Chapter 45
SCATING, AMATURE 50 yards, 5 and 2 fifths seconds, Morris Wood, Pittsburgh 100 yards, standing start, 8 and 3 fifths seconds, J.S. Johnson, Minneapolis 300 yards, 31 and 2 fifths seconds, G.D. Phillips, New York 1 mile, 2 minutes and 36 seconds, John O'Nielson
5 miles, 14 minutes 24 seconds, O.Rudd, Minneapolis 10 miles, 31 minutes 11 and a fifth seconds, J.S. Johnson, Montreal 25 miles, 1 hour 31 minutes 29 seconds 50 miles, 3 hours 15 minutes 59 and 3 fifths seconds 75 miles, 5 hours 19 minutes 16 and 4 fifths seconds
100 miles, 7 hours 11 minutes 38 and 1 fifth seconds, all made by J.F. Donahue, Stanford, Connecticut SCATING, PROFESSIONAL A quarter mile against time, flying start, straight away, 28 and a half seconds, John S. Johnson, Minnesota A half mile, indoor track, 1 minute 16 and 4 fifths seconds, W. Rankin, Cleveland 1 mile, indoors, 2 minutes 48 and 3 quarter seconds, John O'Nielson, Pittsburgh
5 miles, 14 minutes 47 and 1 fifth seconds, John Nielson, Montreal SWIMMING, 40 yards 18 seconds, Exhibition, Dick Cavill, Portland, Oregon 100 yards, 1 minute 1 and a half seconds, J. Nuttall, Stallybridge, England 150 yards, 1 minute 39 seconds, D. Billington, Swinton, England 200 yards, 2 minutes 18 and a half seconds, D. Billington, England
300 yards, 3 minutes 32 and 1 fifth seconds, D. Billington, England 500 yards, 6 minutes 6 seconds, D. Billington, England 1000 yards, 12 minutes 45 seconds, D. Billington, England 3 quarter mile, 17 minutes 36 and 2 fifth seconds, David Billington, Sydney, New South Wales 1 mile, 26 minutes 8 seconds, J. Nuttall, England
20 and 3 eighths miles, 5 hours 51 minutes, Fred Cavill, River Thames, London 34 miles, 9 hours 39 minutes, J. Wolfe, Herdon Bay, England 35 miles, 21 hours 45 minutes, Captain Matthew Webb, Dover, England, Tukala 40 miles, 9 hours 57 minutes, Captain Matthew Webb, Wyth Tide, River Thames, England 74 miles, 84 hours, Captain Webb restricted to 14 hours a day, Lambeth Baths, England
TW Burgess, Swam English Channel, Dover to Cape Green Nez in 22 hours 35 minutes Swimming, Women Longest time underwater, 4 minutes 45 and a half seconds, Miss E. Wallenda, England, at Barnley Bath, Scotland Miss Ethel McKay swam 200 yards in 2 minutes 57 and 1 fifth seconds
50 yards, 31 seconds by Miss Fanny Durack, New Zealand 80 yards, 56 and a half seconds by Miss Elba Whitaker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 100 yards, 1 minute 6 seconds by Miss Fanny Durack, New Zealand 100 yards, backstroke, 1 minute 26 seconds, Miss Elba Whitaker, Milwaukee 200 yards, 2 minutes 51 seconds, Miss Vera Neve, London, and Miss Daisy Curran in England
1 mile, 32 minutes, 8 and 1 fifth seconds, Miss Mabel Fletcher in England Open water, 31 minutes, 41 and 4 fifth seconds, Miss Vera Neve, Jersey, England Trotting records Quarter mile, 28 and 3 quarter seconds, Lou Dillon, Brighton Beach, New York, August 17, 1903 A half mile, 58 and 3 quarter seconds, Lou Dillon, Cleveland, Ohio, September 17, 1904
1 mile, 1 minute 58 seconds, Oolan with windshield, Lexington, Kentucky, October 8, 1912 2 miles, 4 minutes 15 and a quarter seconds, The Harvester, Lexington, Kentucky, October 13, 1910 3 miles, 6 minutes 55 and a half seconds, Nightingale, 8 years old, Nashville, Tennessee October 20, 1893 4 miles, 9 minutes 42 seconds, Baron Rogers, Moscow, Russia, 1899
5 miles, 12 minutes and 24 seconds, Zambra, 1902 10 miles, 26 minutes 15 seconds, Pascal, New York, November 2, 1893 20 miles, 58 minutes 25 seconds, Captain McGowan, Boston, October 31, 1865 50 miles, 3 hours 55 minutes 40 and a half seconds, Ariel, Brown Mayor, May 5, 1846, Albany, New York The fastest mayor made 1 mile in 1 minute 58 and a half seconds
The fastest gelding a mile in 1 minute 58 seconds The fastest stallion 1 mile in 2 minutes 1 second Walking records, amateur 75 yards, 11 and 4 fifths seconds, Harry Fitzpatrick, New Orleans 1 mile, 1 minute 22 and 1 fifth seconds
1 mile, 3 minutes FH Creamer, New Zealand 1 mile, 6 minutes 22 and 4 fifths seconds, W. Murray, Australia Walking records, professional Walking records, professional 1 quarter mile, 1 minute 26 seconds
Half mile, 3 minutes and a half seconds 1 mile, 6 minutes 22 and a half seconds, M. H. Donovan, Westport, New York 2 miles, 30 minutes 14 seconds, H. W. Rabie, England 5 miles, 35 minutes 10 seconds, J. W. Rabie, England 10 miles, 1 hour 14 minutes 45 seconds, J. W. Rabie, England
25 miles, 3 hours 35 minutes 14 seconds, W. Franks, England 100 miles, 18 hours 4 minutes, W. A. Hoagland, New York
