Boot's win over Pullar and Backhouse, at Wellington, sent New Zealanders into hysterics; but when Backhouse turned the tables, at Dunedin, it didn't even make the headlines! Such treatment of visiting athletes is foreign to New Zealand and should be strongly condemned. This illustration shows Pullar leading Backhouse and Boot in the "Mile of the Century" at Wellington.
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Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 33, 27 January 1939, Page 16
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58Boot's win over Pullar and Backhouse, at Wellington, sent New Zealanders into hysterics; but when Backhouse turned the tables, at Dunedin, it didn't even make the headlines! Such treatment of visiting athletes is foreign to New Zealand and should be strongly condemned. This illustration shows Pullar leading Backhouse and Boot in the "Mile of the Century" at Wellington. Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 33, 27 January 1939, Page 16
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