Athletics and Football (extract)

P~I\PER-CHASING AND CRO 'S-COU ITRY RUNNI TG. AT the end of I 86 7 a few rnembers (of whom the writer was one) of the Thames Rowing Club at Putney con- ceived the idea of holding The hares. ome cross-country stceplecha es during the winter eason, with the idea of keeping themselves more or 1 s in con- dition until rowing began again. As may well be imagined, the