Athletics (British Sports Library)

·I CHAPTER Ill HURDLING HuRDLE racing is the most popular of all events with spectators-when the proper form is in evidence. In England we see all too few hurdle races of any kind, and only very occasionally are afforded the pleasure of watching two such perfect fencers as F. R. Gaby, of the Polytechnic Harriers, produced by S. A. Mussabini, and L. F. Partridge, of the C.U.A.C., who acquired his excellent technique at the hands of Alec Nelson, the Cambridge coach. There are three types of hurdle race. Best known to us is the 120 yards dash over ten obstacles, each 3 feet 6 inches in height. The 220 Yards Hurdle Race practised at Oxford and Cambridge is not included in the programme of either the A.A.A. Open Championships or the Olympic Games ; in it there are ten flights· of 2-foot 6-inch hurdles. The Quarter Mile distance is run over ten 3-foot , hurdles. The form in each of these races is different, and 62