Sporting and Athletic Records

WORLD'S RECORDS 77 Distance Time Miles M. S. Rider Nationality Place Date SS'/g W.W.Hamilton(P.) American Coronado, Cal. aMar.'gC I IO'/B J.SJohnson (P.) 13975 W.W.Hamilton (P.) 3 33 9 /5J.Michael (P.) British 3 5 22 4 7 IS 1 /. 5 9 7 4 /5 6 11 o 1 /# 7 12 53*» 8 14 46'/s 9 16 40 , /ii 10 1833 1 /* N.B.—From 11 miles onwards, England from a standing start tha flying start. See next section D. D. Paced—Standing Start Rider Nationality Place New Orleans, 13 Nov.'96 La. Coronado, Cal.2 Mar. '96 New Orleans, 12 Nov. '96 La. Distance Time Miles M. s. '/*/ faster times have been done in in America or elsewhere from a Date 28 J.S.Johnson (A.)American Indepen- 31 Oct. '93 dence, la. x \t iS'li W.W.Hamilton (A.) r [1 Kil. 54% J.S.Johnson (P.) 1 o 2 / s ]W.W.Hamilton (P.) Coronado, 27 Dec. *95 Cal. Catford 10 July '96 New Orle- 12 Nov. '96 ans. La. f A. W. H ARRIS, British Amateur, is sometimes credited with 27 '/i s -, made in London 26 Sept. 1893. But this record is not accepted in England, though apparently believed in some quarters in America.