3-082-344 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Henrik Lindahl, champion skater, 1895. 'The winner of the English Championship at the International Meeting, under the rules of the National Skating Association, which was decided on Feb. 5, is Henrik Lindahl. He defeated the redoubtable James Smart at the Welsh Harp, the respective times for the one-mile open international race being 3 min. 2 1.5 sec. and 3 min. 11 2.5 sec. Lindahl was born twenty-five years ago at Gjövik, in Central Norway, and is now domiciled in England. He won at Swavesley a two-miles professional race, skating 136 yards less than two miles in 5 min. 46 4-5 sec., again defeating Smart. He is a very graceful skater and favours the oval course'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.