Sporting and Athletic Records

SKATING Ice Skating I.-WORLD'S RECORDS II._WORLD'S AMATEUR RECORDS III.—BRITISH RECORDS IV.—BRITISH AMATEUR RECORDS Roller Skating Miscellaneous I t is only necessary to draw attention to the fact that skating records are in rather an unsorted condition, owing to the admission of perfor­ mances in which a strongwind has played a very important part. So far as possible in the records which follow all times made under such conditions have been relegated to the footnotes, but it may be that some of those not so treated were not made under perfectly fair conditions. I.—ICE SKATING World's Records From a standing start, unhelped by wind. (i) BY DISTANCE Distance Time Name Nationality Place Date Miles H. M. s. I J. S. Johnson (A.) American Montreal 3 Feb.'94 «/„a 20*U ( F. Hiam (A.) British London 30 Jan. '95 a There are a number of American records for short distances straightaway, 281