Sporting and Athletic Records

BRITISH RECORDS 93 Distance Time Rider Place Date Miles H. M. s. '/s 49 ',6 J. Platt-Betts (P.) Catford 28 July '96 »/« I H'/s - .. 20 July '96 1 1 40 „ Crystal Palace 14 May '97 D. Paced—Standing start With the exception of the 1 ls mile and 1 Kilometre, for which apparently no British Records exist, and the '/^ mile [28 ^bs. J. S. JOHNSON (P.), Catford 15 July 1896], all British Records from '/T mile to 250 miles, are also World's Records, which see. The remaining British Records are as follows;— Distance Time Rider Place Date Miles H. M. s. 300 124354 C, Huret (P.) Wood Green 25 July '96 350 15 38 21 % G.A.Patterson (P.) Crystal Palace 12 June '97 400 18 26 $8 8 ji „ „ „ 450 2119 31/5. 500 23 54 40 '/s 502 miles 280 yards in 24 hours „ „ „ (ii) BY TIME Paced—Standing start—Open track From i to 12 hours British Records are also World's Records, which see. Time Distance Rider Place Date Hours Miles Yards 13 305 830 C. Huret (P.) Wood Green 25 July '96 I 4 324 1125 .. >> .. 15 342 1 120 >. 16 357 600 G. A. Patterson (P.) Crystal Palace 12 June '97 i/ 373 1352 „ „ „