New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08
4 YEAR OF RECORD BREAKING.
WHAT HORSES. ATHLETES AND OTHERS DID IN
1902

1892.
Tie year 1892 will stand ont prominently as one Of
records smashed in many wavs hut especially so IN a
sporting Records which have stood the test Of
years tocrcd IN regular order and the who Ani
their chief from business in athletics and
other outdoor sports have had many surprises.
Records smashed 'smith"reens" I'm athletics.
baseball trotting. bicycling ice-skotnc swimming, and
in almost everything olsc Even in lawn tennis clever
made although tennis offers re 'ord bicAknS
tests as general rule. SIN. F. II. Hoycy. who lost
only one the National championship tournament.
made record to he proud Of ITovcy won cchtccn s'
tho best record ever IN American tennis In spite
o. this clever work he beaten out By 70 by tho
champion. o. s. Campbell
Few weeks have passed since January !, 1892 when
record Of kind has not been placed on the shelf
ne one OF the hos beens" When J. Corbott sent
John L. Sullivan virtual obscurty through prize ring
tactics he OF the records OF the year OF records
The pucilstlc world has not yet recovered from THIS
record at facial smashing Then the peerless mar" Nancy
Hanks sent Maud s. and Suno 10 the wall at one clip.
when she sped mile in two minutes and four Sec
onds and made Maud SIS 0s look ordinary and foforn
In athletics records cast aside with great
ease and one Of remarkable feat Of the year wa
made by VI. +. Sweeney. n the Alvicr Athlete CUB
Sweeney ". Bird P'res hgh jumping record o.
SIX feet inches. which has stood since October T.
1887. Few well posted followers Of athletics thought,
that Pages record would be surpassed Now some
doubtless reeyc sweeney viii easily beat his own
record
Then the pole.vaunc record OF II ect inches maze
II.
bauch Of the athletic club OF tho Schuylk Navy who.
m ccn.cAor Il cleared II feet ~ inches The sand.
ing high and standing broad jumps were also beaten
In June A. 7. Schwancr. Of the New-Nork y. -
boosted the standing high jump 70 feet ga inches. r'
best previous record being 81 inches made by D. Cooe
A. worcester in Schwan"r also captured The stand
irg broad Jump record in September covering 10 fet 30
inches beating the record held BY Malcolm W. Ford
f. W COZ Of the Manhattan y. C.. broke the American
hop skip and jump record September II, covering a.
feet / inch.
For distance roicvaulting A. H. Green. 0. the Man
haitian A. c., the worlds record by covering 20
feet AZ inches lie broke his own record Jane" ;
Michel OF the New.York \. c.. dh remarkable work
with the weights On October g he threw the 1G-ponnd
hammer 14j >. inch. and the same afternoon he
threw the jGpouni weight % feet Go inches. l. r.
Floss Of Boston, broke ecvcral short-dsanro running
records and George l.. Gray two records with the
10 and II pound shot.
w G. Georges world record for five miles was twic"
broken Georges time % ;07 40 w. ii. Morton.
At Dublin on May the distance in % :03. whic
sidney Thomls Romford Essex made the Distance In
"a SO Thomas also beat the worlds records for hr
tocn fourteen fifteen miles w. II. Henry. OF San
Francisco and +. Purcr, Of the Manhattan 4. c. hal
little trouble clipping seconds OF the hurdle records
Dr. Hasboucks i've furlongs in 81 seconds Mt Morris
Park WAS 4 remarkable performance. and NemoHs
thrcequarter mile in :0o'i. Salya'ors time Tor The
milo I :35L made NJ Monmouth Park in 1899. stIn
stands for tho that dst,nce Nancy Hanks did
not all the trotting honors NJ Nashvlle' Ichh
the black stallion Storm stepped mile in 2:0Sia, Givnr
him the stallion record. Little Albert at the same meet
Ing made the for the four fastest heats at the time
being 2I2 2:l0o, 21li4 and 2:l01,. Dire ton cs,ab
ishrd new record for three year.ohs doing the milo In
ella and Nellie A. established ycaflins record OF
2 :20as.
Even the standard distances did not escape. s gen
orally the case in record hreakng The railroad engine
however front and has covered the fastest
mile ever recorded. on November 90 a train on the
Philadelphia and Reading road near Fanwood, y. j.
covered a mile in thrty-scven seconds This record l.
vouchcd for by reputable Witnesses. An lee yacht u
considered the greatest space dcvoucr yet the best
authentic record Is 10 made at Red Bank Ia 1881.
Then comes ealya:or's record Of 49,.
J. S. Johnson al Independence Iowa, on september ."
20. the bicycle world talking by covering mile Oh safety
bicycle in SO 3.5. lie paced by horse an1 had
other help and his record viii not be allowed by the
League Of American WhcclmcD. stu. no one doubts
that johnson really made the record. o. Banker and
Carl Hess won the tandem bicycle record Of 2:1i i5 al,
| Springfield on September g. On the high bicycle W. J..
Murphy won the 10 Is record on July D. In lee
| skating T.. Ialvcrscn. amateur, covered mile III
,:47 2.5 at Manor Norway February 81. In swim
| ming & w. Gioascy covered a mile In % lS 80 at
| Exeter, England, August 10.
Tho City Of Paris smashed the records. and the
New.Yo baseball broke all records during 1882
| FOR unsatisfactory playing
Here are few Of the best bicycle records Of the year
made In this country: