Sporting and Athletic Records

^5 — IOO miles | New records set up by A. E. WALTERS at ioi—160 kilometresj Catford, 30August 1897. 100 miles in 3 hours 25 minutes 553/5seconds. 88 miles 905 yardsin 3 hours. 120—616 miles 200—1000 kilometres 4—24 hours | New records set up by M. CORDANG (Dutch) |at the Crystal Palace, 16 September 1897. 150 miles 5H. 23m. is. 200 kilometres 4h. 25m. 101 /5s, 200 .. 7h. 20m. 27s. 300 5h. 48m. 8 I/ 5 S. 250 1 1 9h. 17m. 364/5S. 400 11 gh, 17m. 364 /5S, 300 11 nh. 20m. 253/58.' 500 »# nh. 45m. 14/58. 400 St I5H. 18m 47s. 600 II I4h. 14m. 454 /58, 500 i9h. 17m. 281/58. 800 f1 igh. 10m, 164 /58. 600 " 23h. 26m. sWss- 1000 24h. 12m. 214 /58, 6 hours 165 miles 1300yards, or 266.726 kilometres. 12 , 317 ,, 600 Jl 510.702 .. 24 , 616 .. 340 , , 991-651 9} World's Tandem Records 2 miles 3m. 304 /5S. 5 „ 8m. 483 /5S. 10 „ 17m. 503/ 5 s. New records set G. A. NELSON at 28 September 1897. up by E. JAMES and the Crystal Palace, Running. World's Record. 120 yards in n^s. by B .J. WEFERS at Worcester, Mass., 20 Aug. 1897. Swimming. World's Records, 100 yards in im. o3/ 5 s. by J. H. DERBYSHIRE at Warrington, 21Sept.'97. 220 ,, 2m. 384/ 5 s, by J. H. TYERS at Nottingham, 26 Sept. '97.