Sporting and Athletic Records

MISCELLANEOUS 293 Distance Time Yards H. M. S. 880 w I3 39> 1320 21 42 1 mile 2855% 3 milesjv 1 53 30 Name Place W. G. Douglas (A.) Chicago G. Whittaker (A.) „ Date 13 Sept. '93 24 June '76 A. P. Douglass (A.) Philadelphia Long Distance Swimming The following times were all made in rivers or tidal waters, with material assistance from current or tide. Distance Time Name Place Date Miles Yds. H. M. s. 1 880 38 35 , /aW.R.Weissenborn(A.) New York 27 July'78 I 1320 24 35 H. Paiker (A.) Thames 22 July'71 2 — 54 577* T. E. Kitching (A.) New York 27 July'78 5 66 1 12 27 A. Ibbott (A.) Thames 26 July '91 20 — 4 59 46 E. Mercadier (A.) St. Louis, Mo. 19 Aug.'88 20 660 5 5i 0 F. Cavill (P.) Thames 6 July *76 35 — 21 45 0 Capt. Webb (P.) Dover to Calais 25 Aug.*75 40 — 9 57 0 >» Thames 12 July '78 Miscellaneous Records Plunging —(1) without time limit, 80ft. 8 1 /sm. and (2) with oneminute time limit, 73ft. 4in., both world's records made by W. ALLASON, British Amateur, London, 7 October 1896. The Australian record, without time limit, is 73ft. lin. made by J. STRICKLAND(P.) in Melbourne, 15 March 1880. w In open still water, 220 yards course. D ANA T HOMPSON (A.) is credited with half a mile in ijra. IOS. in a swimming bath at Oakland, Cal.,24 June 1893, but this of course cannot rank as a record for this distance. x Openwater, 220 yards course. y Straightaway, in open still water.