Fifty Years of Progress 1880-1930

A.A.A. JUBILEE SOUVENIR HURDLES, METRIC DISTANCES Event. IIOID, Time ••• 14fS. Holder. Nationality Date ... G. S. Weightman- S.A. July 31, 1928 200,, 400,, ... 23s. ... 52s. Smith. . .. C. R. Brookins ... F. M. Taylor U.S.A. May 17, 1929 July 14, 1928 WALKING 1 mile ... 6m. 25fs. . .. G. H. Goulding Canada June 4, 1910 2 miles ·•• 13m. IIfS. ... G. E. Larner Gt. Britain July 13, 1904 3 " ... 20m. 25ts. Aug. 19, 1905 4 " ... 27m. 14s. Aug. 19, 1905 5 ,, ... 36m. -g-s. Sept. 30, 1905 6 ... 4 3m. 26¼s, " ,, Sept. 30, 1905 7 ,, ... 50m. 4ofs. ... G. H. Goulding Canada Oct. 23, 1915 8 ... 58m. 18fs. ... G. E. Larner Gt. Britain Sept. 30, 190 5 9 " ... 1h. 7m. 37!-s, ... July 17, 1908 10 ... 1h. 15m. 57fs. ,, July 17, 1908 15 " ... 1h. 59m. 12-!s, H. V. L. Ross May 20, 1911 20 " ... 2h. 47m. 52s. T. Griffith Dec. 3, 1870 25 ,, .. · 3h. 37m. 6!-s,. ·· S. C. A. Schofield May 20, 1911 I hour ... 8m. 438 yds.... G. E. Larner Sept. 30, 1905 2 houn ... 15m. 128 yds. H. V. L. Ross May 20, 1911 WALKING, METRIC DISTANCES 3,ooom.... 12m. 53-ts. G. Rasmussen 5,000,, ... 21m. 59!s, 10,000,, ... 45m. 26Js. 15,000 ,, ... 1h. 10m. 23s. ,, 20,000,, ... 1h. 37m. 42-g-s. D. Pavesi 25,000,, ... 2h. 5m. 12-g-s.... A. Schwab 1 hour ... 13,275 metres G. E. Lamer 2 hours ... 24,256 ,, H. V. L. Ross Denmark July 7, 1918 July 6, 1918 Aug. 18, 1918 ,, May 9, 1918 Italy Oct. 23, 1927 Switzerland April 10, 1927 Gt. Britain Sept. 30, 1905 May 20, 1911 JUMPING High Jump, 6 ft. 8¼ in. ... H. M. Osborne U.S.A. May 27, 1924 Broad Jump, 25 ft. 10¼in.... De Hart Hubbard ,, June 13, 1925 Running Hop, Step and Jump, A. W. Winter Australia July 12, 1924 50 ft. lit in. Pole Vault, 14 ft. S. W. Carr U.S.A. May 27, 1927 WEIGHT EVENTS Putting the Weight- Best hand, 52 ft. ¾ in. ... J. Kuck Both hands, 91 ft. 10½ in.... R. Ross Right hand, 50 ft. 6 in. Left hand, 41 ft. 4½ in. Throwing 16lb. Hammer, P. Ryan I 89 ft. 6½ in. U.S.A. July 29, 1928 June 2, 1912 Aug. 17, 1913 THROWING THE DISCUS Best hand, 158 ft. 1¾ in. ... C. Houser Both hands, 29 5 ft. 8t in. E. Niklander (Right hand, 149 ft. 6½ in. Left hand, 146 ft. 2f in.) U.S.A. April 3, 1926 Finland 19r 3 Place. Holland U.S.A. Canada England " U.S.A. England Denmark " " Italy Germany England U.S.A. Holland U.S.A. U.S.A. Finland