ATHLETIC.
THE SCOTT-BOWEN WALKING MATCHES." • [PiSIl UNITE)} PItESjS ASSOOIATION.I ,Dunedin, August (3. The final of the throe matches t)et-veei} F, Bowen and Joe Sooiit was commenced at tlje (Jarrison Ifall to-night, when the two men were despatched on $be 24 hours' journey. Bowen won the 50 miles and Scott the 12 hours, and the winner of the present, event will f.abp £1)0 £lOt) a side deposited. Tljo track is laid oljf so as to give 22 laps to the mile. Both men started punctually at 10 o'clock, and at the end of the first hour each had covered C miles 19 laps. At midnight the tally was — Scott/10 miles 19' laps; Bowen.'lO' miles 3 4 laps. August 9. Shortly after midnight, when Scott had traversed 13 miles 1G laps, Bowen gave up owing to illhuiilth.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11608, 10 August 1892, Page 2
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135ATHLETIC. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11608, 10 August 1892, Page 2
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