The 100-UP Exercise

12 THE "100- P" EXERCISE at \Vorcester, Birmingham, and London, and honoured with presentations and addresses from all side , for it had been the general opinion that 1\'Iyer was unbeatable. A " George " Year, Or rather a " By-George ! " year was 1882, for our hero annexed the ::\lidland and National Cross– country Championships, both from big fields, and by a margin of over a quarter of a mile, followed by the capture of a whole string of prizes, including several challenge cups, double and treble wins in the London district, Woodbridge, Birmingham, Worce ter, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, Lewes, Tewkesbury, Stoke-on-Trent, Widnes and many other places. At the Championship Meeting held that year at toke– on-Trent, he accomplished the hat-trick by winning the l-mile, the 1-mile, and the 4-mile champion hips on the Satu:r:day ; while on the following l\Ionday he gained the 10 miles. He also ran in the 2-mile steeplechase on the Saturday, but had to stop at q . miles, when a certain winner and leading by 60 yards, through losing a shoe. This record of winning four championships at one meeting has never been equalled except by George himself, when he repeated the per– formance in 1884 at Birmingham, and put up a new record of 4 minute 18~ seconds for the mile in one of them. As Cycle Champion. Among other races won by George during this eventful year may be mentioned a 2-mile bicycle