, "lit ir, seems . liai lie considers that iv sp t • f i-veryo.u-'.---opinion, he, and lie alone, must i>c ngti>. liy ;ii.-erling tl.i.s iv your va.uioie paper, you would oolite. 1 am .to, W. Macfaklank, Winner of the two mile r.,ce. Saltwater Creek. Noveiu ier 14. IS7--[We do nut question our uu ivs wude.i .'a •• running q,..t i^.ea." hut we do question In, ass rtioii vi it our reporter \vm iv error as lo the liUuiber of laps run. Kd. T.JJ.']
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Timaru Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 816, 15 November 1872, Page 3
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181THE LATE SPORS. Timaru Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 816, 15 November 1872, Page 3
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