London, Sept. 7.
'A new record time was' established H. Whitlock, of the Metropolitan Watkers Club, when he won the annual walking match from London to Brighton to-day for the second successive time. Whitlock, who took hours 17 minutes 23 seconds las yeat, required only 7 hours 83 minutes 0 seconds to-day to cover the distance of 51 miles and 1607 yards, breaking the former "record by more than seven minutes. The old time was 816, set up by J. H. Ludlow on September 10, 1952—Reuter.
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