The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-08
ATHLETIC MARKS
IN VARIOUS EVENTS
Many Old Records in Distance.
Running Still Stand
Unbcaten.
NINE IN CENTURY SPRINT.
Best Records in All Running,
Leaping and Wcight-Throw-
Ing Tests.
NINE I'm CENTURY SPRINT.

held Jointly by j. v. Crun, 3. J. Wefcrs.
J. II. Maybury. J. n. Rush, Clyde Blair.
Archie Hahn. Dan ]. Kelly, "A. G. Par
sons and ~. Cartwell.
u distinction between a straightway
and curved course. b. J. Wefers ran
the sdistance straightway IN 2ll-b, and
on q iiftl, Of mile. track he negoti.
ter Of mile track j. n. Mnybury went
in 81 4.5. Around a turn on one
third mite track p. u. Walsh ran It IN
around a slight curve In III l.5.
Nancy Long holds the undlsputed re-
cord In the quarter-mile run. both on
ah M ana arGun ha he
the distance straightway In ~ and
around a 352-yard circuit path he made
:474-5.
made the phenomenal time Of 1863 2-5
In 1895. This record has not been APP
preached. and from the presert OUTLOOK
time. Fitzpatrick also holds the all
American college record maze az piiioA
Conner Holds Nile.
The mile record 10 held l by y: 4 is Toni
ed on, a few oecasl ons. but has stood
and and that o. KpatsieRdS i saoW
The two.mile record. o:27 ~. is held he
by Alex. Grant, and was made AZ IraN-
ers Island n l lrssent Ih iime !, who oo ap
bears capable Of beating this mark
Rowe the Michigan two:miler, de-
serves commentator for the new col
lin Field last April. Alfred schrubb
holds the worlds two-mile record at
9:oe as, made in Glasgow, scotlahd'
eune ~ .,.n ar1 h,,rd,e racord is held
by a. c. kraenzlein, at 10 - mace
in Chicago in 1898. The former Penn
Jumper also holds the American COLI
Iege record jointly with q s. ao Gnass Of
5sisaso b. ana ..s Joining VdaaTreis
OF Michigan. went the distance IN
:15 10 but his record was nol az
lowed by the con !,nd nee h G3i at
The record for the a2o-yard low hur-
dies. which. Is ten hurdles, eash ~, eWo
esst r s,s ahenss at a as. He holds the
college record for the distance IN Inc
same time. This Kraenzlein was
great allrround athlete "a and a. hela t,n me
running broad jump record LOT uhtis,
and also was a Splinter OF ability.
Rose in Class by Himself.
In tho shotput there is one man who
shas it or all OF his rivals. but there
Is q strong possibility his recoros WIN
meet the same fate as t i,ss % pos l.ui !.
liable 10 suspension from the q: q. y.
on the grounds Of profess!onans1n; .as
shotput record now is 43 feet !,
tors With the exception of Wesley w
Cos, by several feet. N case lose
e let out by the a. "A. U. the record
will fall to Goe, who I, mas .ray n1 IL isss
put the ball A feet. which stoou ior
tss ; + S5ss n a,sh 5snYg Zee. y
,ashsS, a wplsa mdtN Motif. Of Penn
sviyanIa, made leap at the Eastern
CHAMPIONSHIPS eeefcsrd dss for the
broad lump Is held by Peter O'Conhor.
Of Ireland. at "a feet II "a lncnss;
while the American reed I,r r. nx - e
philadelphia In 1900.
The highest mark yet reached by any
pole yaultsr was made by walter s. pt "a
snn p feet 5 1-a Inches. The highe
previous mark was IL feet Is inche i, :.
made BY Leroy samse at Chicago In
1905 1906 :
sheridan Supreme With Discus.
dan In b SnSd assss u 1mhsp tile With
throw of l43 feet inches. made at
New York September 2. 1905. In the
.hs nIss Eam fee a style. Isl feet
, Throwing the sixteen pound hammer
Including the weight g. ct the .e he a. ana Inc
cord at Long Island City in 100! Of John
Flanagan There are many ways OF
throwing the hammer and a record Tor
tarow to to date s under the method all
most universally used,
There are some records when. al
though not on the regular order OF the
Especially in the indoor meets, where
lack OF floor space will not permit OF
lepgerh & da1hhIss; tive- vara dasn tbe hes,
time made Is :04. made by w
arosysnor; g: 2. Blalr and Frank rank Val W. y
Eaton and r. T. Murray. The seven ty.
fiye,yard dashrssosd Is held 4y ATshie
He Carries the White MANS BuSden
OF the. 100.000,OO0b horses known t
existNin the world, $4,000, 900, or four
nfths Of the entire number, are fou =,
According to the National Geographl
Magazine, the remaining 10000. 90
scatterea through the troptcs arc large
" employed In the service of tenn
animal as he Is: known to the peopl
OF Europe or America.
In the United states and Canada W
have \ horse for every s72 persons; i
~ South American, 1 for5every SIN Next
col for every ~: in Japan for ever,
40;t1 for840 In Turkey, for 80 In tn
for 600 In India and Southern Chine
The llama will carry from soto 90
pounds; man from Is toGi5O pounds
The aonkeey. ioo to,aGQ poanass. 81, 8
$50 pounds the camel from $50 to 90
4. pounds; the ellen hant fro m ] 500 to $50
pounds,
aIiddies Delighted
ANNAPOLIS, D 1. apuayy, Il Z .-Th
fanged (between.the Navy. and g rvaf
eights wasl5recelved by the brigade q
mldshiprnen "! tn del tgtlt, go the II ",
!. 1iclllt TO- schedule TWO mile races TO