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BEST RECORDS. 
World’s Records for One Mile. All Methods 
of Progression. 
TIME. 
M. S. 
METHOD. 
HOLDER 
OF RECORD. 
DATE. 
o -37 
Railroad Train ... 
Phila. & Reading.. 
Nov. 26/92 
Z.IO 
Yacht (Ice). 
Dreadnought. 
Jan. 26, ’93 
I.35 1-2 
Horse (Running). 
Salvator. 
Aug. 28/90 
1.50 
Torpedo Boat .... 
Brazilian Navy. 
June 2/91 
1 - 553*5 
Safety Bicycle.... 
1 . S. Johnson. 
Nov. 8,’93 
2.04 
Horse (Trotting). 
Nancy Hanks. 
Sep. 28, '92 
2.06 4-5 
Tandem Bicycle.. 
( G. E. Osmond ) 
) R. G. Merry $ ** 
Sep. 14, *93 
2.121-2 
Yacht (Steam).... 
Norwood. 
Nov. 7, ’91 
2.123-5 
Skating (Ice, with 
Wind). 
Tim. Donoghue*.. 
Feb. 1, ’87 
2.20 
Ocean Liner(S.S.) 
Teutonic. 
Aug. ’91 
2.221-5 
Ordinary Bicycle. 
Single Tricycle... 
W. F. Murphy. 
July 5,’92 
Sep. 22, ’93 
2.28 
L. Stroud*. 
2.312-5 
Tandem Tricycle. 
( P.W.S.Beduin* ) 
t B. W. Crump* $ 
July 25/91 
2.502-5 
Skating (Rollers). 
Frank Delmont **. 
Aug.27/90 
4.12 3-4 
Man (Running)... 
W. G. George**... 
Aug. 26/86 
5-40 
5.42 1-2 
Rowing (Single 
Sculls). 
Snow’shoes (Run¬ 
ning). 
Jos. Laing*. 
T. G. Ross* . 
Aug. 19/82 
Mar. 7/85 
June 1,’74 
Aug. 29/90 
Mar. 28/93 
6.23 
9- 2 3 
Walking. 
\V. Perkins**. 
Canoe Paddling.. 
A. F. Mackendrick* 
27.031-2 
Swimming. 
W. G. Gromley*... 
♦Amateur. 
** Professional. 
P. A. C., St. Louis, 23 ft. 4% in. 
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T. Bucholz, B. C. A. A., io ft. 6 in. Pole vault for dis¬ 
tance, A. H. Green, C. A. A., 27 ft. 5 in. 
SHsx- 
YACHT Racing. — For America’s Cup, between Valkyrie 
(English) and Vigilant (American). All three (3) races 
won by Vigilant. This was the ninth time the cup had 
been sailed for, including the race in which it was first won 
by the America, at Cowes, in 1851. 
BASE-BALL, 1893.— Boston won the League pennant; 
Erie, the Eastern League trophy; Harvard, the Intercol¬ 
legiate honors. 
FOOT-BALL, 1893.— Princeton won the pennant by defeat¬ 
ing Yale, Nov. 30, by 6 to o. 
Lawn Tennis, 1893.— Championship of America. Men’s 
singles, W. D. Wrenn; men’s doubles, Clarence Hobart 
and F. H. llovey; ladies’ singles, Miss Grace Terry, 
Weight Throwing, 1893.—Putting 16-lb. shot, G. R. 
Gray, N. Y. A. C., 47 ft. Throwing 56-lb. weight, t. S. 
Mitchell, N. Y. A. C., 34 ft. 5 X A in. Throwing 16-lb. ham¬ 
mer (7-ft. circle), T. S. Mitchell, N. Y. A. C., 134 ft. 8 in. 
JUMPING, 1893.—Running high jump, M. F. Sweeny, 
X. A. A., 5 ft. 11 in. Standing high jump, A. P. Schwaner, 
N. Y. A. C., 4 ft. 11 14 in. Running long jump, C. E. Reber, 
‘ -- " ••• Pole v. 
vault for height, C. 
