Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-27
KING SKATER DONOGHUE
Scores of Records Smashed in
the Stamford Race.
PHENOMENAL TIME FOR 100 MILES

The Nowburg Boy Made the Distance In
z Hours, IL Minutes, 3S Id Seconds,
Nearly Four and a Half Hours Ahead of
the Best Previous Record.
STANFORD, Conn, Jan. 27-The match
on Cove Pond, near Stamford. between
Joe Donaghue, of Newburgh, A. s.
Franklyn, of New York, and John Ennis,
of Connecticut, was for pure sport only,
but it resolved itself into the greatestsen-
sation in the annals of skating Prior to
the start few enthusiasts entertained a
lurking suspicion that the contest would
develop some features of unusual inter-
est, but the results completely dwarfed
the most exaggerated antic:pations.
Not only were records broken, but they
were shattered in such a manner as to
completely revolutionize all previous
statistics concerning the maximum speed
to be attained on ice in skating for dist
ance.
Joe Donoghuo started ON the journey
with the leisurely gait to be expected
from n skater who meant to finish 100
miles at one clip.
Without hurrying his space-devouring
stroke, he was treading on the worlds
| records after Is miles.
At the end of the first hour Donoghue
| was ahead of any figures ever accom-
plished on runners, and he did not leave
Il solitary worlds record standing from
| that time. He established a complete set
of worlds records for 81 consecutive
miles, and seven additional ones for the
| hour periods. His plucky opponents
| also cut in at so miles and left the old
| figures in the shade.
The sweeping humiliation Of such long
established figures and theories was to
some extent accounted for by the SPLEEN
| did facilities. The course was an elipt-
| cal one, measuring exactly half a mile,
| allowing the usual 1S-inch margin at the
pole.
1t had long, straight stretches, with
| easy curves at the ends. and did rot ex-
hibit II flaw of any Significance. 1t had
| been scraped free of snow and preserved
from trespass by the ingenious provision
| of an inner and outer track for the &C
| commodation of officials and onlookers on
| skates.
The start was made at S:15 a. m. DON
| oghue dropped at once into his long
swinging glide, with his body bent for
ward level with his hips, and his hands
| slasped behind his back.
| At 9:2S Donoghue had made 90 miles
in l h. ID III. 8 s. The best previous
record for the distance was l h. IA M.
Z 10 S. AT that time Donoghue was l l-2
miles ahead of Franklyn and 2 miles
ahead of Ennis.
| Donoghue made 25 miles in h. 81 m.
80 s., which was l minute and so 2-5 Sec
onds ahead of the record.
At 40 miles Donoghue's time was h.
/ "a m. 46 $. This was % minutes and 81
seconds ahead of the record.
At so miles his time was h. IS m. so
| 2-5 8. This lacked less than 3 minutes of
being an hour better than the record,
which was h. 13 m. SO s.
| Donoghue's time on rs miles was 5
hours, 10 minutes, 16 40 seconds
Franklyn was second, 1-2 miles behind,
and Ennis was third, 10 miles back of
Donoghue.
At 1886 Donoghue ended 80 miles in
6:25:57 3-5. His stroke was about 10 feet.
His time averaged a trihe less than 4
| minutes.
On his 92d mile Donoghue was tripped
| by boy who tried to cross the ice. His
fall was a bad one He split his lip and
bruised his knees. He started along
slowly for two laps, and then recovered
partially. He made 95 miles N 6 hours,
81 minutes, is seconds
Donoghue broke the 7-hour record by
| going 81 miles and % yards.
He won in a dash, the time being 7:11:
80 1-5 This breaks the worlds record,
and Donoghue broke every record above
| 16 miles.
When he had finished FRANKLIN had
| gone 90 1-3 miles, and Ennis 50.