Sporting and Athletic Records

WORLD'S AMATEUR RECORDS Distance Time Miles h. M. S. 6 16 23'/s 7 19 is'/s 8 22 2 4 /5 9 24 50% 10 27 377^ 15 41 Si 20 56 22 25 1 10 57°, Distance Time Miles H. M. S. '/t y 24 S /5 x i* 34 , /5 '/a ^ 53 /8 1 1475 % 1 227., Rider Nationality Place Date C. Paced—Flying Start Rider Nationality Place Date I I 1 47 Y Waltham, Mass.2 Nov.'94 Denver, Col. 23 May '96 » 19 June'9 6 N.B.—From 2 miles onwards, faster amateur times have been done in England from a standing start than in America or elsewhere from a flying start. See next section D. J W. W. W INDLE, American amateur, is sometimes credited with 22 4 /»s. at Chillicothe, Ohio, 29 Oct. I 8<)5; but this record is rejected by the best authorities. k W. W. W INDLK and W. F OSTKU, American amateurs, are both credited with 48s., the first at Chillicothe, Ohio, 29 Oct. 1895, the second at Napa, Cal., 20 Sept. 1895. But these records are not recognized by the authorities. I A. G ARDINER, American amateur, is sometimes credited with mi. 42'l s s. at Louisville, Kentucky, 4 Nov. 1895. But this is not recognized by the best authorities. So too with regard to C. S. W KLLS' alleged record of im. 4i*/»s.at Coronado, Cal., 15 Feb. 1896.