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farons Harry Reynolds, takes 1 hour 10 mins. -56 9-5 secs, to win the twenty-five miles!, The amateur record is 51 mins. 23-5 secs, while the professional record with unlimited pacing is 30 mins. 5 secs. With such crawling as this, how can anyone delude themselves into the idea that cycling is exciting? The one feature of the championships this year has been the anceses of Trishmon residing in Dublin, where I understand there is no modern track to train upon. Therefore all the more credit Hongkong, 26th August, 1901.

The Anglo-American amateur champion sprinter. A F. Duffy, was announced to run st Crowe and at Leicester last Saturday after noon, but as he was, unlike Sir Boyle Boche's famous bird, unable to be in two places at the same time, he alerted to take part in the 100 yards invitation race at the Leicester Inis due to the Hibernian whealer.

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conclusions with Duffy. The event was run have played for Notts when we think of the in a single heat over an excellent grass track, old tion of the North, George Port, of dapper which was measured and found to be six inches Dicky Daft, of the inscrutable and imperturb over the exact 100 yards. As the American badable Arthur Shrewsbury, to say nothing of announced his determination to try and lower the Barnes and Oseroft, Guni achieved no barren English record, there was tromendons interest in honour when his 478 against Derbyshire the the race, and no fewer than three watches were other day was placed on the books. This is held by timekeepers selected by the committee. not only his individual record, but the highest Buffy, who is a powerfully built little fellow, innings ever played by any Notts man. So.. is, as I have said before, the quickest man into metaphorically, I take my hat off to William his running I ever saw. After traversing 50 Gann, who completed his forty-second year on yards there was daylight between hiin nail his the fourth of last December. He first played opponents. McLean and Tromeer struggled for his native county in the season of 1880, arti desperately, but the former, who is said to be took part in the memorable match against the capable of even time, was beaten by three yards, Australians which, after the keonest and most with Tremear a few inches behind the Scottish exciting contests ever seen, ended in a victory Blackheath Harrier, All, the watches made for Notta by one wicket, a result chiefly due to Duffy do 9 secs, and if this he accepted a narrollaas innings by Arthur Shrewsbury, by the Records Committes of the Amateur who was carried off the field in triumph. Gun Athletic Association, we have for the first took part in the match MC.C.. Twenty-two time in this country had the ten yards per Colts of England, played at Lord's, May 10th second beaten. If the performance be passed, and 11th, 1880, and going in at the fall of the the event is the more remarkable because sixteenth wicket compiled the highest scorn of going” was grass, sad not cinders. Of course the match, 32 not oat A week later he 3p- there are more so-called records for the 100 pezzed at Trent Bridge for Notts Colts . yards then any distance on the books. Thus at Yorkshire Colts, and was ran out-after scoring Baltimore, Maryland, on August 9th, 1874, R. 70. Singularly enough this wore was exceeded Pike was said to have run 100 yards in El Rec.. by one ran by Arthur Smith, who for several whila E. Donovan is alleged to have accom years was ono of the most consistent batsmen plished 93-5secx at Boston, on September 2nd, appearing for Lancashire. Gunn was at ones THE 1895. Yet again, the Colonial, F. S. Hewitt, is drafted into the team, his first appearance enid to have completed 106 yards on grass at being against Surrey at Trent Bridge on Jane Melbourne, Victoria, in 9 sees. on March 1th. Jed, 4th, 5th, 188). Playing throughout the Sail-1870. But there is no doubt that J. Owen, jun.. season he took part in twelve matches, eight of at Washington, in 1890, W. T. MacPherson at which were won by Notts, thres drawn, and Auckland, N. Z., in 1891, J. E. Hampton at ons lost. He obtained in the aggregate 162 Christchurch, N. Z., in 1899, B. J. Wefers at runs, with an average of just over 10. Sinos. New York in 1895, and 1. M. Johnson at that time, except on razo occasious-when pro-New Cleveland, Ohio, in 18811, hure each accomplished vented by illness, he has continuously, appeared -9 4-5 seçs., but whether anyone ever set up this for his native county, and bis phenomenal-per-- time on grass I do not know. But the reader farinauces for it during that period form-a will note that all these remarkable times have prominent feature in its amals. One cannot beau urcomplished in a rarer atmosphere than speak too highly of his loyalty to Notts. In we get in England, and in very hot weather.conjunction with his old-time comrades Arthur Possibly the tropical conditions we had in Great Shrewsbury and the lamented Win. Barnes, Britain on Saturday assisted Duffy, for it was probably the finest all-round professional a very favourable day for would-be record cricketer ever seen, they formed the mainstay breakers. So far as I know it has only been in batting for many years: Gann's personal Fuggested that thres amateurs in England have achievements have afforded the koonest pleasure aver accomplished the feat now credited to to thousands of his feltow.townsmen, by whom Duffy, Home years ago, I believe it was in be is held in high esteem both as cricketer 1895, A. R. Downer and C. A. Bradley wore and as citizen. His face and stalwart form- each supposed to have done # 4-5 secs. in a he stands 6ft. Sin. bigh are better known in R. HAUGHTON & CO.,

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Reggie Wadsley and Maxey Long, the holder and ex-holder of the Quarter-mile Champion- ship of England, met to run their match at the sports of the Crewe Alexandra football club lest Saturday, and Wadsley, the Bourne farmer's son, again defeated the American, amid tremen. dons cheering, by a yard in to 3-5aacs,, which comparas ill with the 49 4-Specs, accomplished at the AAA festival at Huddersfield. This however, must not be taken as denoting a decline in either man, for a match is entirely different from a race. This was a match, whatever may be said to the contrary, as Wade ley objected to a third runner, by name Harrison Kenyon, of Manchester, competing But under the laws controlling this aport matches are forbidden without special perinis sion of the governing authorities. However, Care of Daily Prces Office.

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am at present more concerned with the fact then come to Eagland and wallop the poor old that Wadsley again conquered Long, whom he Mother Country. The Australians supply a allowed to load until the last bad to the case in point. Poor old England! Whatever N experienced war of business to set straight. Then the Englishman sprinted, A COMPRADORE from next Chisu but Long gamely responded. Twenty yards New Year.

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THE CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS.

The second batch of championships decided under the auspices of the National Cyclists' Union were brought to issue on the Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham, on Saturday The five miles was carried off by C. Pease, the Doblin wheeler, from his fellow-Irishman R. Reynolds, who, however, had some compensation, as he secured the twenty-five miles race. fear, however, that cycle racing in England is Dot very popular. for after all it is rather monotonous, and there is no denying that the loitering of competitors kills the interest which should exist. Pease, it will be recalled, won the one mile amateur championship this year at Brist, so that in this respect he followed in The footsteps of some capital racers, such as H L. Cortis, G. Lacey Hillier, Percy Furnival, W. A. Ilator, Herbart Synyer, Fred Osmond, A. Zimmerman and Alfred Watson, all of whom held the one and five miles' championship, but in the days of some of those giants of the wheel there was zoal interest in wheeling on the path.

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