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...Sutton has lately ridden on a bicycle in England 260 1-4 miles in twenty-four ; this beats the record by about 8 miles...
...George, the English amateur pedestrian champion, recently tried to break the one mile record...
...Meyrs ran four separate quarter miles in 3m. 31 4-5sec., beating the record, which was four minutes, by the English professional, C. Westhall. The first quarter was ran in 51 2-5 sec. thirteen minutes after he ran the second quarter in 55sec. ; fourteen minutes later he ran the third quarter in 52 3-5 sec. ; and after another rest of fourteen minutes he finished the fourth and last quarter in 52 4-5sec. ; doing the whole distance in 3min. 31 4-5sec. The time from first start to finish was 44min...
...Clipper, in speaking of Queckberner's throw of 26 feet 5 1-2 inches with the 56 1b. hammer, which breaks the record, says: "The Executive committee of the National Association will act wisely if at their next meeting they fix a standard of weight for the ball itself, even if they do not adopt a length-limit for the handle, which latter, however, they ought to do, in order that corrects comparisons may be instituted between the performances of different athletes. It would also be advisable for the committee to adopt a rule prohibiting the use of privately-owned...
...Columbia A. H. fall games. Derickson won the 220 in 23 4-5 sec, Rickhart '84 put the shot 35 ft. Rushmore threw the hammer 92 ft. 6 in This throw beats the record badly if the hammer was of regulation size but we understand it only weighed 12 pounds...