Sporting and Athletic Records

AMERICAN AMATEUR RECORDS 179 Distance Time Name Yards Seconds 442 '/ g cinders c $7 'I s G. Shaw 449 grass 5875 Place Date Isle of Man 12 Aug. '91 Chelmsford 23 July '92 II.— American Amateur Records 10 Hurdles, 3ft. 6m. high Distance Time Name Place Date Yards M. S. 1 20 cinders e is '/ b S. Chase Travers Is., N.Y. 28 Sept. '95 121 „ 16 A. F. Copland Montreal, Can. 27 Sept. '90 200 „ 26"/s F. C. Puffer Boston, Mass. 12 Apr. '90 220 „ 34 1 / 2 J- Lafon Hackensack, NJ. 28 May '79 440 „ 1 8 1 /* R. S.SixmmerhayesMontreal, Can. 7 Oct. '77 10 Hurdles, 3ft. high 100 cinders i6 l /« A. L. Gillett Amherst, Mass. 26 Oct. '78 120 „ i S '/ b G. H. Taylor Rutland, Vt. 24 Aug. '83 220 „ 2S l : s C. T. Wiegaur Brooklyn, N.Y. 10 July '86 300 „ 45 J. E. Haigh Yonkers, N.Y. 30 Aug. '79. c The course was meant forquarter of a mile, but on measurement was found to be 2 yards 1 foot over this distance. Shaw's time for the true quarter of a mile must have been just under 57 seconds. d The course was meant for quarter of a mile but on remeasurement by three men was found to be 9 yards over this distance. e At Manhattan Field, New York, on 1 Oct. 1892. P. C. Puffer won the hurdles in but half the hurdles were knocked down and there was a strong wind behind the runners. At the same place on 21 Sept. 1895 S. Chase did is'/is. but as he knocked down one of the hurdles the record was not allowed.