A SKATING RECORD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 678, 1 December 1909, Page 7

A SKATING RECORD.

; From \-1 o'clodkYon Thursday niorning,.', No-yember/ie.'.'-.Tintil ;,half-past: ten' qn" Saturday evening, November. 20,-.'a' youiig:man kept rolling -round ' the; Alljert; Park' Skating. Blnki.Mel.ponrne..'■' His-aim 'was' , to beat' his own 6ndnr-anoa,-record;of,62£ hours.at 'Geolong. ; v:vW;' .:jßohardi-.-the'.-;-ypnjie .man?referred.:to,r is ;not alone-in:hisahibition:: , l , .l'reeman.'. , skated for 62} .hours-at Newcastle,; and J.>'Kaye ip'n't in , a monotonous; 62 hours \at :prange, New: South .Wales'.:'v.' ; >S'.XJ H- i ; j,;s : ['ii%'-'. ';;.r'r''.V :■:-■■;.; .-.■■■ -.- ■Echard on^theSatrurday glided on into ■:What -is olainieil•: to i be'a.;World's record'of : 63J honrs'.'-i thus' beating Jiis .previbns' Jiesi''performanoe of; p2i;.liours.'by: three-q'uarfcif s < of an" hour.'''He covered >,524,' miks,'.- or; ftj; the-rate ;of -eight niile9 'an ,, hour.; i-Echar'd-is U '.years' of 'age, ,bf-slight build,.and '.weighs .10qt..41b; A; native' ■of .•Sd.ttthi'.'Amca.vie '.'put' up an endurance' per;.f<irniance(;of;:'47.}'hpnrs',before 'cbmineVto 'Aus-: .tralia.': -, \Vhile on 'the endurance : test 'his-diet Mnsistsof ivegetables,' a 'little.'tntat , (lightly copkedL.fried -eggs,.;witli tea:,nnd.-(;pffee; :: The skater ;■ has '■ to. keep ; oh. the .move incessantly, and i'the ;r«freshraents; were ljanded to ■ him'' aa h«; skated round/ 'HisJball-bcaring.'skateS' were charigod v t^cer.with'the 'assistance ■ of \ his' trainer,; P."BrulJ..-.No for.-this 'operation,'nor for. the'sharigirigof his" boots,. 'lThichr-was '.done"; qri. One .occasion. Echard'-had'.a:i'co)d; when'.li«, comriiinbed ,;his' pcfforma'nce, and rain on the; Thursday night and,Pridoy.-inpr'ning added fo , his .'djsconifort. tha,. h(iilston«s on theThursdAy; evening got into .the'.Tollprs,' and..;almost ftirped 'a' halt,'"J)unng ■ a good'portion:; of the .day.''and evening -he bad ;:th.e.;company;t>f'the ■ns.nal "crowds' of skaters,' nnd;;'on\ Saturday : ho succeeded .in I shavins;''■.hinisolf. •■'■•' Shortly.: :after r.'lO i;,o'clock' :Eohard showed that he had. plenty of energy left: by, giving nri.exhibition 1 , of:speed-skating,' .'winding up,;with :d .waltz; .with. a lady,partner. .