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Show England's Cliamplim Uunner. Sidney Thomas, the champion long , dU tanco runner of Engiund, was born at Chel sea, London, on July 21. WW. He won bis first race, a distance of live miles, on Oct. 31, 1835. and was reasonably successful for the next three years. In 1 he won the Glutton County's Challenge cup of the Bwelagh w-,. and was defeated for the fouith time by E W. Parry Par-ry for the National cross county chain-, pionsbip. Soon after he won the ten mile championship champion-ship in 5!in. 31s., beating tbe formidable formi-dable W. J. Kibble Kib-ble hit. Thomas was then challenged chal-lenged by Parry to run U-n miles for ; the championship. They mot at Man- Chester before lo.- , slDSIT TH0MS. 000 people.and after I aKraniracefor Are miles Pirry had mil , hinuielf off his le-a. Th-u he came to A:aen-ca A:aen-ca won the ten mil championship and bro-e . the American records from ten and a quarter to flfteeu miles. In the frr" CTOS8 on!7 run at Morris Firk be flnUned f .urth kUj thirty seconds start, covering the ei,;ht rai.es. over -very heavy ground, in K.n. 47 a-. Thomas weighs, fa condition, 119 pound". He is a member of the Manhattan Atlik-tic club of e York and the Kanel ;;h IIarr.er-, m En eland. He is an ethuir.tte ao.l am .1-tious .1-tious athlew, and .wUl un louUe lly many good races during the summer. |