Chapter 44
Section 44 of A Thousand Things Worth Knowing. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by phone. A Thousand Things Worth Knowing by Nathaniel C. Fowler Jr.
Sporting, Speed and Other Records. Hammer Throwing. 8 lb hammer, 210 ft, 3 inches, by W.L. Condon in Maryland. 10 lb hammer, 140 ft, 2 inches, by W.L. Condon in Maryland. Hurdle racing, amateur. 40 yards, 2 ft, 6 inches, in 5 seconds, by Forrest Metzen, Indiana, F. Fletcher, Indiana,
T. N. Richards, Indiana. 50 yards, 3 high hurdles, indoors, in 6 1⁄5 seconds, by Forrest Metzen, Portland, Oregon. 75 yards, low hurdles, 2 ft, 6 inches, in 9 1⁄5 seconds, John J. Eller, New York. Jumping, amateur. Standing, without weights, 11 ft, 4 7⁄8 inches, Ray C. Eury, St. Louis.
Running high jump, without weights, 6 ft, 7 inches, George Horan, California. Jumping, professional. Standing high jump, with weights, 6 ft, 5 1⁄2 inches, Jay Darby, England. Running high jump, without weights, 6 ft, 1 inch, M.F. Sweeney. Marathon team race.
26 miles, 385 yards, 2 hours, 2 minutes, 16 1⁄5 seconds. Hans Holmer and William Queel, New York. Motorcycle records. 1 mile, 36 4⁄5 seconds. 10 miles, 6 minutes, 21 4⁄5 seconds.
100 miles, 1 hour, 15 minutes, 24 2⁄5 seconds. Ocean records. Ocean records. From Queenstown to New York, SS Mauritania, 4 days, 10 hours, 41 minutes. The fastest day run was made by the same ship, 676 knots or a little over 27 knots per hour.
Pole vaulting, amateur. Pole vault for height, 13 ft, 2 1⁄4 inches. Mark S. Wright, New York. 13 ft, 1 inch, Robert A. Gardner, Philadelphia. For boys, 12 ft, ½ inch, Roy Mercer, Philadelphia.
Pole vaulting, professional. 11 ft, 7 inches, M.H. Dickinson, England. Running records, professional. 20 yards, 2 1⁄5 seconds, R.P. Williams, New London, Connecticut. 50 yards, 5 1⁄5 seconds, R.P. Williams, New London, Connecticut.
100 yards, 9 1⁄5 seconds, R.P. Williams, New London, Connecticut. 1000 yards, 2 1⁄7 seconds, W. Cummings, England. 1 mile, 4 minutes, 12 ¾ seconds, W.G. George, England. 100 miles, 13 hours, 26 minutes, 30 seconds, Charles Rowell, New York. Running records, amateur.
20 yards, 2 4⁄5 seconds, E.B. Bloss, Roxbury, Massachusetts. 25 yards, 3 seconds, Jack Connerly, Boston. 35 yards, 4 seconds, Arthur Duffy, Baltimore. 40 yards, 4 2⁄5 seconds, R.P. Williams, New London, New York. 40 yards, 4 2⁄5 seconds, indoors, W.D. Eaton, Boston.
Dr. Thorny, Madison, Wisconsin, 4 1⁄5 seconds. 50 yards, 5 1⁄5 seconds, indoors, Four Line St. Louis. 50 yards, 5 1⁄5 seconds, J.H. Maybury, Wisconsin University. 50 yards, on grass, 5 2⁄5 seconds, A.D. Duffy, New Zealand. 60 yards, on grass, 6 2⁄5 seconds, A.F. Duffy, Australia.
60 yards, indoors, 6 1⁄5 seconds, Charles East Sides, Washington. 100 yards, 9 3⁄5 seconds, A.F. Duffy, New York. Running distance, amateur. 1 mile, 4 minutes, 15 2⁄5 seconds, John P. Jones, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2 miles, 9 minutes, 9 3⁄5 seconds, Alfred Trubb, Scotland.
3 miles, 14 minutes, 17 3⁄5 seconds, Alfred Trubb, England. 4 miles, 19 minutes, 23 2⁄5 seconds, Alfred Trubb, Scotland. Shot putting, amateur. Putting 8 pound shot, 67 feet and 7 inches, Ralph Rose, New York. Putting 12 pound shot, 57 feet, 3 inches, Ralph Rose, New York.
Putting 20 pound shot, 38 feet, 7 1⁄2 inches, G.R. Gray, New York. Shot putting, professional. Putting 12 pound shot, 50 feet, 1⁄2 inch, J.D. McPherson. Putting 20 pound shot, 40 feet, 11 1⁄4 inch, J.D. McPherson. End of section 44, recording by phone.
