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Championship by C. N. Seedhouse, who wou the event
in 1912 in 49Z sec. and again in 1914. in 50 sec., both
against the keenest competition from all countries. It is
a noteworthy circumstance that in 1914 the Quarter-Mile
Championships of England, Scotland and Ireland were all
won bv Blackheath Harriers, viz., C. N. Seedhousc,
R. A. Lindsay and M. C. C. Harrison. Ill'1921 R. A. Lindsay
added to his fame by winning the Quarter-Mile Champion-
ship (of England), in 50~ sec. In 1883 W. Birkett was the
winner of the Half-Mile Championship in 1 min. 58 sec.,
and 20 years later this event was again won by a Black-
heathen, B. J. Blunden, in I min. 58 Z sec., while, after
a further interval cf 21 years came the magnificent p"r-
formance over the same distance by H. B. Stallard, whose
victory was accomplished in the phenomenal time of
1 min. 54~ sec. In the One Mile, which is perhaps the
event at the Championship Meeting, H. B. Stallard recorded
another notable success in 1923, when he wasl the winner
in 4 min. 21%sec. Let it never be forgotten, too, that the
first One Mile Relay Championship in 1911 was won in 3
min. 33 Z sec. by the Club-represented by F.· T. Browne,
W. D. Lancefield, C. N. Seedhouse and J. T. Soutter.
Perhaps the most remarkable of all long-distance feats
is T. E. Hammond's wonderful walk from London to
Brighton and back on June 21st and 22nd, 1907, when he
completed the distance (104t miles) in 18 hours 13 min.
37 sec. The qualities which go to make up a performance
of this kind, lasting not for 18 seconds or 18 minutes, but
18 hours, are almost beyond conception! H. B. S. Rhodes
is another famous walker who, in addition to other great
performances, has won the Stock Exchange Walking Race
from London to Brighton in three successive years. In
long-distance running Vice-President J. E. Fowler-Dixon,
who has given so much encouragement to the ycunger
generation, must also be mentioned in connection with
his record feats over 50 miles and other distances.
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