Outing . theNew England Association championshipat 100-yard run in 1892, at running longjump in 1892 and 1893, and at runninghop-step-and-jump in 1893 ; the Canadianchampionship at running long jumpand 120-yard hurdle-race in 1896, andthe National championship at runninghop-step-and-jump in 1893 and at run-ning long jump in 1895 and 1896. Heholds the American amateur record, 48ft. 6 ins. for the running hop-step-and-jump. At shot-putting the evergreen GeorgeR. Gray, of the New York AthleticClub, is still invincible. He was bornat Coldwater, Ont. ; is thirty years old, 5 ft. 10 1-2 heigh
Outing . theNew England Association championshipat 100-yard run in 1892, at running longjump in 1892 and 1893, and at runninghop-step-and-jump in 1893 ; the Canadianchampionship at running long jumpand 120-yard hurdle-race in 1896, andthe National championship at runninghop-step-and-jump in 1893 and at run-ning long jump in 1895 and 1896. Heholds the American amateur record, 48ft. 6 ins. for the running hop-step-and-jump. At shot-putting the evergreen GeorgeR. Gray, of the New York AthleticClub, is still invincible. He was bornat Coldwater, Ont. ; is thirty years old, 5 ft. 10 1-2 height, andweighs in ath-letic costume196 lbs. Hestill lives inhis native vil-lage, where heis a first com-petition out-side of localgames was inthe Canadianchampionshipmeeting, atToronto, Ont.,Sept. 26, 1885,where he wonthe shot-put-ting with hisfirst trial,which meas-ured 41 ft. 5 1-2ins. At thattime he wasonly nineteenyears old andweighed lessthan 160 lbs.,while amonge. b. bloss. the men. AMERICAN AMATEUR ATHLETES IN 1896. 275 whom he beat were C. A. J. Queck-berner, 5 ft. 9 ins., and 208 lbs. ; W. J. , 6 ft. 41-2 ins., and 247 lbs., and , 6 ft. 5 1-2 ins., and 250 lbs. Sincethat day he has never been beaten ex-cept in a handicap, and has been com-pelled, from time to time, to beat hisown records, because no other athleteheld any at his game. In addition tohis shot-putting he is a tolerable ham-mer-thrower, one of the best performersat our latest game—throwing the dis-cus—and is a fair all-around athlete,having competed for the individualchampionship, both in America andIreland. He won the indoor champion-ship shot-putting of the MetropolitanAssociation of the Amateur AthleticUnion in 1892, and their outdoor cham-pionships in 1891, 1892 and 1894 ; theEastern championships of the A. A. 1889 and 1890 ; the Canadian cham-pionships in 1885, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890,.1891, 1894 and 1895 ; the indoor Nationalchampionships in 1888 and 1890, and th
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