A SINGULAR MATCH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2013, 11 June 1885, Page 2

A SINGULAR MATCH.

A novel match was decided at the Surbiton Recreation Ground, London, lately, between J. Rich, of Epsom, and G. Dicker, of Stockwell, for £lO and a. silver cup. The conditions were that each man should walk threo mile?* receiving three hundreds yards starts., and carrying a two gallon stop? bottle'on his bare head the fivat mile, a six-gallon bottle the s.econd tulle, and a sQft weight the third mile, dicker to carry. a twogallon stone bottle all the way. Dicker began at once to gain very fast, and in the first lap reduced Rich's lead by twenty yards, and at the end of the first mile had gained about eighty yards. Whenßich changed his bottle for the heavier one, he went still slower, and Dicker, who walked remarkably well the. whole way, closed up, the gap very fast until entering tjie last mile. When Rich changed his bottle for the weight, which consisted of a bag of sand, Dicker was only fiftyyavdsbehind, Rich, however, went off at a good pace, but still Dicker held him, and gained ,a little in each lap, and a fine finish saw Rich a winner by barely' 1 twenty yarijs, The time was 28min. 30secs.