Athletics and Football (extract)

JUMPING, WEIGHT-PUTTING, ETC. 143 to 5 ft. 6 in. if all the competitors agree, but if any object, after 5 ft. 4 in. the bar is raisedan inch each time. Although the jumpingwas very poorat the first two Inter- 'Varsitycompetitions, the first championship meeting in 1866 brought out twofine performers,both Cantabs, T. G. Little and J. H. 1. Roupell, whotied at 5 ft. 9 in., a height which remained the 'record' for the next five years. In the next year Little Dropping. again won the championship with a tie, his partner on this occasion being another Cantab, C. E. Green. In 1868, how­ ever, the 'Varsity men were no longer in sole possession of the field, for in this year that wonderful athlete R. J. C. Mitchell, of Manchester, made his first appearance on the scene in London, winningthe high jump with 5 ft. 8 in., the long jump with 19 ft. 8k in., and the pole jump with 10 ft. in. Two