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Clydesdale Harriers in the west, while Thomas Hunter, David Duncan, J. S. Morrison, D. I. Mackinlay, and William Carment were all Edinburgh Harriers. From the start Hannah took the lead, with Duncan and Mackinlay in close attendance gradually drawing away from the other three men. Duncan retired after one and a half miles, Morrison did the same at three and a half miles, and just before four miles when Hunter overtook him, Mackinlay also retired. Carment stopped at half way, leaving just two men in the race. At this point Hannah had a lead of 150 yards over Hunter, and for two miles this did not change, but Hannah started to slow down, the sixth mile taking almost six minutes, and Hunter began to close the distance. But then Hunter started to experience some problems with his shoes and at eight miles he stopped to remove one of them and Hannah, sensing his chance, resumed his former running and actually lapped Hunter a mile from home and won by 600 yards. splits (Field) 1 mile: 5:06.2, 10:32.6 (5:26.4), 16:03.0 (5:30.4), 21:40.2 (5:37.2), 27:12.0 (5:31.8), 33:06.2 (5:54.2), 38:52.6 (5:46.4), 44:34.0 (5:41.4), 50:12.4 (5:38.4), 55:39.6 (5:27.2).
153:) the winner of the half-mile, who will eventually win this title five times in all, set a Scottish All-comers record of 2:00 2/5 at the St Mirren FC Sports on 19 July, the closest approach in Scotland to half a mile in two minutes for seven years. It would be another five years before a Scottish athlete knocked that 2/5 second off the time, but it was Mitchell who showed them that two minutes was possible. The mile went to David MacMichael (Edinburgh H.), better known as a cross country runner he out sprinted John Blane and David Hannah, the Scottish Record-holder over 2 miles, in a slow run race, with Hannah retiring in the home straight. But later in the afternoon Hannah reversed their positions in the 4 miles.
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Scots style hammer with a solid wooden handle, wire handles were not introduced until 1896. After serving as
President of the association in 1903 Whitton will in 1933 co-author their Jubilee history,
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565:19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
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521:5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
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125:Background
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