ATHLETIC RECORDS
TO TBB EDITOR. Sir, —It is difficult to understand whj | the New' Zealand athletic authorities are failing in their moral duty to recognise records created by athletes at recent championship meetings. Apparently, they acknowledge that the records were created under the required conditions, i and y,et,;'by not .placing them on the record books, they deny their existence— an anomaly that must infinitely harm amateur athletics. I hold several recognised records in Australia, but sever at any time did I make application for their recognition, as seems to "be neceseary in New Zealand. The onus of placing records on the books should be the association's, not the individual's. If a record is made, does any association think it can, by mere words, unmake it? No law, rule; regulation, nor custom can unmake facts; and any law, rule, regulation, or custom that endeavours to do so is merely an absurd product of officialdom.—l am, etc, '. . ' ' ADSTKALIAM. 17th. Joauarx. ' ' ."...
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 15, 18 January 1924, Page 8
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158ATHLETIC RECORDS Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 15, 18 January 1924, Page 8
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