Sporting and Athletic Records

R U N N I N G I.—WORLD'S RECORDS (i) BY DISTANCE (ii) BY TIME II.—WORLD'S AMATEUR RECORDS (i) BY DISTANCE (ii) BY TIME III.—BRITISH RECORDS (i) BY DISTANCE (ii) BY TIME IV.—BRITISH AMATEUR RECORDS (i) BY DISTANCE (ii) BY TIME V AMERICAN AMATEUR RECORDS (i) BY DISTANCE (ii) BY TIME VI.—AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL RECORDS THE following pages show that in Running Englishmen hold all the World's Records above one mile, and all World's Amateur Records over i */» miles. For the shorter distances Americans have a slight advantage, running in America. It is the custom in England to doubt American Records wholesale. Probably more unauthentic records exist