Sporting and Athletic Records

WORLD'S AMATEUR RECORDS 85 HOURS KILOMETRES HOURS KILOMETRES HOURS KILOMETRES 15 582.343 19 714-663 23 845.821 16 617.220 20 746.900 24 878.265 17 65I-545 21 780.528 [545 miles 1300 yds] 18 680.443 22 813.230 C. SIX DAYS' RACE At Madison Square Gardens, New York, 7 —12 Dec. 1896, TEDDY HALE , British Professional, set up the following World's Records for a six days' Ride. He covered the first thousand miles in 2 s ji days nearly (66 1 /i hours): and accomplished in all 1910 miles 1408 yards in 142 hours. Days Miles Days Miles Days Miles v* 230 2 , /b 907 4' /. 1488 I 426 3 1071 5 1646 I 1 /* 580 3''« I2IO 5' /» 1793 2 770 4 1361 6 1910 His daily rides were as follows; First day 426 miles Fourth day 290 miles Second 344 Fifth 285 .. Third " 301 „ Sixth „ 264 " World's Amateur Records (i) BY DISTANCE A. Unpaced—Flying Start Distance Time Rider Nationality Place Date Miles H.M . s. 'A 25 A. B. Simons American Deming, N.M. 26 May '96 '•t 33 8 /. .. ,, '/a 59 H. C. Clark ,, Denver, Col. 20 Nov. '95 '/« I 26 7b J. D. Park It l» 24 Nov '94