The Dunedin Walking Match.
'_:-,:. Per )?ress Associ&idh. DunediD, Oct. 5, i match, Scott v. Edwards, hegan knight at 10 o'clodki-The-'Be^^J. o. Byhff was present,- aM f mlde a few remarks. Hft saidUJtee' 3|foped th» fairnplay^ <^raqtiwr^|cr^f English* men woTddbbobserfe^ throughout this Int(Brcoloniß^ conite^t, Ther^ were maDy things in^pniieotion with such oonjbestg whietihejUd not agre^ with— for instance, he kne\r there would be as much betting m the.fl hall as on a racecourse, and, while 7 he strongly objected tobetting, he quite recQg^se^.that^jjsras impossible ta preyent ii, lie did hope >that at the tonclusion of the contest those who lost i would pay up like honourable men.. He wQu^d upby reminding his heare'rßithafet^ey Were all engaged m one vdty important race m which God and the angels were their spectators. In that race ndt only one but all migttswin^naj^e reward of ■> which was eternal, ..not^temporary. The first mile -vvas done m lOmin. 15sec, Scott being two. lapa behind. There- are twenty.«two laps to the mile. There was- m attendance of 4000 or JSOO peopfe: r :^ This day. At 4 'this mprning Edwards had walked 31 - miles : and-i3- laps, and • Scott 31miles.
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Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 379, 6 October 1883, Page 2
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190The Dunedin Walking Match. Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 379, 6 October 1883, Page 2
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