Toronto, Aug. 9.
In the course of the competition for the Canadian track champions ships, which this year are a preliminary to the "British Empire Games which are being held at Hamilton, Ontario, shortly, Perey, Williams' of Vancouver, who the 100 yards and 200 yards sprint at the Olympic Games, did the 100 metre dash in ten and three-tenths seconds, beating by a tenth of a second the world record for the distance recently set by Eddie Tolan, the United States crack, whom he defeated to-day.—Reuter
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