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AGAINST TIME-AMATEUR PACED RECORDS.

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A handicap record will also be recognized as competition record, if the time made is better than has been made in any scratch race of same distance hitherto run.

One hour, 24 miles 1,472 yards, G. H. Collett, New York City, May 30, 1900. *Made in handicap.

AMATEUR MULTICYCLE RECORDS.

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Tandem-Competition-One mile, 1:52 3-5. Hausman-Rutz. Berkeley Oval, August 25, 1899. time-One mile, 1:47 4-5. Kusel-Goodwin, Woodside Park, Philadelphia, August 3, 1899. Handicap-One mile, 1:55, Collett-Wahrenberger, Waterbury, Conn., July 20, 1899.

Triplet Records-Against time-One mile, 1:54 4-5, Conner-Russell-Holland, Waterbury, Conn., June 22, 1898. Handicap-One mile, 1:58 1-5, Hausman-Collett-Dickerman, Waterbury, Conn., September 8, 1898.

Though automobile racing seems to be giving way to "endurance runs" and fewer reports of broken records are heard, the sport still has a hold upon owners of fast vehicles, and manufacturers still continue to make racing machines. The fatal ending of the meet at Staten Island, New York, on May 31, 1902, put a damper on racing for the rest of the year, and the endurance run from New York to Boston was the only organized automobile meet of consequence held during the last six months.

Among the most notable speed trials held recently-within two or three years--were those at Newport in August, 1901, and the races held in France. The track at Aquidneck Park, Newport, is but half a mile long and the turns are sharp and unprotected by banks, but some good records were made. In the first 5-mile race William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., established a record of 7 minutes 43% seconds with his "Red Devil,' and in the third race made a new record of 7 minutes 364 seconds with the same machine. In 1900 he also had the honor of beating all American records on the same track with his "White Ghost."

On July 5, 1901, at Elkwood, near Long Branch, N. J., Albert C. Bostwick, with a forty horsepower American machine, did a mile in 1 minute. 16 seconds, and three miles in 3 minutes, 52% seconds. Henri Fournier, the French professional, cut the time for one mile to 1 minute, 64-5 seconds on October 10, at the Empire City track, at Yonkers, N. Y. Two weeks later Alexander Winton, in a trial at Detroit, beat Fournier's record by 2-5 second. Fournier, however, regained the supremacy on November 16 by making a mile in 51 4-5 seconds on the Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y., a straightaway track. Foxhall Keene did the same distance in 54 2-5 seconds and Mr. Bostwick made it in 56 2-5 seconds.

The best long distance records have been made in Europe, especially in France, where the racing automobile had its genesis. The first important road rate was instituted by Le Petit Journal, of Paris, and was a speed trial from Paris to Rouen and return, a total distance of about 150 miles. The race was won by a Daimler motor in 5 hours and 40 minutes. In 1895 there was a race from Paris to Bordeaux, a distance approximated at 710 miles. The best time was made by M. Lavassor in 48 hours, 48 minutes. In 1898 Rène de Knyff made the trip in 15 hours and 15 minutes, and the year following M. Charron won in 11 hours, 4 minutes, 20 seconds. Henri Fournier made the trip from Paris to Bordeaux, 348 miles. eighteen miles of which were through cities, in 8 hours, 44 minutes and 44 seconds, an average speed outside of towns of fifty-three miles an hour. The average for the entire distance was forty miles an hour. The most remarkable long distance race ever attempted was that held in June. 1901, from Paris to Berlin. It was planned at first to make the course from Paris to St. Petersburg. but racing through Russia was found to be practically impossible. One hundred and ten vehicles started in this race, and forty-nine made the entire journey. Henri Fournier was again the leader, winning in 16 hours and 6 minutes, at an average speed of more than thirty-nine miles an hour.

Automobile owners and builders seem to be more and more in favor of endurance runs as true tests of a machine's value, and two that were held in the East in 1902 were completely successful from all viewpoints. The second endurance test to be held in America was on May 30, 1902, over a course of about 90 miles, on Long Island. Of the fifty-five vehicles that actually started, forty-four, or 80 per cent, finished within the time limit. In the run from New York to Boston and return, held in October, the per cent finishing within the time limit was larger, though the number of machines having perfect scores at the end was smaller.

