The second trans - continental foot-race organised by the American sports promoter, C. C Pyle, started from New York on March 31 last. The picture shows runners from all parts of the world obeying the starting signal for the 3,500-mile trek to the Pacific Coast. The total prize-money is £12,000, of which the winners share» £5,000. It is estimated that this remarkable marathon race will take the best part of three months to run, so that it will be well on into June before the winner sights the Pacific.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 659, 10 May 1929, Page 7
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88The second trans – continental foot-race organised by the American sports promoter, C. C Pyle, started from New York on March 31 last. The picture shows runners from all parts of the world obeying the starting signal for the 3,500-mile trek to the Pacific Coast. The total prize-money is £12,000, of which the winners share» £5,000. It is estimated that this remarkable marathon race will take the best part of three months to run, so that it will be well on into June before the winner sights the Pacific. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 659, 10 May 1929, Page 7
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