Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-06-17


gan Against Time-Targst Shoot.
tuK-Othsr Items.
Lower Gold Hill was tho scene OF con-
siderable sporting excitement yesterday.
II was understood that the principal event
Of the day was to be the foot race between
Ike Chapman and Nels. Hough. tho latter
to have twelve feet start In 100 yards.
Before the main race. several impromptu
contests were gotten up. Johncy Morgan
ran over the lOO-ysrd track against time.
the bet being that no would make II inside
| Of twelve seconds. A number OF watches
were hold. and tho reports Of the judges
varied from 81 TO In seconds.
The sporting reporter Of tho News has
often noted the tendency Of %e1sgserating
muscular performances upon the Com.
stock. II man Is fairly timed and he
runs 100 yards In u or Is seconds his
friends Immediately announce that no can
mako II inside Of ten seconds.
In this connection II will be Of interest
10 auote from TAs Referee. . London pub
LEGATION. which has been handed the NEWS
by Jack Ker. Of Virginia City. This
al 10 edited by Pendragon. who is
acknowledged Is q primo authority on all
disputed points. This 10 what he says:
For some years ! have been endeayoring
10 explain 70 the crcdulous that II 10 sim
ply nonsense 10 say that any one has run
loo yards In o. seconds-that 10, - times
and distances are measured nowadays.
When I began there were several other
rec ords OF Q kind which opposed them
selves To the comprehension Of the expe.
rienoed, but - those have In duo course
been wiped out by the constant upheavsl
OF the standard. there has been no neoes.
atty Of late TO carry on the crusade. Tho
100 Yards record still stands, however, and
Il is not likely that there will ever DO .
man who can equal or beat IL without Q
flying start. I had no hope until . fow
dsys ago that 10 would ever DO altered.
The fact that the record stood no chance
Of being eclipsed. fast a. the men are o
compared with what they were twenty or
twenty-five years ago, had It, weight
among thinkers, nc matter with what
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