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Show MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Ski Jumping. Ironwooa", Ml6h., Fobrnaiy 13. Slgard Hansen of Fergus, Minn., equaled the American record ln tho tournameut of tho Irpnvrood Ski club. Jumping 152 fcot. Modum, Norway, February IS.At the annual tournament of tho Gusta Bakkcn Ski club, O.i'car Gundcraon of Chippewa Fn-lLi. .Wis., cstabllahod a new world's record by making a standing Jumo - of 163 feet Dog Hace. Nome, Alaska, April S. A. A. Allon, driving tho team of, malaraut dogs owned, by Mrs. C. E. Darling of Borkeloy, Cal.. won the All-Alaska sweeoatakca, a distance of 472 miles, from Nomo to Candle and return, In S7 hours and 32 minutes. Homing Pigeons. Baltimore, Md., August IS. Charles Lutz's bird, nix months old. flew 1000 mllefl from New Orleans in 17 days. Duckplns. Baltimore "Md.. August 17 J. JJ3. Quandt defeated C. Slmonds In a duck-pin duck-pin contest with a Ecoro, of 135 falls. This is believed to be tho highest official roll made. Lariat. Calgary, Alberta. Canada, September-6. September-6. MIbb Florence La Due of Calgary won tho woman's world'a championship for fancy roping, by dofeatlng Miss Lu-cllo Lu-cllo Mulhall of Oklahoma, former champion. cham-pion. Golf. Manchester, Mass.. October Bi MIbb Margaret CurtlB captured tho women's national golf title for tho tnlrd time when she dofcatod Mrs. Roland H. Barlow of Philadelphia. 3 to 2. |