The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-02-03
Time Table.

sort of s PORTING Time Table, emitting the names
of the vic:ors and other particulars non.essen-
tial to the general reader:
Walking by Men-A half mile in 3,la. One
mile 6, -. Ten miles. hour &c min. Twenty
miles, hours 81 min. secs. In "a no; RS lO2
miles. Longest walk without rest LOG mile s.
Three men have each walked 1000 miles in 1909
consecutive hours.
Running by Men-One hundred yards. Q sec.
"A mile 49, secs.-1a mile l,5s-l mile
4,2e-lO miles 5l,a4-2) miles 1, So, 10 Sec
onds.
Running by Horsc-SaMntcrcr in 1857 at
mile in min. Al secs. and one sevcnth-the
best on record. Two miles have been run in 3
min. Is SECS, by Inherior, threc-year old at
Liverpool. Three miles ly Rataplan in S min
81 seconds. " ......
In America, Henry Peritt ran one mile in l,
421s-Berry. 2 miles in 3, 361ls-Brown Dick,
3 miles in S, % SECS. and Lexington, miles in
7, l9A. r. r raa.a ss
7roning-Flora Temple made one milo in
harness in 2, 24I. Lancet, under saddle, in
2. 25. Don and Lantern, double team, in 2,
Az. Prince, Ten Miles. in harness 90 min.
81 secs. Trustee 20 miles, ditto, in 50, 351SS.
Spanslcr so miles in 3h. 5sm 54soc., and Con-
qreror 100 miles in g, S., So. .'
Pacing-Pocahontas mile in minutes II X
| seconds.
Ocean Steamers--Thc Persia from N. Y. to
Liverpool 30i5 miles in days, hour and 80
minutes. The Vanderbilt in 9, 3. 80. From
Liverpool to New York, the Baltic was 9, l3.
30-the Arabia in 9, II, IS. These are the best
four passages ever made. From N. Y. to Ha-
vana best time 4 days 4hours-from Havana to
N. va, %. From San Francisco to Panama,
Golden Gate, IL days Abs. ..-
River &eamrs-N.Y VITO Albany, (l6o miles,
the Aida 6 hours 81 min. The South America
ON the Hudson. made 26 miles in one hour
Eclipse, from N. Orleans to Louisville 1900
miles in 4'days, 9 his. 80 min.
Clipper Sh;ps--New York to Liverpool la
days l hour, IS min. The Flying Scud made
400 miles in 81 hours, the best time on record
for sailer.
| Roping-Two miles in 10 minutes, with 4
oars. .s...-
! Skating-One mile in min. Sc Sec, at Madi.
son, Wis, by W. Clarke. Thirty miles an hour
was made by George Seward. ..s..
Prize Ring-Longest Battle hours ] min.
Shortest Battle min. Greatest stake fought
for, $4,000, by Hyer and Sullivan in ls49 in
Maryland. ...r......
Rat K0l;ns-lo0 rats killed by dog Billy in
min. 80 sec.
Fire Engine-Horizontal play Of water s73
feet in Cincinnati. Perpendicular play, 1876
feet in Philadelphia.
Leaping-By John Howard, one jump %
feet. BY Thoms King in San Francisco 81 f.
~ inches over horses. by Horse 80 feet
over water, 81 feet over hurdles and 80 feet
over WALL. .
Baliords-spot Ball 100 by Higham Of
Albany. Around the Table 243 by Phelan OF
New York. ..'.
Birds FGny-Thc Crow IS miles an hour,
the Sparrow 80 miles, the Pigeon 60, the Swal-
low and Elder Duck 80. A Falcon belonging
to Henry w, of France. escaped from Fontain-
bleau and was found 81 hours after in Malta,
not less than 1850 miles of. @
Ballooning-Sept 6, 1904, Gay Lussac left
Paris and attained the astonishing height Of
% 900 feet. John Wise has moved mile in
AZ secs. Mons. Goddard 1870 miles in hours
| 80 minutes. ~
Locomotiues-l6 miles in IS min. by special
train in England-l4 miles in IL min, on the
| N. Y. Central in 1855, 10 miles in ~ min. on
the Penn. Road-64 miles in /, 80, from Indi-
annapolis to Union City-l44 miles in 2 hours
40 min., from Albany to New York-3O5 miles
in 7 hours ~ minutes, from Albany to Niagara.
Cyicket-Ball thrown from bat to pitch IT'S
yards by Fellows of England-th both
ways ITO and lO7 yards by PAR of England
greatest distance in America 100 yardsby Phelps
Of Utica. e a@
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