Sporting and Athletic Records

298 THROWING THE HAMMER N.B.—With a handle 3ft. Gin. long T. F. K IELY threw the i61b. hammer with both hands from a 7ft. circle 123ft. 1 lin.at Kildorrey, Ire., 8 October 1894; and J. S. MITCHELL with unlimited run and follow threw a like hammer 136ft. 1 '/ain. at Limerick, Ire., 6 August 1888. With a handle of unlimited length, and with unlimited run and follow, the 1 61b. hammer has been thrown, with one hand, 125ft. 4in. by M. DAVIN , London, 26 May 1877, ANC L with bothands 138ft. 3in. by G. H. HALES , London, 7 April 1876. HI.—AMERICAN AMATEUR RECORDS N.B.—In America the hammer head frequently weighs an exaci number of pounds which means, of course, that the hammer—head and handle—must weigh a little more. In the following table where the weight given is the weight of the hammer head only, the sign -j- is added to show that the whole hammer weighed rather more than the weight specified—thus i2-\ means a hammer with a I2lb. hammer head; in all other cases the figures relate to the weight in pounds of the whole hammer. From a Stand, with one Hand Hammer Throw Name Place Date lbs. ft. in. 8 157 9 W. L. Coudon Ferryman, Md, 9 Aug. '94 8t 152 2 1 /" Elkton, Md. 11 Oct. '89 10 I40 2 1, Ferryman, Md. 9 Aug.'•94 I 2 t 119 I » Chestertown, Md.25 June '90 l6 Id 5 1 /. HavreleGrace, Md. 13 Aug. '90