Events in Sport
- May 4 Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground
- May 10 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25
World Record
May 11 Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour
Henri Desgrange
Birthdays in Sport
- May 7 Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager, born in Berlin, Ontario, Canada (d. 1985)
- May 8 Francis Ouimet, American golfer (US Open 1913, US Amateur 1914, 31), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
- May 8 Edd Roush, baseball player (d. 1988)
- May 8 Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (d. 1963)
- May 21 Arthur Carr, cricket captain (England v Australia 1926)