Sporting and Athletic Records

BRITISH RECORDS 239 British Records (i) BY DISTANCE Distance Time. Name Place Date 3 July "86 1 July *93 4 May '95 25 Mar. '82 28 Apr. '94 11 May '95 31 May '87 21 Feb. '82 21 July '87 27 Feb. '92 4 Mar. '76 11 May '85 25 June '87 22 Sept. '88 a There are many other English Amateur Records of10s. which are probably quite authentic, but these are the standard instances published bythe A.A.A. The best performance was that of C. A. B RADLEY at Northampton in July 1893, as the course was 10 inches up hill and against a slight wind. C. A. B RADLEY also ran the hundred in IDS. on 6 July 1895 in London ;and on 27 July 1895 at Cardiff he ran it in q'jiS., but with a strong wind behind him, which of course disqualifies for record. The record for a grass track appears to be the same, *.<?., 10s., also made by B RADLEY at Tufnell Park, London, n June1892. 6 This record has also been equalled on the following occasions:—by F.T.R IT­ CHIE (A.) at Oakengates, 18 Sept. 1883, and by C. A. B RADLEY (A.) at Fartown, 17 June 1893. The latter was on a grass track. G. S EWARD (P.) is commonly credited with 120 yards in II'/JS. at Ealing, 3 May 1847, but see note i, p. 215. c At a Sheffield Handicap. G ENT must have run the 120 yards nearly a yard inside of n'/as., which is World's Record made by T. M. M ALONE, British Pro­ fessional, in Australia. d See note d at p. 216 e See note f at p. 216. f For distances up to and including 250 yards the records givenare for straight­ away runs; forlonger distances the figures relate to curved tracks, unless the con­ trary is stated. Yards H. M.S. 100 a 10 A. Wharton (A.) London „ „ C. A. Bradley (A.) Northampton „ „ A. R. Downer (A.) London 120 b " 4 /5 W. P. Phillips (A.) „ „ » C. A. Bradley (A.) „ „ A. R. Downer (A.) „ 122 c "'/e H. Gent (P.) Sheffield I2 s /s H. Hutchcns (P.) „ ISO MVs C. G. Wood (A.) London „ C. J. Monypenny (A.) Cambridge 200 e ig'/a J. Applett (P.) Parkes 220 2I 4 /6 H. Hutchens (P.) London „ „ C. G. Wood (A.) „ 250/ 24V5 E. H. Pelling (A.) „