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Arthur Newton had never done any running. He was 40?already past the age for marathoners???yet the plan he decided on was to become the greatest runner in the world. One day he began to run around his farm. Round the fence he went, twice a day for as long as he could keep it up, in the morning and at night. The Kaffirs who had been allowed too near stared at the thin, sweating man running clumsily in his farm clothes under the glaring sun. He sent to Durban for shoes and shorts. In two years his fame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: South Africa's Newton | 8/4/1930 | See Source »

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