Sporting and Athletic Records

RUNNING Distance Time Name Place ' Date Yards H. M.S. 300 30 H. Hutchens (P.) Edinburgh 2 Jan. '84 35o 37'It M. Remington (A.) London 11 July '91 400 43'/t H. C. L. Tlndall (A.) >) 29 June '89 440^ 48Vi R. Buttery (P.) Newcastle 4 Oct. '73 500 58'/. E. C. Bredin (A.) London 30 May '95 600 i" 8 / 5 » » „ 10 June '93 880 1 54 s /6 F. J, K. Cross (A.) Oxford 9 Mar. *88 1000 h 2 IS 1 /5 W. Pollock Hill (A.) „ 8 Mar. '89 1320 3 7 W. Richards (P.) Manchester 30 June '66 1500 3 38 1 /6 W. Snook (A.) Birmingham 18 Aug. '83 Mile 1 4 I2»/ 4 W. G. George (P.) London 23 Aug. '86 From I— 84 miles British Records are also World's Records, which see at pp. 217—221. From 85—566 miles (the end) all British Records are held by C, R OWELL , the famous pedestrian: but these have all (with the exception of the time for 231 miles) been beaten by R OWELL or other British Professionals in America, where the six British Professionals C. R OWELL, J. H UGHES, J. "A LBERT" ( C ATHCART), G. H AZAEL , P. F ITZGERALD and G. L ITTLEWOOD set up between them at different times World's Records from 85 —623*/* miles (the end), which see at pp. 221—229. The following are R OWELL'S British Records from 85—100 miles and for every 5 miles from 100—231: g The record for a grass track is 49*/^. made by L. E. M YERS, the American Amateur, at Blackburn, 1 Aug. 1885. h At Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham, on 19 July 1884, L. E. M VERS, the American Amateur, ran in a 1000 yard handicap from scratch. He failed to win, but came in second; hewas, however, separately timed as doing 800 yards in im. 45s. and the 1000 yards in 2m. i4 , /ss.,but the English Records Committee have never accepted these records. In America L. E. M YERS is credited with 1000 yards in 2m. 13s., which is World's Record at the distance.