Sporting and Athletic Records

238 RUNNING Time Distance Hours Mis Yds 1 11 932*/< 2 r 20 880 3 « 27 1280 4 * 34 640 5 t 4i 3So 6 ti 47 1320 7 v 5i 251 8 57 770 9 63 1100 id 68 1725 ii 75 440 12 V 81 — 15 TV 90 — 18 X 101 1540 World's Amateur Records (ii) BY TIME Name Nationality Place G. Crossland J. A. Squires J. E. Dixon >> W, C. Davies British Stamford Bridge Balham Birmingham Balham Agricult. Hall, Isl. A. W. Sinclair J. Saunders 109 220 275 Date 28 July ' 22 Sep. 2 May ! 11 Apr. ! 29 Dec. 11 Apr. 9 Sep. Westm. Aq Under cover at New York London 29 Nov. 22 Feb. 82 24 x 120 r CROSSLAND'S actual time for the ao'/i miles was ih. 54m. 37s. See note p. 219. i The yard figures have been estimated. The course was s'/j lapsto the mile, or 320 yards. SQUIRES took -jm. 45s. over his 28th mile; before the end of the second hour he had 5m. 34s. to run, in which time he must have covered at least 4 laps, or 1280 yards. Again, he took 8m. lo'jis. over his 35th mile; before the end of the third hour he had 3m. 20 , /«s. to run, in which time he must have covered at least 2 laps, or 640 yards. t The yard figures have been estimated. D ixon took 9m. 3 1 /» s - over his 42nd mile ; before the end of the fourth hour, he had im. Si'/ts. to run, in which time he must in all probability have covered more than 350 yards. u The yard figures have been estimated. D ixon took 9m. 15s. over his 48th mile; before the end of the fifth hour he had 6m. 59'/ts. to run, in which time he must have coveredat least three quarters of a mile, or 1320 yards. v See note o, p. 235. w See note/, p. 236. x Sec note j, p. 236.