Athletics of To-Day 1929

130 Athletics of To-day I927-60 miles, 7 hours 33 mins. 55 secs.-new record. En route-40 miles, 4 hours 46 mins. 30 secs. 45 , 5 hours 30 mins. o secs. so , 6 hours I2 mins. o secs. I927-roo miles, I4 hours 43 mins. o secs.-new record. En route-go miles, I3 hours 3 mins. o secs.-new record. r927-Won the Marathon Race at Bulawayo in 2 hours 52 mins. 8! secs. on June rgth, rg27. The course was officially measured as 26 miles 400 yards. Records in England on the Roads. London to righton (52 miles 200 yards)-5 hours 53 mins. 43 secs. on November I3th, rg24, his time for 30 miles being 3 hours 9 mins. 55 secs.- r cord. Previously on October 4th, r924, he broke the London to Brighton record by returning 6 hours rr mins. 4f secs. On this occasion his time for 30 miles was 3 hours II mins. 43 secs., and was a record. On January 7th, r927, he ran roo miles from Box (6 miles from Bath) to Hyde ark orner, London, in I4 hours 22 mins. ro secs. In the course of his London to Brighton run in March, rg25, he beat the old prof ssional record by more than 40 minutes and the amateur record by over an hour. At Crawley, en route, he was 3 mins. inside quire's 30 miles record, already men– tioned, whil Hickstead (40 mil s 300 yards) was passed in 4 hours 36 mins.-that wa 20 mins. 34 secs. bett r than ]. E. owler-Dixon' world's r cord for 40 miles on the track. At so miles he was no less than 35 mins. ahead of E. W. Lloyd's amateur track record and I7 mins. inside G. artwright's prof ssional r cord. On January 7th, rg28, N wton beat his own roo miles record by 2 mins. so s cs. And y t h was a sick man that day; a high south-west rly wind blew gain t his right side all the way; it was terribly cold, with rain falling at intervals ; while the roads w re heavy, and time and again he was forced to wade through flood water. That race was started at 2 a.m.,