[2] Educated at Bedford School, in 1901 Newton traveled to South Africa to join his brother and worked as a teacher.
On returning to his farm he found it in a state of neglect and after some disagreements with the government decided to generate publicity for his case by running the 1922 Comrades Marathon, which had been first held the previous year.
His victory and subsequent success surprised him and set him on a new career path as a professional athlete and then as a writer.
[4] Tim Noakes, professor of sport science at the University of Cape Town, suggests that it was Arthur Newton who initially proposed that running longer distances at slower paces was the most effective training method.
When the London to Brighton race started as an annual event in 1951 the trophy for the winner was called the Arthur Newton Cup.
Although Newton had gained publicity for his running exploits, he did not receive the compensation he thought he deserved and in 1925 decided to move to Rhodesia.