ATHLETICS.
IVIARATHON RACING
America is sure; Marathon mad, says a New York, writer. Throughout the length and breadth of the country distance racing has captured the entire people, and for the time being threatens to overshadow even the public interest in boxing matters. One gratifying feature of the new craze is that the distance for all duly recognised Marathons is 26 miles 385yds. As showing the virulence of the new madness/ the Jack Tars stationed at San Francisco held or,A on .the .decks of a coast defence -Monitor, where only 130yds to the lap could be obtained, and a dizzier lot of sailors : at the finish would ; have been hard to find. '
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2459, 25 March 1909, Page 6
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112ATHLETICS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2459, 25 March 1909, Page 6
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