Sporting and Athletic Records

WORLD'S AMATEUR RECORDS 233 Distance Time Yards H. M. S. 1500 Miles Name 3 W. Snook 1 j 4 15 s / b T. P. Conneff i 1 /* 5 38 4 /5 1 va 646% i 8 / 4 8 S'/g W. G. George 2 9 i7 s / 5 zVi 10 51 „ a'/j 12 6 „ „ „ S. Thomas 2% 13 19% 3 14 24 3 1 /4 ^ T 5 54 W. G. George 3 1 /g ^ 17 10 „ S'/, A 18 26</ 5 4 ^ I 9 33 4 /5E. C. Willers 5 wt 24 53 3 / b S. Thomas 6 30 i7 4 / b 7 35 36 4 / b 8 4° 57 a /5 W. G. George 9 46 12 „ 10 51 20 „ 11 57 9'/5 Nationality Place British Birmingham Date 18 Aug. '83 American Trav.Is,,N.Y. 30 Aug. '95 „ Berg. Pt.,N.J. 2 Sept. '95 British Stamf. Bridge, 26April '84 London 17 May '84 3 June '93 17 May '84 10 June >r <53 Romford, Essex 24 Sept. '92 Herne Hill 22 Oct. '92 Stamf. Bridge, 28 July '84 London 7 Apr. '84 28 July '84 j The World's Amateur Record for a grass track is 4m. ig'/ss. by W. G. George, British Amateur, at Worcester, 21 Aug. 1884. k These are only technically the bests on Record, as E. C.Wiixers, when running 4 miles in igm. 33 4 /ss., must have made better times for these intermediate distances, though not separately recorded. I G. Crossland, British Amateur, was reported to have run 4miles in 19m. 28*/5s. at Belfast, on 7 April 1896, but the record has not been accepted by the Authori­ ties either in Ireland or Great Britain. m The path was remeasured after the race and found to be 4 yards too long on each mile.