Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-11 | Page 12 | Sheppard Will Break Middle-Distance Mark

L S1IEPPARD AYILL BREAK MIDDLE-DISTANCE MARK Tribune Special Sporting Service. NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Meivin W Sheppard, the middlo distance cham pion of tho world, has declared his dosiro do-siro to put tho American and world's record for 900 yards whoro his rivals will not bother it for some timo. "Until "Un-til recently Shoppard held tho American record of 2:014-5, but Andy Glamor, tho San Francisco runner, has recently beaten this mark and tied the accepted world's record of 2:013-5, made years ago in F-ngland. Sheppard was peevish over losiug the mark that has been to his credit for a couplo of yoars. His state of mind became be-came known to Johnnv McHugh, the "matchmaker," and Mcllugh at onco offered to put on a special 900-3'ard raco at Celtic park October 11, with selected pacemakers, to givo Sheppard tho chance of his lifo to slaughter beyond be-yond recognition the record that Glar-ner Glar-ner swiped from t-ho middle distanco king. Tho raco willbo run in connection connec-tion with the Irish-American fall games, and will be run about 4:45 in tho afternoon after tho winds that generally gen-erally queer rocord attempts on tho Laurel hill track havo all died away. If Sheppard feels like running on that day ho can put tho 900-yurd mark way under un-der two minutes.