Sporting and Athletic Records

AMERICAN RECORDS 99 Distance Time Rider Miles H.M. s. 450 21 21 41 3 /« Louis Gimm (P.) 486 2333 25 486 miles 1151 yards in 24 hours ,, American Records (ii) BY TIME Paced—Standing Start—Open track Time Distance Rider Place Date Hours Miles Yards I 27 1698 J. Michael (P.) Manhattan Beach, 18 Sept.'gb New-York. 6 127 B. W. Twyman (A.) Louisville, Ky. 4 July '95 12 238 1320 Louis Gimm (A.) Cleveland, O. 1$ Aug .'95 18 356 1100 „ „ 24 452 1715 » N.B.--All the above distances have been beaten on an indoor track as follows :— Tune Hours Distance Miles Yards Rider Place Date 1 29 1293 J. Michael (P.) Memphis, Tenn. 21 Nov. 1896 6 139 25 Louis Gimm (P) Chicago, 111. 25 Sept. 1896 12 265 1735 >• 18 385 913 99 99 99 2 4 486 9> 99 N It should be further noted that F. WAT.LER (P.) has ridden nearly 53 miles in two hours and about 102 miles in four hours, both in­ doors and with a flying start, at Memphis, Tennessee, 19 Nov. 1896.