British athletes have had the worst of the two International mectinss decided at Brussels and Edinburgh respectively during the week. The Belgian Champions defeated weak South London Harriers team by five events to four, the featareof the meeting being the sprinting of J. Konings, who was timed the] to ran the 100 metres (109 yards) in in 10g secs. the wind favouring bim, Several smart performances were soon atthe Edinburgh fixture, the best of which were thi Talbot of the vi son_of Scotland, The former did 170 ft. 7 in, and the Scot 166 ft. 94 inches.
MARVELLOUS CYCLING, We have been Inoking forward to the time when a cyclist would ride 60 mil lo 60 mins, bat few imagined an Englishman would be the first to do #0. This however has come to pass, and by riding 61 miles 970} yards in the hour, A. E, Wills, of Patney, has excelled himself. The little man has not done anything sensational since he left the amateur ranks until last Monday and his great improvement comes a big surprise. Being small, he gets the fall amount of shelter from his pacer and this of course is factor The big ride on Monday took place at Manich, Wills being paced by Bertin of France and the 100 kilometres (62 miles 246 yards) occupied 60 mins. 34 secs. The previous hour record was 50 miles 86 yards by P. Guignard at Munich in 1906.
FLYSN'8 GOOD RIDING, The British Empire Championships at Belfast were chiefly noteworthy for the fine riding of Dao Flynn, the Scotch crack fairly outpacing the English fliers. Victor Johnson of Birmingham has evidently gone stale, he failed to qualify for a final. Flyon ontfinished Kingsbury in the quarter mile and was again to the fore in the ten miles, in which Jones and Kingsbury, were second and third. al from
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