ATHLETIC of America, and particularly in the colleges of that country (see below). A party of American athletes took part in the English Championship meeting of 1900 and won the majority of the events, being conspicuously the superiors of the Englishmen in the short-distance races. Indeed, the American records of every distance up to and including half a mile are slightly better than the English. In the longer distances the Englishmen seem more than able to hold their own. Except at the universities all the athletic meetings in England are now held in the summer months. During the winter the athletes occupy themselves with paperchases and cross-country races. There are many scores of paper - chasing clubs throughout the country, and the popularity of cross-country running seems to be steadily upon the increase. The only other remaining feature in connexion with athletic sports which requires chronicling is the new method of starting in sprinting or shortdistance races. The runner bends down and rests his hands lightly on the starting mark, and no longer “ toes the scratch.” When the pistol fires he pushes off from his hands and raises himself gradually in the first stride or two. There is no doubt that this is the quickest method of starting, and it is now almost universal. Amateur Athletic Association Records. Running. Distance.
Name. Record made by
A. Wharton . C. A. Bradley A. R. Downer 100 R, W. Wadsley F. W. Cooper C. R. Thomas W. P. Phillips C. A. Bradley 120 A. R. Downer 1 I20 Hun Godfrey Shaw G. Wood . 150 | C. C. J. Monypenny E. H. Pelling A. R. Downer 200 G. Jordan C. G. Wood . 220 BOO /! H. C.’l. Tindall 440 I E. C. Bredin. 2 440 Hur. j T. M. Donovan E. C. Bredin . 600 F. J. K. Cross 880 W. E. Lutyens 1000 Alec. Nelson . 1320 Miles. F. E. Bacon . 1 S. Thomas H W. G. George 2 S. Thomas 3 E. C. Willers 4 S. Thomas 5 6 7 W. G. George 8 9 10 12 S. Thomas 15 J>
G. Crossland . 20 G. A. Dunning 25 J. A. Squires 30 G. A. Dunning 40 J. E. Dixon . 50 No records. 100 1 2
Walking.
3 July 1886 1 July 1893 4 May 1895 10 2 July 1898 2 July 1898 8 March 1890 25 March 1882 28 April 1894 11 May 1895 6 July 1895 21 July 1887 14f | 27 Feb. 1892 28 Sept. 1889 19| 11 May 1895 16 March 1896 214 25 June 1887 31f 21 July 1887 20 June 1889 48i { 22 June 1895 571 13 June 1896 1 Hf 10 June 1893 9 March 1888 1 54f 5 July 1898 2 14| 3 114 26 Aug. 1899
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1 1 1 6
9 14 19 24 30 35 40 46 51 2 22 51 33 17 50 18
17 53f 17-| 24 334 53f 171 364 574 12 20 43 15f 54 44 36^ 12 264
6 July 13 May 26 April 3 June 10 June 24 Sept. 22 Oct.
1895 1893 1884 1894 1894 1893 1892
28 July 1884 7 April 1884 22 Oct.
1892
22 Sept. 26 Dec. 2 May 26 Dec. 11 April
1894 1881 1885 1879 1885
On grass. • Hurdle race on grass, over ten 3 ft. hurdles not less than thirty yards apart.
Name. Record made by
Distance. Miles. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 25 30 40
W. J. Sturgess
J. Butler
3
Tom Griffith . J. Butler
50 75 100
H. M. 6 13 21 28 36 43 51 58 9 17 25 34 42 52 0 9 18 28 39 47 2 49
W. E. N. Coston 3
A. W. Sinclair J. A. McIntosh A. W. Sinclair J. A. McIntosh 3 A. W. Sinclair
3
Date.
Yards.
765
SPORTS
8 8 14 19
25 52 10 41
33f 24i 14 24f 27 58f 27 56 31f 38f 53f 34 59f 18f 434 39 564 52 6QS S 52 26 42£ 35 52 3 44 25J 25 0 50
26 Sept. 1896 10 July 1897 3 July 1897 19 Oct.” 1895 3 Oct.
1896
23 Oct.
1897
23 Oct.” 1897
1870 1897
3 Dec. 23 Oct. 27 Dec.
1880 14 Nov. 1879 2 Oct 1886 14 Nov. 1879 2 Oct. 1886 27 Aug. 1881
Time Records. Name.
- Distance.
Record made by |
Event. 2 hours’ run 1 hour walk 3 hours’ walk . 12 „ . . London (Westminster Clock Tower) to Brighton (521 miles) (walk)
G. Crossland W. J. Sturgess J. Butler . A. W. Sinclair 1- E. Knott
20i ... 8 270 21 49 64 180 H. M. S. 8 56 44
Date. 22 Sept. 1894 19 Oct. 1895 23 Oct. 1897 27 Aug. 1881 10 April 1897
Odd Events. Name. Record made by High jump Pole jump 4 Long jump Putting the shot (16 R) Throwing the hammer (161b)
Date.
FT. 6 4f 6 Sept. 1898 P. H. Leahy 1891 R. D. Dickenson. 11 9 W.J.M. Newburn 24 0i 16 July 1898 46 5J 15 Aug. 1894 D. Horgan. T. F. Keily
151 11
25 July 1898 (m. S.)
United States.—The American adopted all his sports, except base - ball, from the English; but, as in the case of American political institutions, while the origins have been English the genius of the people has determined the lines of development. All forms of athletic contests tend in America to become shorter and more intense. The national game of base-ball, for instance, is nervous and rapid in its movement, as compared with cricket. A base-ball contest is decided in two hours, as against the day or more required for a game of cricket; and instead of the two long innings 3
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In matches against time. P. O’Connor jumped 24 ft. 111 in. at Kilkenny, 15th July 1901.
