RECORD RUNNING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 730, 1 February 1910, Page 9

RECORD RUNNING.

"I N. /'J. Cartmell, the /'American', wh'oj'..it. will. Iμ ■'•■' remembered, won-, the; British affiatenr' 22D;. yards • oluMiipionsliip .'ijast' year, has ■■'won , -, the first L professional race of his life, and' set upVia British: record for 220 yards. On Satiifday,-December 17,-.'at Stoke, , :he'-met'Arthur ; B.^Pd3tle, ,: tho' Australian;, for: £Wo'. ' •■■' Now, Postle is one of the ewiftest' runners'TO/have : over hnd.on..the' track; and 'until,recently, hold /the professional sprint ohamplbnship; ■ and = ialthough. • Cartmell ■, had: won much".renown- as an:amateur, Postle was. a decided' favourite. Cartmell surprised everybody.' Few-ihadvariy idea; that he, could' rim ; in the way : ho did;Postle could hardly bClievo. himself When, Cartmell flew .past .him in; the..straight, and finished three', yards:" iri : ; fr6nt:'The time, which'may bo accepted. as thorough-, ly reliable,'was given as^Useo;,^ is. a British; record;:. ; 'lt:.was;.a maK'nifl-:' cent racei" but' tho weather' was vile ; and, the track: ; heavy. The'.conditions were. snch-that, there was. no'-, thojight'of'a ■record. The'.nie.nfrmi in'strihssi' , .'"SM start..,was', -a. capital' olio. .Both; min jumped away :tog«ther,'.bu't. postle':seemed to bo 'leading, .by' a -very; good 'yard round- this'. bend, land, ho. /was. .'this. distance in' 'front coming into the .straisht. Then Cartmoll.,:made his ' great effort; he boundedVpast. :waS rxm-,-.ning at: a tremendous rate—and.' : won;as stated. Itmaybpmontipned .that .tile .record for.- the distance is .212-ssec, : , accomMished by Mliaohlan at Hiwke's Bay, New Zealand; •I'ebruary,: :. ; 1902. -..Harry•Hutchins did 'tho distance in 21. d-sseo.: at Lillie'Bridge, London,*in: 1885;-and, o'.. F. Keane did exactly the same, thing, at Glasgow in ; 1905;.-::,:The bost'time' dpno ; by amateurs: are ;2t. l-sseo.;.''by- ■ B;..'■■ J; Wefers.-'of'Newi.York,-:-on • a-, straight , track, ;in\lß9B;:;and ; . 21:2-ss«c.v by .-Kerf,, the Canadian, last Septomu«r. ■- Uartmell says he. will , bb.' prepared .to::meat .8... E. Day .'fo-r. J l£soo next'Eiimmcr.— "Standard of Empire." .:::' . .: :■'.. :,'•/;: