ATHLETICS.
Received July 28,'8.35 a.m. LONDON, July 27. In a match over a distance of 130 yards on the grass at Manchester, for £2OO a-side, and Rufe Taylor's purse of £125, A. B. Postle (the Australian professional champion) beat Growcott (the English champion) by a foot in record time, neaily four yards inside 13 seconds. Davis (Wales) beat Todd iAustralia) in a half-mile race for £l2O.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9154, 29 July 1908, Page 5
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