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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY OCTOBER 24TH, 1901 honest enthusiasm ever stop to think of the remained stationary, Given a trial for the days when Grace was in his very prime. Talk About Try. Please don't overlook that the great "W. G." kit up 344 for M.C.C. Kent, 177 for Gloucestershires. Notts, and 318 (not out) for Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire in sac- Of the making of records there is no end. It cassive matches between August 10th and is almost impossible to open any wall regulated August 18th in 1876. Has any man over newspaper for home consumption withont disqualled this feat? Nor must we overlook covering sema oclebrity bas eclipsed all his that between May 15th and Angust 23, 1871 the. Leviathan rande ton hundreds. Now in rivals, or that some person whom we have 1871 and 1976 the groundman had not entered norer heard of before has accomplished some into a conspiracy with the hatemin to break customer to inco. What has been the result? stupid thing that probably no one else has over the heart of the bowlers. Moreover, in 1871. This comparatively unknown cricketer is now attempted. Thus one day we stand aghast to
thero were such artists with the ball as Free-ngaged for Lancashire for next sonson, and is read that Charles Fry has compiled six scOps-
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also to accompany Mr. A. C. MacLaren on his sive hundreds in first-class cricket and thirteen in all during the senson of 101, while almost Shaw, Jimmy Southerton, Mr. Appleby, Mr. Australian tour. For an absolutely unknown in the same issuo wo or carefully told that a Bachata, and Jimmy Shaw, while in 1576 man to be taken to Australia is, I should say MESSES. KELLY & WALSH, LD. certain amphibious creaturs med Finney those worn reinforced by William McIntyre, unparalleled in the history of criokat, bul. I not the renowned Fin y-has dived from the Fred Morley, and Allan Hill. Now, I say it should not in the least be surprised to find him Messrs. W. BREWER & CO
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the apocryphal Barnes of New York, and with SOME TEATH TO BEAT. driver, that is to say running round a track by Hongkong, 16th November, 1879- 129 itself without a goisting or outrolling band, If some of our latter-day celebrities are so ex-luck I should say he is just the sort of man to rival the fame of William Barues of Notting TORTH BRITISH AND ERCAN-actually trotted 10 miles in mín. 9/25wers. cordingly keen to show their anporierity to all NILE INSURANCE COMPANY,
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Canadians won one, Morrow, capturing the sigus himself, ran 181; yards in a yard worse thana 12sers. in a Sheffield- Handicap during quarter-mile in 50/3-5secs. The most surpris- February, 18:2. Now each of these performing result to my mind is the half-mile of the aners is about eight yards faster that oren Rev. H. W. Workman, who covered the dis timo-10 yards a second. I want to see these tance in one mianto 54/4-3secs., and beat J. R. wondrous feats equalled over wind being Cleave, the Oxonian and English champion. beaten. Again on January--2;-1884,-Hutelens Workman has never run the half-mils in our covery 20 yards in sees, at Powderhall Inter-University matches, although I reall Grounds, Edinburgh, but only one man, Barney him ning tory well over this distance in a THE VALUE OF RECORDS, Such feats as those of the diver and the drib. Wefors, the Worcester wonder of Amerien, bez match against the London Athletic Club, S, THE
oven got within six yards of this time. One of he has never made such time as one minute bler stand by themselves buyoad compare; but they are really of no value to anyone save the
the finest efforts ever made by any man 544-5socs. in England, and the cliustó "of was that of W. G. George in his one mile Canada aridently suits bia. This is within person who gains a little noturisty. Some of the records indeed so-called records-tre of
match with Billy Caramings, at Lillio Bridge one-fifth of a second of F. J. K. Cross's time in Ground, London, in August, 1886, when bu 1858, while the world's record of 1mia: 53/2-5 | littlo stability, for they are only established to.
covered the distance in 4mins, 123s. Georgoes. stands to the credit of C. H. Kipatrick. day to be boaton to morrow. No men as a body
Ou the same day New on 21st September, 1895. have been guilty of so much of this kind of Tindfor gut down to mins. 15 1-5sors, on the made against the Englishmen at New York faster tracks and In the finer air of America,
Workman also carried off the two milos in thing on cyclists. Not so mach this year, or
but no one in England has over got any last indood, but for some time prior to that
where near George. But I will turk further min. 58/3-5seca. What an improved jumper cyclists made a regular basiness of "record
back than this and ask where is the man who G. Howard-Smith must be, as he cleared Git. breaking" until at times one really hardly knew what the best times for certain distances
cau surpass the wins. 11soes. for two miles, by in, which is within half-an-inch of M. J. Bill Lang, at Manchester, in 1863, and the five Brookes's famoua leap of Oft, 24in. at Oxford in wore. Some swimmers, 100, have advertised themselves froely by setting up splendid figures milos of Jack White, the." Gateshead Clipper." 1876. Of course, F. G. Cockshott took the mile in in: 2680s., A. E. Hind the 100 apparently; but when one comes to exaatim
made in the same year at Hackney Wick, in into the matter we find that the bath is 2024mins, 40rees? Some people imagine that they yards in 10/2-osecs, and G. R. Garnier the hurdles in 16/1-Sasca.; but these results are yards long, wherons for all distances up to and
only what we expected The Flues across the pond are sure to distinguish themselves
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It was only last week that I was referring to expense of the past, but any desira is to point as fact that accidents in First League foot- feats which have remained intact for many oul that with all this record-breaking there are
ball are comparatively rare, but last Saturday
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If some of the athletes of to-day there was another unfortunate accident, for imagine themselves to be so intensely clever, let Walter Bennett, of Sheffield United, broke his them tackle any of the records I love mentioned. right arm. I have told you so much about our and if they do. better uoue will award Themed Corky" Bennett that I need only say more honest and more lavish praise than the "Old Fogey."
