Verdict: carrot for what sounds like an utterly fascinating read
Tea with Mr Newton was considered an essential component of any serious runner’s development and Rob Hadgraft’s easy to read biography of the life of Arthur Newton will have similar appeal to a wide spectrum of South Africans.
Newton was a vicar’s son who emigrated from England to the “Last outpost of the British Empire” in South Africa towards the end of the Boer Wars. Having tried his hand both as a teacher and in the commercial world, Newton took up farming on the south coast of Natal. As a result of land claim disputes with the Pretoria government, he decided to run the 1922 Comrades Marathon as a means of gaining publicity for his plight.
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