Practical Training for Running, Walking, Rowing, Wrestling, Boxing, Jumping, and All Kinds of Athletic Feats / Together with tables of proportional measurement for height and weight of men in and out of condition; etc. etc.

by Ed. James

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.