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Show BEST RECORDS. WORLD'S RECORDS FOR ONE MILE. ALL METHODS OF PROGRESSION. TIME. M. S. .37 1.10 .35 1.2 1.50 1.55 3.5 2.04 2.06 4-5 2.12 1.2 2.12 3.5 2.22 1.5 2.28 2.31 2.5 2.50 2.5 4.12 3.4 5.40 5.42 1.2 6.23 9.23 27.03 1-2 METHOD. Railroad Train ... Yacht (Ice) Horse (Running). Torpedo Boat Safety Bicycle Horse (Trotting). Tandem Bicycle.. Yacht (Steam).... Skating (Ice, with Wind) Ocean Liner (S.S.) Ordinary Bicycle. Single Tricycle... Tandem Tricycle. Skating (Rollers). Man (Running)... Rowing (Single Sculls) Snowshoes (Running) Walking Canoe Paddling.. Swimming * Amateur. HOLDER OF RECORD. Phila. & Reading.. Dreadnought Salvator Brazilian Navy J. S. Johnson Nancy Hanks G. E. Osmond R. G. Merry Norwood Tim. Donoghue*.. Teutonic W. F. Murphy L. Stroud* P.W.S.Beduin* B. W. Crump* Frank Delmont W. G. George**... Jos. Laing* T. G. Ross* W. Perkins** A. F. Mackendrick* W. G. Gromley*... ** Professional. DATE. Nov. 26, '92 Jan. 26, '93 Aug. 28, '90 June 2, '91 Nov. 8, '93 Sep. 28, '92 Sep. 14, '93 Nov. 7, '91 Feb. 1, '87 Aug. '91 July 5, '92 Sep. 22, '93 July 25, '91 Aug. 27, '90 Aug. 26, '86 Aug. 19, '82 Mar. 7, '85 June 1, '74 Aug. 29, 90 Mar. 28, '93 YACHT RACING. For America's Cup, between Valkyrie (English) and Vigilant (American). All three (3) races won by Vigilant. This was the ninth time the cup had been sailed for, including the race in which it was first won by the America, at Cowes, in 1851. BASE-BALL, 1893. Boston won the League pennant; Erie, the Eastern League trophy ; Harvard, the Intercollegiate honors. FOOT-BALL, 1893. Princeton won the pennant by defeating Yale, Nov. 30, by 6 to 0. LAWN TENNIS, 1893. Championship of America. Men's singles, W. D. Wrenn; men's doubles, Clarence Hobart and F. H. Hovey; ladies' singles, Miss Grace Terry. WEIGHT THROWING, 1893.Putting 16-lb. shot, G. R. Gray, N. Y. A. C., 47 ft. Throwing 56-lb. weight, J. S. Mitchell, N. Y. A. C., 34 ft. 5 1/2 in. Throwing 16-lb. hammer (7-ft. circle), J. S. Mitchell, N. Y. A. C., 134 ft. 8 in. JUMPING, 1893. Running high jump, M. F. Sweeny, X. A. A., 5 ft. 11 in. Standing high jump, A. P. Schwaner, N. Y. A. C 4 ft. 11 1/2 in. Running long jump, C. E. Reber, P. A. C., St. Louis, 23 ft. 4 1/2 in. Pole vault for height, C. T. Bucholz, B. C. A. A., 10 ft. 6 in. Pole vault for distance, A. H. Green, C. A. A., 27 ft. 5 in. TUES. JAN. 1, 1895 Kaysville A nice day I visit a sick baby this morning. Mira, Mother, and I go to Farmington and spend the evening with the Clark family at Amasa Clarks. Evas baby was sick WEDNESDAY 2 Kaysville I go to Ogden and assist Ezra with an operation. A stormy day THURSDAY 3 Kaysville Make a visit to see Country boy and extract some teeth a nice day |