Sporting and Athletic Records

WORLD'S RECORDS 75 Distance Miles 2 h 3 4 5 ^ 6 9 IO 15 20 25 Louisville,Ky. iSNov.'gg Time Rider Nationnlity Place Date H. M. S. 427 Henry Bradis (P.) American Memphis, 21 Nov.'96 Tenn. 6 52 9 17 IT 42 „ 14 25 A, F. Senn (P.) 1650 „ 19 IS*'* 21 42 "/s 24 id „ 33 36 , /i 49 20 1 2 37% B. Unpaced—Standin Distance Miles v* Times H.M. S. Start Rider Nationalitv Place Date 28 '/s H. DavidsonAmerican Waltham, 21 Sept.'94 Mass. (A.) 41 W.W.Hamil­ ton (A.) 1 3% F.J.Jenney (A.) Coronado, 25 Dec.'95 Cal. Oneonta, 8 Aug. '94 N. Y. [1 Kilometre = 1094 yards. 1 d Seine, Paris 14 May '96 Crystal 31 May '97 Palace 1 I 6 3, J ] JaapEden Dutch (P.) 2 6*1% J. Platt-BettsBritish (P-) 6 B RADIS' records were made under cover. c \V. R. E VANS, American Amateur, is sometimes credited with 26s. at Coro­ nado, Cal., 13 April 1896. But this record does not appear to be believed by the L. A.\V. Racing Board of America. d W. w. H amilton, atthat time an American amateur, isometimes credited with an unpaced mile from a standing start in 2m. o , /»s., at Denver, Col., 12 Oct. 1895. But very few people in America seem to believe it.