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...three-quarter mark, the clock was only .3 sec. behind Beatty's world record time. But an anxious over-the-shoulder look was a mistake; Beatty breasted the tape at 4:00.9, 10 yds. ahead of O'Hara...
...Snells outdoor records: 800 meters (1 min. 44.3 sec.), 880 yds. (1 min. 45.1 sec.), one mile (3 min. 54.4 sec.). Indoors: 1,000 yds...
...world championship. Driving in the faster sports-car class, California's Dan Gurney, a three-year Grand Prix veteran, wound up the overall winner. He averaged 104 m.p.h. in a low-slung Lotus, managed to limp over the line on his starter motor when his engine quit 200 yds. from the finish...
...Ever since, he has trained steadily, runs 100 miles a week over pock-marked mountain trails. Now, when he chooses to run on a track, Snell is the fastest middle-distance runner in the world. Fortnight ago at Wanganui, N.Z., he outdistanced a star-studded international field by 25 yds. and set a world record of 3 min. 54.4 sec. for the mile. Last week in Christchurch, Snell added two more records to his bag. Finishing a fantastic 100 yds. ahead of the U.S.'s Jim Dupree, Snell streaked through 880 yds...
...Stupid to Worry. If so, the warning was wasted. Too dim-witted to be alarmed, the waterborne Belchen paid no attention to the eager marksmen closing in for the kill. At a range of less than 20 yds., the hunters opened fire. The few Belchen that tried to escape were blasted out of the sky or cut down before they could finish their flailing, loonlike takeoff. The rest of the birds were slaughtered where they sat. Boat oars were used to administer the coup de grâce. Explained one hunter: "If we waited for them to get into...