RECORD BREAKERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 7

RECORD BREAKERS.

VFIFTY-THREE, HOURS ON THEi '■'.'■ - ; ;-£;\^®^ESv'v; ■" ' : jy - : : ;'.; : -0 • ■ Tie -endurancei skating'Atrial at ■ -the; Olympia.Eink culminated on Saturday ' night in'the triumph of.Messrs.'.Arthur Bobbins' (of; H.M.S.i Encounter) and Harry Williams.' (of the \olympia staff), ; who \ set; out on, Thursday evening in an attempt to;' break .the /existing -record of 61i;Hours'..;;'^At ; ii.l5:p'.'m.-they came to'/a/halt,; having: skated, continuously for 63 hours, and; -broken 'the', record .with an hour and, a,half to the good. -Throughout the _ day tho: rink ' was thronged!;with': spectators,, arid-in the evening; hours it. was.crammed-.to Vits .ntmosti.-liimto'.-'..Ths;'.conceiiVp.arty; from .•HiMjS., Encounter .-wasi /again" present' capital \ programme; The-record-breakers /appeared to bear the:' fatigues; of;their trial -remarkably well.'; Towajds the .'end; they .lightened the tedium of- their, monotonous round . by; waltzing together,, and in their last, five; minutes,- on' the- floor; they 'sprinted, at a rapid £aco.;The concourse of 'spec- : tators at, this stage was immense. Every inch' of space, except, a-ring marked off ,in.the, middle'.■ of '■- the' floor' for the. skaters,, was occupied. . j i:The trial.concluded >ainid<a;scene of.wild enthusiasm. Roar,ing. cheers ; were' sent; up and'the .'record-, breakers were carried shoulder-high to the;;dressmg rooms.-.-It-was' .half an hour,.lafcr,;ere they could : bo removed :to the mot6r-cars;wbichwaitedfor. them outside.- 'The .main,doorway of. the iink was. filled'with a\ surging : crbwd ;which extended far, into the street. The rink officials and attendant'policeman l spent ■J''.?*" 5 ™ 0 ! 1 ?'-half-hour in clearing the building and its. approaches .of lingering..enthusiasts; It was a quarter -to' twelve when the record-breakers escaped and the rink .-was at "length: restored to quietude. ■■ -.Each fof-' tho•: competitors is to be presented hy .the Olympia management with a gold- medal in recognition of, his.prowess. ;,;,/' "."." ~_.::■■■ ' ~