Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-24
FAST RECORDS OF ONE MONTH
September. 1894. Will Long ne Rsmem
bcred for Its Altered scores.

September. 1894. win Long ne Rsmsm.
bcred for Its Altered scores.
September, 1894, will long be
known as tue record breaking month.
The following summaries, printed 10y
the Sew York recorder, will be
found very interesting:
The two transatlantic records, both
between Queenstown and tkss 1egt
and between Southampton snA kccA
suffered some pretty hard knocks eops
ing the month OF September. For
this destruction the American Line
from Southampton and the Cunard
Line to and from Queenstown are
responsible, though neither company
processes any regret for its work.
The Campanla set the ball olling,
and the New York followed up her
remarkable performance by reducing
the time between southampton aud
this port The work of the Cam.
pania was particularly notable, as she
not only broke the record to the east.
ward and westward, but brought the
time from New York to Queenstown
down to the level of the record be-
tween that port and this, a feat that
was never before accomplished, max.
ing both the eastward and westward
time five days eight hours and thirty.
eight minutes. The New YOrk's
work was also very creditable, and
while the time OF her average Is
somewhat greater than that of the
Campania. there Is very little differ.
ence In the time between New York
and London by whichever route one
may choose.
In the trotting world a large mum.
Der Of records have been broken. or
several years Nancy Hanks has held
the trottiDg record of 2:O4, but Alix
has lowered this to 2:039. The pac.
Ing record has taken q material drOp
and the 2:04 record OF Mascot has
been lowered to 2:Oll by Robert j.,
while John II. Gentry, in q race,
paced mile In 2:O3'. The 2.year.
old, held to this year by Arion, oil
2:iOi has been beaten both by Car
Donate and Directly, the latter the
past week having paced q mile II
2:07a. The l.year.Old record fol
tillies Is now held by Fantasy, sht
having within q few days trotted ,
mile in .:07i. In fact, there are few
records at mile but what have beer
materially reduced within the past
thirty days aud before the close o
the meetings at Lexington and Nash
vile there will scarcely remain rec
ord that has not been greatly short
ened.
Athletic records fractured: Thre
hundred-yard run-Old record, 0:31 I
new record. O:31 3.5, made by II.
. Lyons, New York A. G. at n. Y. A. c
, games, Travcrs Island, Sept. 90
! Fifty-six pound wcight-Old world
record, 30 feet ., inches. new record
81 feet 10 inches, made by j.
Mitchell, New York A. c., at N. Y
A. G. games, Sept? Ono hundre
and twenty.yard hurdlc--Old record
O:l5s; new record, 0:l3 3.5, made b
Stephen b. Chase of the n. Y. A. G.
at y. A. L. championships, at Ira,
, crs Island, Sept IL. One hundred
, yard swimming race--Old world
, record, l:l2; new record, 100 3.t
: made by A. Il. Kenny N. 5. A., q
I Philadelphia, ut A. A. u. champ ior
r ships, sept 10. In this race 7
, Carey Of the Pastimc A c., tinisho
, second In l:l2 2.5, beating the bes
, American record Onc.afth Of q Sc,
ond. Eight hundred and eight
, yard swimming race-T. Carey vi tn
Pastime A. q covering the dlstanc
q In 1888, which IL 0:Oj 3-5 better thai
/ any similar performance on record.
. Fastest mile ever run-Ducat, ba
/ colt, iyears, by iInpO. ted Deceivel
dam Jennie Flood, In a race carrie
. ll3 pounds aud ran mile In l:3?, q
/ Sheepshead Bay, Aug. q. Faste:
mile ever run over circular track.
: Cycling records during the mont
a have gone by the hoard In name
= that would make one think Of
!, Father Ti,nc would be s'aughtere
!, BY the speedy wheelmcn. Tho stan(
= Ing and lying start and competItio
!, records have every one been changed
y Some Of the American records mad
y during this month are: Flying star
>, against time, one half mile, j.
;, johnson, O:5i; one mile, j. b. Bis
> l:5. 2.'. Standing start, again.
y timc-Tw0 miles, n. Butler, 4:O4 l..
v three miles, J. s johnson, G:26 81
four miles, ]. S. johnson, S:38 s..
five miles, j. S. johnson, lO:4S l.!
In competitlon-One mile, Il.
4 Bald, 2:O5 4.5: agains: time. +.
= Titus, 90 MILE l,4s0 yards, In or
. hour, aud nineteen other recOrl
=, from Scvcn IN les to tWenty.SiX