The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07

games on Sept. 90 az q good event for the trial.
The worlds amateur record for the distance il
3l9s seconds made by L. r. Myers, oct. %, 1881
and Lee Just failed by nlne.forticths of second
| TO reacl the old mark. The conditions were en-.
tirely dssimilar. with much 10 be urged in favor
OF each man. Myers had tho larger and better
track with only one easy curve. hut the weather
was against him, and he was also restrained by
the fact that he had 10 run on to the end Of u
quarter. Lee had to start on curve with fast
man between him and the pole. AZ soon as he
got clear Of his opponents lie had to face the see
ond curve The latter effort used him up, and
he found the dash up the straight q severe trial.
The track was dead and somewhat sticky from
recent rain, and Lees failure did not take away
any OF the prestige he lad previously acquired.
II the record which has stood thirteen years
will ever he broken II will probably he on a less
circumscribed track than that at Travers
Island, and even then the performance will
always I've qualified by the fact that Myers
finished out quarter mile after making his
record
England between 100 Yards and a quarter mile,
except an occasional 120-ynrd event. The
Saxons have Developed no, athlete since lS9i
field, and his efforts in championship and other
scratch races have been crowned with continu-
GUS success. He has never quite succeeded In
reaching record for the hundred but he went
very near the mark IN his last two champion
seconds on courses certified to I've up Hill lie
Is undoubtedly the fastest Splinter seen
IN England since Cary and Remington
will I've n trump card for the }rlishcrS II an
International tournament should malcrlalizc
other amateur To receive credit with having
shaken even time recently IN the old country is
J. j.. Mooney, the Navier \. a. crack. who re
Gently returned to this country after n lively
campaign in ireland. Mooney started from the
half-yard mark ~ hundrrd-yard handicap
shortly before sailing and lost the verdict by
six inches The winner WINS timed ms doing . As
seconds from the Observation-Disclosures mark.
while the Irish champions s!3rtinEE, from the
right. would place Mooney within two icct "
tn worlds record.
endangered during the season, although there
were some very fine contests at the distance.
Ihs half-milc ,i isprSs also escaped but the fey
championship will deny that he could have
equalled the old figures had he gone for time all
the way. On II moderate track aud without
Furnishing himself at any stage of the Journey lie
won as he pleased IN minute 80 - seconds,
The American record is minute 5is seconds
sept 10, 1901 and the worlds record is - 80,
by =. j., X. Gross. on the oxford track. March -,
lSSs. Fitzpatrick has only to maintain his pres
ent condition to capture the record when u
favorable opportunity offers. He is one Of the
The path. and for style and physique he is with
out II peer. His strong point is his staying
power, and while he can win n quarter-mile dash
from average men, he can go as far as five miles
Mt fair clip. He has won mile races from
short mark. and IL was this form which induced
Snd r"rt at Under G
and his men too far away from him. he made
sad mess Of the race and was only a fair third;
outside the record from the thirty yard mark.
When kilpatrick tries again there will he diff
The season developed nothing new in milers
oil this side. q. q. Jarvis won the lntercollcgi-