Sporting and Athletic Records

282 SKATING Distance Miles V* ^ •/. ^ Nationality Place Date Time Name [. s, 42 3 /6 W. Lindahl (P.) British London 6 Feb.'95 1 22 J. S.Johnson (A.) AmericanMinneapolis, 25 Feb. '93 2 6 P. Ostlund (A.) W. Lindahl (P.)British Metres 1500 d [i640 - 42yds] 2 2 S , i5 J- J- Eden (P.) Dutch Minn. London Hamar, Norway 27 Jan. '95 6 Feb. '95 24 Feb. '95 Miles I e 2 45 J. S. Johnson (A.) AmericanMinneapolis, 12 Jan. '95 Minn. and with a wind behind, which possess no value as records but are interesting as showing the speed attainable on ice with the help ofa strong wind. Distance Yards 100 100 f.s. 150 200 220 300 b With Time M. s. 9 7 i4 , /» 16'I i ij'h 29'lt Name H. Davidson (A.) I H. Davidson (A.) ) [ H. Moshier (A.) ) J G. D. Phillips (A.) j S. D. See (A.) J. C. Hemment (A.) H. Davidson (A.) G. D. Phillips (A.) Place Red Bank, N.J. Courtland Lake, N. Y. Red Bank, N.J. Date 27 Jan. '93 26 Dec. '85 ~ ' '86 21 Feb. 24 Jan. 95 Courtland Lake, N.Y. 17 Jan. '85 flying start and a strong wind behind, straightaway, J. S. J OHNSON, American Amateur, is said to have done the quarter mile in jiVtS. at Madison, Wis., 23January 1894. From a standing start, but straightaway with wind the following times are on record. Distance Time '/* mile 33 , /iS- 35V. 37 4 /» s - Name Place Date H. P. Moshier (A.) Orange Lake, N.Y. 2 Jan. '95 H. Davidson (A.) Red Bank, N.J. 24 Jan. '95 F. Bates (Brit. P.) Knutsford 23 Feb. '95 A. E. Tebbitt (Brit. A.) Cambridge 19 Feb. '95 c A. N ORSENG and K. P ANDER skated half a mile in im. 22*11,5. at Amsterdam 3 January 1890. J. F. D ONOGHUE, American Amateur, skating straightaway with a flying start and a strong wind, at Newburg, N.Y., 27 Jan. 1892, accomplished the half mile in im. s'/is. O LAF R UDD (A.) made same time under similar favouring conditions at Red Bank, N.J., on 24 January 1895. d E DEN must have beaten the times given above for the half and three-quarter mile. He skated on a circular path. ^ I I M D ONOGHUE J R., American Amateur, skating straightaway, with strong wind -y >6 * S 3 n-V