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number of spectators
assembled in the Eton Brocas
to witness the event’. The
course was from the Great
Western Railway Bridge to
the Swimming Baths, a
distance of about 400 yards.
The club’s fourth annual
competition included a 100
yards handicap final, a 50
yards handicap boys, running
headers and Walking the
Slippery Pole. This time there
was a ‘numerous company of