Athletics

MANAGEMENT OF MEETINGS. 33 Officials. —Thesuccessful carrying out of a meeting depends upon its officers. The mistake isoften made of appointing some liberal subscriber as judge. This office should only be held by a man—or rather men—who are thoroughly accustomedto their work, as it is most difficult to the untutored eye to pick out the placed men in a close finish. Do not have a crowd of officials—a few picked helpers are farbetter. To tabulate- Referee (i). Judges (3). Judges for.Walking(2). Umpires forCycling (2). Marksmen (2). Clerks ofthe Course (3). Programme Steward (l) Telegraph Stewards(2). Press Steward (1). Lap Scorer andBell Steward (1). Timetaker (1). Starter (i). These, inaddition to the committee, hon. sees., treasurer, and list of patrons, etc.,will make up quite enough names for the outside of the Programme. —Even with many of the leadingclubs these are far from perfect. Two of perhaps the best are those issued by the Biggleswadefete, large size, 8ix (Captain Hills, Biggleswade,Beds.), and Essex County C. and A.A., small size, 6|- x4i (R* Cook,White House Farm, Chelmsford). Either ofthese gentlemen would send aspecimen copy to any one desiring to have a good model for a programme. Book form is always the best; folding cards are an abomination. Names, club, colours (in italics), and starts ought tobe ranged under one another,as in Table D,and not huddled together; numbers to start 1, 2, 3, for each event; and the names should be printed in the order of merit—for handicaps. For races in heats the following plan isadopted :—The scratch man is put down as No. 1 in the first heat, the next best man as first name in second heat, third best in third heat, and so on; if there are six heats the seventh name would come second in first heat, D