Pedestrianism Extraordinary.
Wednesday's Post says : — Admirers of athletics will be interested m the news cabled from England to-day sis to the result of the mile race between the famous " Moseley Harrier," W. G. George, the amateur champion lonsdistance runner of England, and W. Cumings, for some years past the professional champion at one mile and over. The race is the first of three which the two men have agreed to run, the distance of the' other two being four miles and ten miles. More attention has beeu attracted to these matches than would otherwise have centred m them, owing to the fact of their being between an ainatner and a professional. In England such antagonism is almost unprecedented, m conscience of it being laid down by the ruks of the Amateur Athletic Association that an amateur running a public match with a professional becomes himself a professional. This rule has not be<<n relaxed, and therefore W. G. George is no longei entitled to rank as an amateur. Cumings' time for the distance, 4miu 16 and l-sth s»'c, has been hitherto the fastest on record, and he probably started the favourite.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1446, 4 September 1885, Page 4
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