After the New York-Boston event the Contest Committee of the Automobile Club of America recommended a number of modifications in the rules governing endurance runs. One is the abolishment of the three classes of certificates and the substitution of one only. Another was the elimination of time allowance for stops, so that machines that stopped to take on water or make permissible repairs might be penalized if they failed to make up the time lost thereby.

The tables which are given below show the best records made by automobiles in various countries and under various conditions. They form the most complete record of automobile racing ever published, and were prepared especially for The American Almanac.

the year 1902, and among the swimmers the year was particularly good for record-breaking.

No international meeting between the United States and Great Britain took place, but three American athletes-S. S. Jones, of the New York A. C.; A. F. Duffey, of Georgetown University, and W. W. Coe, of Boston-were among the winners at the British athletic championships.

In the tables which follow an effort has been made to keep the standard events prominent and to avoid such records as 51 yards, at running, 97 yards at hurdling, and odd distances at walking, swimming or skating.

All the records given below are correct, and several advertised performances do not find a place here for the reason that they have not been vouched for in a satisfactory manner.

RUNNING RECORDS.

50 Yards-5s., L. E. Myers, New York City, December 12, 1884. Professional-54s., H. M. Johnson, New York City, November 22, 1884. 60 Yards-6 2-58. L. E. Myers, New York City, December 12, 1882; J. W. Tewksbury, New York City, January 13, 1899; A. F. Duffey, New York City, November 30, 1899; W. D. Eaton, Buffalo, N. Y... September 6. 1901; W. Delgado, New York City, February 4, 1901; A. F. Duffey, Travers Island, N. Y., June 7, 1902. Professional-None.

75 Yards-7 3-5s., L. H. Cary, Princeton, N. J., May 9, 1891; B. J. Wefers, Boston, Mass., January 25, 1896. Professional-748., James Quirk, Parkhill, Canada. October 30. 1888.

80 Yards-8s., Wendell Baker. Boston, Mass.. July 1. 1886. Professional--None.

100 Yards-9 3-5s., A. F. Duffey, New York City, May 31, 1902. Professional 9 3-5s., E. Donovan, Brockton, Mass., September 2, 1895 (13 inches down grade).

110 Yards-11 1-5s., W. Baker, Cambridge, Mass., May 23, 1886; C. H. Sherrill, Travers Island, N. Y., June 15, 1889; L. H. Cary, Travers Island, N. Y., June 7, 1890. Professional-11s., F. N. Bonine, Ann Arbor, Mich., May 22, 1886. 120 Yards-11 2-58., B. J. Wefers, Worcester, Mass., August 20, 1897. Professional-112s., George Seward, London, England, May 3, 1847.

125 Yards-12 2-5s., C. H. Sherrill, New York City, May 4, 1889. Professional-12 2-5s., A. R. Downer, (128 yards), Edinburgh, Scotland, January 3, 1898. American record, 12s., M. K. Kettleman, PittsDurg, Pa.. August 18, 1884. 130 Yards-138.. W. Baker, Cambridge, Mass., May 23, 1886. Professional-12%s.. W. Johnson, Fenham Park, England, February 9, 1867. American record, 12%s., H. M. Johnson, Pittsburg, Pa., July 17, 1886. 135 Yards-15 1-5s., professional record, W. M. Christie, Philadelphia, Pa., April 16, 1900.

140 Yards-1328., professional record, II. Hutchins, London, England, June 8, 1885.

150 Yards-14 3-5s., B. J. Wefers, Travers Island, N. Y., Oct. 2., 1897. Professional-148., H. Hutchins, Sydney, Australia, March 2, 1887. American record, 15s., H. M. Johnson, Titusville, Pa., Oct., 18, 1883. 180 Yards-188.. W. Baker. Boston, Mass., June 14, 1886. Professional-None.

200 Yards-19 4-5s., E. H. Pelling, London, September 28, 1889; A. R. Downer, London, May 11, 1895; G. Jordon, Oxford, March 16, 1896. American record, 20s., W. Baker, New York, November 8, 1890. Professional. 19s.. George Seward, London, March 22, 1847.

220 Yards-21 1-5s., B. J. Wefers, New York City, May 30, 1896. Professional, 21 4-5s., H. Hutchins, London, May 11, 1885.