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inclusive of 500 yards the baths mast be act less 25 yards in length, while above 500 yards the records to ba arcopted by the nuthori- ties must be made in open water not less than [439110 yarda in length. These are important technicalities which the average in overlooks when he sees that So-and-so has swam 100 yards in 61 seconds or less. Very much "more" discrimination is required in assessing the real merit attached to these perforatges so blatant- ly announced to the public day by day. It is well to divide records into two classen-thone which are made withont tlie artificial did of the manufacturers of sporting roguisites, and those which are in a large measure due to extraneons circumstances. For instance, when I look at my book of records, and I see that Jarvis the other day won the 500 yards championship in 6 minutes 35 seconds—well, I simply marvel. In 1878 this race was carried off by J. P. Taylor in 8mins 74secs. In 1532 E. C. Daniels brought the figures down to 7mins. 418ecs., while four years later the renowned Joey Nut- tall accomplished it in 7mina. 194seca., and was deemed one of the wonders of the world. Iu 1891 W. Evans reduced the time to 7mins. 14938, while Jack Tyers was the first of all
not half so practical as opening 100 oysters game, bat Haywood, of the "Wolves," scored in 8mins 31sees by one Wiliam Lowney ate magnificent goal. Sheffield United reversed to beat 7mins, his best being 6mins. 45sees. in Philadelphia in 1884, or of stamping 600 endast year's form with Bury, whom they beat 1884, This remained the amateur record until velopes in 3mins. 57secs, and 1,000 in 8rains-1, while Bolton Wanderers followed suit October, 1899, when Jarvis credited himself with 6mina. 42/3-5zecs. at Sunderland, bat in
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he fell on his arm and smashed it himself in two places I once remember William Ghan falling on his right wrist, which was doubled up under bin. For the rest of the year he was winding up a clockwork arrangement in the endeatour to restore the strength and supplc- ness of the joint. I recollect that he could not enta lufl during the next cricket season. mast all hope for the speedy recovery of both Tomar unit Bennett. Notts on Saturday defeated Shofield Wednesday by 6-1, sich of th. Soz. 36 hours without rest at Newcastle, a thrashing as they have not given the Wednes New South Wales. But of what use was it day since 1889. Having re-arranged their for- when such a performance was accomplished?wards Newcastle United routed Stoke by 5–1; It had not even the utility of swimming whila Welverhampton Wanderers whipped the English Channel, and that is doubtful save Sunderland by 4-2. This was not a pleasant as a lest of bravery and endurance. This is
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Sees, with an ordinary post office stamper by and conquered Derby County by 2--1, mainly Daniel Cleary at Medina, New York, in 1898, owing to the cleverness of their right wing— the meantime Nuttell lowered the time to 6 Again W. London, un American farrier, took and especially Lawrence Bell. Nottinghara mins. 38 secs. in September, 1897, when be sirteen old shoes off four horses and reshod. Forest parted with Dean, the ex-Walsall man best Ernest Cavill, of Australia, in a money them in 33 minutes, some ten years ago; while i at the close of last season to Grimsby, but match during the Legor week at Doncaster. Quiet recently in the same bath Nuttall accom- plished 6mins. 36/3-5eecs, but Jarris, the [2411 amateur champion, as I have said, did 6mins
35secs, the boy Billington pushing him along u little. "Now, this is worthy to mank with the show generally what men will do for the rako same man'a Lomine. 13/2-5sees, for one mile of a little notoriety. Some of these achieve at Leicester in August, 1899. I consider this ments at any rate are much more sensible than
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500 yards record of Jarvis a startling achieve dribbling a football from Prague to Paris or Everton and Liverpool played a superb game, ment. The Leicester man is entitled to all the diving off Batterges Bridge. But whenever and drew with the record twe all, while Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers also tied-one cach;
· honour and kudos ho can get, because this is the we see a record so-called in a newspaper let us result of genuine honest work. The inventivo
not be carried away by the paragraph without but this was a comparatively poor exhibition, Hongkong, 17th October, 19012864 mind of man has not produced any mechancial examination. Let us remember the great does On Monday the Villa were beater on their own contrivance to assist a swimmer, or manko his which mon have done in the old time, and recall ground 2-1 by Sheffield United, who are exj. work any easier. This is the reward of gennine both the purely sporting and the ultra-ntility. Idently a power to be reckoned with oven yet, development of the art of natation by a man who has sacrificed himself to physical fitness and
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