Running broad 23 ft. 3in., Ford.
Standing broad, 10 ft. 9 3-4 in., Ford.
POLE VAULT: - High, 11 ft. 1-2 inch. Baxter.
BYCYCLE: - Two miles, 5 min. 21 3-5 sec., Rowe.
HAMMER: - 99 ft. 1in., Condon.
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SHOT: - 43 ft., Lambrecht.
It is unfortunate that the latest records of balloons in hurricanes and racing locomotives are not at our disposal, but since jumping off bridges, running through whirl-pools in barrels, and eating quails are henceforth to be graven on tablets, perhaps some day reliable records of even these strange things may be officially preserved.