In the course of some articles that are appearing in newspapers just now, signed by John Roberts, the following occurs:—"I have made a few records against the clock. In 1906 I once made an aggregate of 1,486 points during a single session of one hour fifty-nine minutes, the actual time occupied in scoring the points being exactly an hour and a half. In 1909 I made a break of 519 in 27 minutes, and during the whole of the match in which this break was made I scored an aggregate of 23,509 points in 48 hours' actual play, or an average of 979 points per session of two hours for two weeks in succession. These figures have only been beaten by spot stroke performances, as the 'anchor' records are outside ordinary billiards, and going back to the 'all in' days, I find that Peall and Mitchell once completed an exhibition game of 1,000 up in 44 minutes, which must be pretty well a record for a game of this length."
On February 11 Charles Dawson,, past champion, and De Kuyper, the hand stroke billiardist, kindly collaborated in an entertainment to the patients of the Royal Hospital for Incurables at Putney Heath. On February 12, De Kuyper played F. Jordan (rec. 500) 1,000 up, and the hand player won by 51, making three breaks over the century.