Sporting and Athletic Records

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS 3 3 3 Time Distance Araerican Professional Records (ii) BY TIME Name Place Date Hours Miles Yds. 1 8 302 J. Meagher New York 29 Nov. 1882 2 14 1320 D. A. Driscoll „ 1 Feb. 1881 3 21 100 „ Lynn, Mass. 6 April 1882 4 « 25 880 E. C. Holske Bangor, Me. 6 Feb. 1879 5 a 3i 720 J. Meagher Boston, Mass. 21 April 1882 6 a 37 440 » » » 8 48 1300 » » » 12 a 66 1630 D. O'Leary Chicago, 111. 16 Oct. 1875 Miscellaneous Records six days'walk (12 houks a day) Time Distance Name Nationality Place Date Days Miles Yds. 1 70 677 J. Hibberd (P.) British Sheffield 13-17 Nov. 1882 2 134 1218 „ >> n 3 197 812 „ ff >t „ 4 258 1625 „ ff t> » 5 318 1490 „ ft ft „ 6 363 1510 J. Scott (P.) Colonial Agricultural 19 May 1888 [ofDunedin, N.Z.] Hall, London C. F ABER, the American Professional, covered 363 miles in the same time under the same conditions, at Pittsburg, U .S .A., 3 July 1880. a The yards have been estimated, and are approximate only. For instance O'L KARY walked his 67th mile in lom. 16s., completing it izh. om. 44s. from the start; a very simple calculation will show that he must have covered about 1630 yards of the 47th mile before he entered upon his 13th hour.