Sporting and Athletic Records

74 CYCLING-BICYCLE 24 Hours' Records Country Track Miles Yards Rider Nationality France Covered 545 1300 C. Huret French „ Open 533 1483 A. Rivierre „ England Open 502 280 G. A. Patterson British America Covered 486 H 5 i Louis Gimm American England Open 476 1702 F. R. Goodwin (A.) British America Open 45 2 1715 Louis Gimm American Finally, we may point out how the mile records (from a standing start) are held by the different nationalities. The British hold the records from 1—32,51—100, and 260—290 miles, including the 12hours' Record. All the rest, with the exception of those from130—220 miles which are held by a Dutchman, are taken by the French, a truly remark­ able score. It should,however, be noted thatwith the exception of the first 5 miles and a few miles between the 210th and240th all World's Amateur records from 1—476 miles are uniformly held by Englishmen. BICYCLE World's Records (i) BY DISTANCE A. Unpaced—Flying Start Distance Time Rider Nationality Place Date Miles H.M. s. V* a 25 1 / s A.B.Simons(A.) AmericanDeming, N.M.26 May'96 '/• SS 1 /® l /. 54'/. J-S Johnson (P.) a / s 118 C. R.Coulter (P.) 1 1 SQ 1 /, a O. L. S tkvens, variously described as amateur and professional, is some­ times credited with 23 , /» s - a tHedrick, Iowa, 17 Oct. 1895. But this seems to be more than doubtful. Minneapolis, 2 Oct. '96 Minn. Denver, Col. „