Sporting and Athletic Records

CYCLING-BICYCLE 73 ican J. S. JOHNSON. This is at the rate of over 44 miles an hour! The best British time is S'/jS. slower, or at the rate of just over 38 miles an hour. The Flying Mile stands to the credit of another American, W. W. HAMILTON, in im. 39 1 / S s., but the Englishman, J. PLATT-BETTS is not far behind with im. 40s. The latter claims the Standing Ahle in im. 45 V b 5 - In the Hour Records of the various countries we find the British race satisfactorily predominant. Here is a table which speaks for itself. Hour Records Country Miles Yards Riders England (Single) 32 448 J. W. Stocks S. B. McGregor^ Nationality British England (Tandem) 31 610 France (Single) Denmark „ America „ Belgium „ Holland Germany „ SO 28 27 27 27 26 191 1500 1698 498 53 1547 G. A. Nelson T. Linton A. A. Chase J. Michael H. Luyten Dutch J. Michael British The 100 Kilometres Record (62 miles 244 yards) is held by A. E. WALTERS, British Professional, in 2h. 9m. I3 4 /«s., who has recently (6 May 1897) beaten HURET'S record by about a minute and a quarter. The 100 Miles Record belongs to the British Amateur R. PALMER, in the splendid time of 3h. 37m. 57'/^., or at an average rate of 27 '/s miles an hour. The principal 24 Hours' Records may be summarized as follows. Obviously, the distinction between open and covered tracks is an im­ portant one in comparing the merits of tlie different performances.