Sporting and Athletic Records

i74 HORSE RECORDS Distance Time Name of Horse &fc. Miles H.M. s. 10 a 20 h 30 50 c 26 15 58 25 1 47 59 3 52 o Pascal Capt. McGowan Gen. Taylor Ginger 100 8 55 53 Conqueror Place New YorkCity Boston, Mass. San Francisco Bath Road, Engl. ! Union Course, Long Island Date 2 Nov. '93 31 Oct. '65 21 Feb. '57 TO July '8; 12 Nov. '53 Pacing N.B.—All distances were done with a flying start. These times were all made in single harness attached to a pneumatic tyred sulky, and generally with a running horse as pace-maker. Didance Time Miles M. S. Vi 29 ;« v. d 59'/. 'a 1 30*11 1 e 2 o^a 3 4 2 2 a ji Name of Horse Johnston John R. Gentry John R. Gentry W.W.P. Place Springfield, Mass. Portland, Me. Pordand, Me. Lincoln, Neb. Date 14 Sep. '88 24 Sep. '96 31 Oct. '95 A B enjamin trotted 10 miles in 28111. at Parsley, Scotland, 19 Sept. 1896. 6 L ady C ombermerb, American bred mare, trotted 20 miles in 59m. s..at Manchester, 10 June 1895. c The waggon and driver weighed 276 lbs. d Fastest half mile under saddle S9 ll /<s. by A lbatross, ridden by Miss E dna H arris (12 years old) and accompanied by running horse at Indianapolis, Ind., 6 Sept. 1894. e Fastest pacing mile in a race between horses, 2m. I '/js., by J ohn R.G entry beating S tar P ointer at Glen Falls, N.Y., 10 Sept. 1896. Fastest 3 consecutive heats, 2m. z l l s s., 2m. 3 , /»s., em. i'jis., averaging2m. 3 , /iSt for each heat, by S tar P ointer at Boston, Mass., 18 Sept. 1896. Fastest mile with a double team, 2m. i2 , /is. ) by J osie B. and Miss R ita a. Lexington, Kentucky, 14 Oct. 1893.