Doping of athletes is nothing unusual, in some parts of the world, but apparently the practice has been rife in Victorian athletic circles lately. At a meeting of the Victorian Athletic Association (a professional body) recently, it was stated by a member that he was waiting for a medical report which, he claimed, would show that hundreds of “dope” prescriptions had been prepared for runners and cyclists.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 April 1938, Page 2
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