 
ROWING.2 miles—13min. 21½ sec., single-scull, turn, James Riley—Aug. 9, 1876. 3 miles—15min. 37¼ sec., four oars, straight, Argonauta R. A.—Sept. 8, 1875. 3 miles—16min. 32 4-5sec., six-oars, straight, Amherst University crew—best college time—July 24, 1872. 3 miles—17min. 58sec., four-oars, turn, Halifax (N. S.) Fisherman crew—Sept. 4, 1876. 3 miles—20min. 28sec., pair-oar, turn, Geo. Faulkner, P. Reagan—Sept. 5, 1876. 3 miles—21min. 9½sec., single-scull, turn, Edward Hanlon- Sept. 6, 1876. 4 miles—24 min. 40sec., four-oars, turn, Ward Brothers—Sept. 11, 1871. 4 miles—28min. 30sec., single-scull, turn, Wallace Ross—Oct. 19, 1876. 4? miles (about)—23min. 4sec., single-scull, straight, Geo. Tarryer—Oct. 19, 1876. 5 miles—30min. 44¾sec., four-oars, turn, Biglin Bros, and Denny Leary—Sept. 10, 1860. 5 miles—32min. 1sec., pair-oar, turn, John and Barney Biglin—May 20, 1872. 5 miles—35min. 10sec., single-scull, turn, for champion belt, Joshua Ward—Oct. 11, 1859. 6 miles—39min. 20?sec., four-oars, turn, Paris crew—Aug. 23, 1871. PEDESTRIANISM.—RUNNING.100 yards—9¼sec., George Seward—Sept. 30, 1844. 150 yards—15sec., C. Westhall—Feb. 4, 1851; and George Forbes—Dec. 20, 1869. 200 yards—19½sec., G. Seward—March 22, 1847. 300 yards—31½sec., J. Nuttall—April 27, 1863; and D. Wight—Aug. 5, 1876. 440 yards—48¼sec., R. Buttery—Oct. 4, 1873. 600 yards—1min. 13sec., James Nuttall—Feb. 20, 1864. 880 yards—1min. 53½sec., Frank Hewitt—Sept., 1871. 1,320 yards—3min. 7sec., W. Richards—June 30, 1866. 1 mile—4min. 17¼sec., W. Richards and W. Lang, level ground, dead heat—Aug 19, 1865; in 4min. 2sec., part down hill, W. Lang; in 4min., four starts, C. Westhall. 2 miles—9min. 11½sec., W. Lang—Aug. 1, 1863. 3 miles—14min. 36sec., J. White—May 11, 1863. 5 miles—24min. 40sec., J. White, as above. 6 miles—29min. 50sec., J. White, as above. 10 miles—51min. 45sec., John Lovett—Oct. 11, 1852. 12 miles, less 100 yards—1h. 2min. 2½sec., W. Lang—April 3, 1863. 20 miles—1h. 58min. 18sec., R. Manks—Dec. 16, 1851. 50 miles—6h. 17min., G. Martin—Sept. 22, 1863. WALKING.1 mile—6min. 23sec., Wm. Perkins—June 1, 1875. 2 miles—13min. 30sec., W. Perkins, as above. 3 miles—20min. 27sec., W. Perkins, as above. 4 miles—28min. 59sec., W. Perkins, as above. 5 miles—36min. 32sec., W. Perkins, as above. 6 miles—44min. 24sec., W. Perkins, as above. 7 miles—51min. 51sec., W. Perkins, as above. 8 miles—58min. 28sec., W. Perkins, Brighton, Eng., July 29, 1876. 9 miles—1h. 9min. 41sec., G. Davison, London—Dec. 6, 1869. 10 miles—1h. 17min. 33sec., G. Davison, as above. 21 miles—2h. 53min. 34sec., G. Davison, as above. 25 miles—3h. 42min. 16sec., J. Smith—Nov. 10, 1851. 40 miles—6h. 33min. 1sec., G. Ide—Oct. 16, 1876. 50 miles—8h. 19min. 55sec., G. Ide, as above. 60 miles—10h. 46min. 2sec., Daniel O’Leary—Oct. 16, 1875. 100 miles—18h. 51min. 35sec., W. Vaughan—May 9, 1876. 120 miles, 1,560 yards—in 24h., P. Crossland—Sept. 12, 1876. 1,000 miles in 1,000 consecutive hours—one single mile in each single hour, Captain Barclay—June 1 to July 12, inclusive, 1809. 15 miles 508 yards walked in 2 hours—George Davison—Dec. 6, 1869. PRIZE RING.Longest Battle on Record—6h. 15m., James Kelly and Jonathan Smith—Australia, Nov., 1855. Longest Battle in England—6h. 3m., Mike Madden and Bill Hayes—July 17, 1849. Longest Battle in America—4h. 20m., J. Fitzparick and James O’Neil, Berwick, Maine—Dec. 4, 1860. JUMPING.29ft., 7in., by John Howard, running wide jump, taking off from a block of wood, 1ft. wide, 2ft. long, 3in. thick, and elevated 4in.—May 8, 1854. 13ft. 7in.—Joseph Greaves, standing-wide jump—Sept. 18, 1875. 6ft. 2½in.—M. J. Brooks (Oxford University), running high jump—April 7, 1876. 47ft. 7in.—R. Knox, running hop, step and jump—August, 1870. 40ft. 2in.—D. Anderson, standing hop, step and jump—July 24, 1865. 11ft. 1in.—High pole jump, J. E. Woodburn—July 21, 1876. MISCELLANEOUS.Regulation base-ball thrown 133yds. 1ft. 7½in. by John Hatfield—Oct. 15, 1872. R. A. Pennell put up a dumbbell weighing 201¼?—Jan. 31, 1874. Mr. Pennock put up a 10? dumb-bell 8,431 times in 4h. 34m.—Dec. 13, 1870. 1,000 yards swam by E. T. Jones in 15min. 30sec.—Sept. 7, 1874. Mr. Forbes threw a cricket-ball 132 yards, slightly aided by the wind—Oxford, Eng., March, 1876. Lifting.—Hand: 1,250?, health-lift machine, John M. Cannon—Jan. 16, 1875; 1,210?, R. A. Pennell—Nov. 8. 1873. The athletes hereinafter named are credited with having lifted the following weights; but these feats are not properly attested. With harness: W. B. Curtis, New York, 3,300?; Ambrose A. Butts, Auburn, O., 2,737¾?; John J. Lucas, Belleville, Ill., 2,700?—Oct. 26, 1875; Dr. G. W. Winship, Boston, Mass, 2,600?. Hand lift—W. B. Curtis, 1,230?; G. W. Winship, 1,200?. Van Fleet, Printer, 88 & 90 Centre street, New York. |
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