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 Northern Counties Championship once, and the Half-mile Championship of the same district once; while, since the greater includes the less, it is not surprising to learn that he has thrice won the Championship of Wilts, in which county lies Purton, where he resides.

Our quarter-mile Amateur Championship is held by an American; but we have the satisfaction of knowing, at any rate, that he is a good man. His name is Mortimer Remington. He was born in 1868. His bodily height is 5 feet 1 inches, and his weight, when in training and "peeled' ready to run, is 10 stone 10 lbs. He ran his first race in November, 1889—a 100 yards sprint for novices—and won—in rubber shoes! Other wins followed, and by the season of 1890, he had very nearly reached scratch mark. At the beginning of September he signalised his first triumph in an open level race, by beating F. Westing in a 100 yards—time, 10 seconds; and winning the level 220 in 22 seconds. The 27th of the same month brought Mr. Remington his first championship at Montreal, where he won the quarter-mile in 50 3/5 seconds, Mr. W. C. Downes being second. From Montreal he travelled West with the Salford Harriers' team, then in America, picking up triumphs as he went along—at Detroit, Boston, and Chicago. Everybody expected him to win the quarter-mile American Championship, but—another competitor stumbled exactly in front of him, knocking him out of his stride, and giving the race to his old opponent, Downes. Other events Mr. Remington took part in, but the next of great importance was our own 440 yards championship, which he won. While on this side he made the best of his time, winning a 400 mètre race at Paris, a 100 yards and quarter-mile level at Stamford Bridge, a 100 yards level and a 300 yards handicap from scratch at Paddington, the level quarter at the Salford Harriers sports, and the quarter handicap on the same occasion, running two heats from scratch, and getting through a thick field in 50 seconds. Altogether a very fine burst of work, most of his hundreds being done in the "even ten." Returning to America, he again beat Downes in the Metropolitan District Championship of 440 yards; but after that "went stale," lost weight and condition, and was twice defeated by Downes in comparatively slow time. This year, no doubt, he will do something to retrieve his losses. Mr. Remington is a journalist, and one of those gentlemanly Americans who form the quiet majority of his countrymen.

This gentleman possesses an extraordinary record as an all-round athlete—runner, jumper, and performer over hurdles. This may be understood from the fact that of forty-seven championship contests of one kind and another in which he has taken part he has won thirty, and taken second place in ten. Twenty-six years of age, born at Kilrush, County Clare, edu-