An Athletics Compendium

A 124 - 133 124 Walkers / Miles Jebb. London: Constable, 1986. xii, 202p; index ISBN: 0-09-467430-2 BL: YK.1986.a.l715 Like the earlierwork by Marples, this containssome fascinating material on walkers as athletes,with a chapter devoted specifically to the exploits of such as Foster Powell, Robert Barclay Allardice, Abraham Wood, Richard Manks, William Gale, Edward Payon Weston, JohnLees and AnnSayer. Women'sAthletics 125 The great Welshsprint: the story of the Welsh Powderhall Handicap 1903-1934 / BLrieaen. Pontypridd: Gwyn Thomas, 1999. viii, 87p; illus; pbk WomenV Athletics 126 Athletics andout-door sports for women, each subject being separately treated byspaecial writer, with an introduction by LucillEe. Hill. London: Macmillan, 1903. xvii, 339p; illus BL:7912.h.l5 Includes'Running' hy HerbertH. Holtonand Track athletics'byChristineTerhune Herrick. 127 Athletics for womenand girls: how to be an athlete and why / Sophie C. Eliott-Lynn, with foreword by Lord Desborough and appreciatiobny R.J. Kentish. London: Robert Scott, 1925. 122p; illus BL: 7904.de.30 Mrs Eliott-Lynn (later Lady Heath) wasa pioneer of women's athletics and the holder of the world high jump record. Thbeook is now chiefly of interest for its many photographs woofmen athletes of the 1920s. 128 Athletics of to-day fowromen: history, development and training / F. A. M. Webster; with foreword by the Lord Decies. London: Frederick Warne, 1930. x, 278p; illus; index BL: 07906.1.26 Webster wrote the first substantial history of women's athletics with a remarkable perspective considering how new the sporwtas inEurope. Ahistory and development chapter is followed by chapters on the events, using anecdotal information on the leading athletes of the day. There is an appendix on records. 129 Women's athletics/ George Pallett. Dulwich: Normal, 1955. 290p; illus BL: 7919.e.56 A history of international athletics is followed by sections on the English scene, training and tech ique, and results and records. Pallett's work is a useful update oWf ebster's 1930 history. The foreword is by Fanny Blankers-K.oen. 130 British women's athletics. Part 1: National / Peter R. Pozzoli. London: Arena, 1965. 84p Largely statistical, tfhirest part of a planned four volume survey of British women's athletics,including British best performers, top 10p0erformers in each event, national championships and results and a Ladies Athletic Clubdirectory. In the eventonly two volumes werepublished. 131 British women's athletics. Pa2r:t International 1921-64 / Peter R. Pozzoli. London: Arena, 1965. 123p Detailed results of ianllternational matches since the Monte Carlo Games of March 1921, followed by a comprehensive index of all international representatives. 132 International women's athletics 1890-1940: a statistical history / compiled Ebyric L. Cowe. Bingley: The author, 1985. 159p; pbk BL: YK.1988.a.3313 The firstmajor statisticalstudy sincPeozzoli's, thisis wider inscope and more reliable, taking in: all-time best performers and performances lists; evolution of world's best performances; anedvolution of national best performances for twenty-senvaetnions. 133 Grace under pressure: the emergence of wominensport / Adrianne Blue. LondoSnid:gwick & Jackson1, 987. xv, 213p; illus; index; pbk ISBN: 0-283-99306-5 (cased) • 0-283-99583-1 (pbk) BL:YK.l 989.b.2625 Blue describes her book ans informal social history of the emergenceof women in sport between 1500BC and 1992 AD. It is a definitive work, covering social, psychological and physiological aspects of women's development in sport, in which athletics plays an understandably prominent part. Essential reading for the historian wofomen's athletics. [ 1 4 ]