The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-26

iuu yeAr y 0U l<psU ASSJ viii nNFe
rood many other things to dlstlnkuish Il
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II mas been record breaker. Worlds rec
ortis In all kinds OF achievements have been
smssh~d rtvA, ana lAt, r,.rv ,~.,,. a.
-..ss q.
~vHu sceM IMAM an nhy ordinary sear.
oceen records have Keen lowered, railroad
reeoruk nave oeen let uown, ana running,
swimming Snd oicycie records by the score
, maNo esea smasneu 70 smithsrecns. ~
sprrt recorss thai have hrsr srnnossd "a
We the llmit have been set aside for new
ana better. The year 1887 has surely been
NJ sii .saSs ~, 49,, ,,nn,,.n, 80, ,,n..
wonderful piece Of record breaking during
the year was that of the great Star Pointer,
King OF PAGERS. For years the owners Of
ti'ctting and pacing horses have been striv-
ing 20 get under tho two minute mark for
the mile. Some OF them have come within
Few seconds OF 1t, but " remained Tor
star POINTER to gel under the mark, whicn
ne did when he paced around the rms "
i'osA AT The keadviile track, near BOSTON.
on August ~ FOR that performance ne "
oailed the morse OF the century ana ne
deserves the name ASIDE from tnat one
great performance. ne has gone over me
uack tnAt no morse but one oil Tue oese
could equal
Inc detaits OF star f'oin'er great reco'u-
preaking mile are Sun Wen rememoerea'
ne ro'isu OF, ,ne hrst qu.r'er IN eV seVehus
lat ihc hAit maze po.e was PAsseu w
opW ssoVnos. AZ the tnree-ouA.to,s wy
great morse was quarte, OF y ssconu rnv ,,
unoer tne wo.ntuu'e Hip, anu VI. ~
as nc nhihheu " WIS tne ias,ese WV p"ee~'
STEAMSHIP RECoRDS LOWERED.
| One OF the latest records to 20 aud one
:, ~ rost ,nnor,on, hro,o, s,,.;,r IN.
=. ~ 80.
sea' WAS tue OCEAN s'ea"snip recoru ne-
tween southampton end Sandy Hook. The
| st. Paul, the pride Of the American line.
nas MA ~ ~. ea,,na a.. ~. -.
w "s w..
ious "hiie' ahu ~ hau begun 10 DC
matter of doubt IL any other vessel would
be able 10 chin ANYTHING on the time The
| do,ibt WAS renewed ~ senIcmher u, hnu,-
ever. when the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Two hours on the St. Pauls figures. The
81. 'a aua ,t pcs, .ne ,or me ur.r was SIX
helm dsr Grassa n,,aa ,ha rnn IN nva days
twenty-five hours and forty-flve minutes
The Kaiser Wilhelm alsD partly broke
s rscora on ,ne retuhn .rlp, her ume
aays G,tanr hovrs ond ,an ,,,,n',ns ~
svar,sa snasa =, o. 81 hn,,s a,sr,s,,s t,,a
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amntnn a. M s,naa, .sn ,'.,ua NV.
broran IN, rncord 49,, ,.a ~ 49, ' ~,
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utes a''-
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zone al the record breaking, bieycie riu.
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~ 49,. Ian, ~,
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'he .ao,s' ~
D'ssr,e reeotue are ofohcn a'in"st eNeiy
Jay me mere announcement tnat sncn
a"u sun = ,Iuei mas c,e.''eu new teNo,'
mas come 10 nave STATE SOUND IN the pun
| iio car.
MARVELLOUS CYCLING PERFORM
ANCES.
Some of the new worlds records made
mi. s..son tbo,sb ara ,o,b,nv ,ass than
~.
inarVeious. for instance 'ne recoru 'oi
one paced mile. When the season started
w. w. Hamilton OF Denver had made the
lowest figures, 1889 is. In the early au-
tumn McDuifee OF Boston took few irac-
Mons OF second on ham,l,on uine,
cnt = iittio mora ana within s,other wee,,
or so ]. w. Stocks put the figures down 70
1875 20, and chat Is now the bicycle record
lor q lnlie, paceu, mitn ~. ~. =, !, y.
Thing possible,
: Stocks has made other worlds reeorii
during the year, one OF then, the record fsf
one hour--the most Important IN cycliri
. 1ext 10 the ore mile. Paced by "triplets,
quaus ana CUNTS on inc board track a.
the Crystal Palace IN London. he went q.
miles and 1886 yards In Nxty minutes. Tha'
! ls the bicycle record for one hour, ana there
is probably no one on earth who VIII no
concede the performance was wonderful. II
there be one who Will not make the con-
cossion let him try TO equal Stocks RECORD
: Another important worlds bicycle record
made during the year Is the twenty four
hour captured by cordang. the Dutch cy-
clist- He rode in that time no less than
GIG miles and $40 yards. That Is lone
trlD for n railroad train III 4 DAY. ~ II