Sporting and Athletic Records

HURDLES is only about '/ss. slower than the best American time with 10 hurdles only 2ft. 6in. high, and is therefore relatively a better performance. At a quarter mile with 20 hurdles \V. H. MCALISTER (England) ran in better time than A. F. COPLAND (America), although MCALISTER'S hurdles (3ft. 6in. each) were one foot higher than COPLAND'S (2ft. 6in. each). I.—British Amateur Records 10 Hurdles, 3ft. 6in. high Distance Time Name Place Date Yards M. S. 120 grass a G. Shaw London 6 July '95 135 " 17 „ Nottingham 30 Apr. '92 00 00 W. R. Pollock Cambridge 15 Mar. '84 I4 1 „ 18 s /; G-. Shaw London 11 June '92 300 cinders 39 ! /^ .. Salford 18 July '91 440 „ I O 4 /) " Nottingham 29 Apr. '93 20 Hurdles, 3ft. 6in, high 440 cinders 1 9 W. H. McAlister Sandhurst 7 May '91 10 Hurdles, 3ft. high 440 grass h G. Shaw Brighton 18 July '95 A G. S haw did 15 s , 5S. when meeting S.C hase (who won in on cinders at Manhattan Field, New York, 21 Sept. 1895. C hase's best time for a grass track is 16s. ('/is. slower than S haw's) made at Travers Is., New York, 22 Sept. 1894. At Ballsbridge, Ire., on 1 Aug. 1892 D. D. B ulger was timed doing i5 4 /»s.,buta strong wind behind the runner prevents the acceptance of this record. See also with reference to S haw's record note c at p. 17. d The only record that has been claimed and passed by the A. A. A. Record tjommittee for this distance is 57 '/js., made by T. M.D onovan - at Stoke, 7 Aug. 1894.