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...month after he had stamped himself as the world's fastest miler, with a 3-min. 54.4-sec. clocking at Wanganui, New Zealand, light-footed Peter Snell (TIME, Feb. 9) also proved himself a man of his word. Promising to entertain his Auckland neighbors with a sub-4-min. mile, Snell sped across the tape...
...meter run-and set an Olympic record in the process. Ever since, he has trained steadily, runs 100 miles a week over pock-marked mountain trails. Now, when he chooses to run on a track, Snell is the fastest middle-distance runner in the world. Fortnight ago at Wanganui, N.Z., he outdistanced a star-studded international field by 25 yds. and set a world record of 3 min. 54.4 sec. for the mile. Last week in Christchurch, Snell added two more records to his bag. Finishing a fantastic 100 yds. ahead of the U.S.'s Jim Dupree, Snell streaked...
...Manhattan show, the A.A.A. has 46 of the recent best. Fitz cartoons can also be seen in the private collections of his victims all over the world. President Truman has six. The Moscow Museum of Modern Western Art owns some. Others are on view in the faraway Wanganui Museum in New Zealand...
This race has never been held in the U. S. and only once in Canada. That was in 1901, on Rat Portage River. Favorite scenes since 1880 have been the Parramatta River, New South Wales (18 times); Thames River, England, (11 times); Wanganui River, New Zealand, (4 times...