 He faced Thomson, Kelly (who had also run 14.8) and Murray, and won in 14.8, a meeting record.This race was called the "greatest hurdle race in history" both before and after the meet, although the "New York Times" wrote that it "did not produce the sensation everybody expected" due to Simpson winning too comfortably; he was never behind and defeated Kelly by about two yards.In the fall Simpson toured Scandinavia with four other American athletes, including Murray; in Stockholm he won the 110 m hurdles in 14.8, which was a world record for the metric high hurdles, although the International Amateur Athletic Federation never ratified it as one.