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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...
...gone under four minutes again," Beatty gasped afterward. "Next week I'll be going all out." Big Burst. Beatty's real competitors in Manhattan were the forbidding shadows of Ireland's Ron Delany, whom Beatty will race this week in the A.A.U. indoor meet, and New Zealand's Peter Snell, whom he will tackle next June in the outdoor A.A.U. Both races should be classics : Beatty, Delany and Snell are a study in contrasts. Tense and ready, Ron Delany, 26, is a throwback to Don Gehrmann: undefeated in 34 straight indoor miles, he pays no attention...
Burly and barrel-chested, with massive thighs and 16½-in. calves, New Zealand's Peter Snell, 23, is a country boy who dotes on sweets (honey, barley sugar). Unknown when he turned up at the 1960 Olympics, Snell upset Belgium's Roger Moens in the 800-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...
...issue, the Press section, you printed the name of a New Zealand village called: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. Could you please tell us where the accent goes...
...leasts, longests, shortests, fattests, thinnests, highests, lowests, fastests and slowests-20,000 records in all. Its students can learn that the creature with the most sensitive sniffer is the male silkworm moth, which can detect a female two miles away; that the longest place name belongs to the New Zealand village of Taumatawhakatangihangakoauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu; and that Mrs. Beverly Nina Avery, a Los Angeles barmaid, holds the record for most spouses in a monogamous society, with 14 husbands, five of whom, she once alleged, broke her nose...