Athletes in Action

THE L JUMP AT TH T P F H RI ~ IIE picture of r. R. t. J. onner, n the pposite page, shows this wonderful athlete in the actual jump with which he made his ustrala ian Rec rd. He represented Au tralia at the lympic ames, won sev ral Engli h hampionships and up to 1926 h ld the 'ng1i h hampion hip Record of 23 ft. IIt ins . The reader will bser th traordinary height attained by Dr. Honner at the highest point in the para b la of flight from take-off to landing. The secret of his ucces lay n t much in the tremendous p ed at which he approached the take-off board, nor in the ast springing p wer with which he was end wed, as in his per£ et en of timing and balance, which enabled h im to xccute thre running st ps in mid-air b twcen th tim that his right f ot left the take-off board and the cutting of the surface of the sand-pit by his he ls.