Modern Athletics 1868

R EVIEW OF THE ATHLETIC SEASON , 18G7-8. 43 in the hurdles andquarter-mile handicap with 25 yarda start. The strangers' event was a half-mile handicafpo,r which the scratchman, W. M. Chinnery, London A. 0, did not start. E. V., Somers-Smith, Merton College, Oxford, was therefore the rearmost manat 6 yards; and on coming round the last corner theissue seemed to rest between him andB. B. Hutchins, St. John's (23 yards). Suddenly, however, A. W. LambertS, t. John's (22 yards), rushed to the fore and won by six yards from Somers- Smith; C. 0.Corfe, Jesus (22 yards), finishing third. The entries and finishesfor all the minor contests wergeood. The weather was bad,but the attendance good, at Fen- ner s, to view the Christ's College, Cambridge, sports on March 3. _ A.W. Lambert, St. John'asg, ain showed good form bywinning the strangersq' uarter-mile in53J seconds, beating Bainbndge and Hutchins, two fellow-collegians. A. H. Hamilton won the pole jump and hurdles, aHndH. Glencross secured the widejump and hammer throwing. At the EmmanuelCollege, Cambridge, meeting, on Mon­ day March 4 and 5, T. G-. Dale may well be styled the victor ludorum, as he secured hfiorsntours in the quarter- mile, and the 100 yards in 10| seconds,besides being second in the hurdles and mile, the last wofhich was won by a good man, viz,W, . J.Batchelor, J. Collin, who after­ wards won the University walking race, made his debut m the four-miles walkingrace, which he secured easily in the very poor time of 37 minutes. H. Mitchell made a fair "put" of 32 feet inches with the weight. v A. W. Churchward, Pembroke, was let vinery easily at 4<o yards for the Downing College, Cambridge, strangers' 600 yards handicap on March4 and 6, as he won in the commonest of canters. ^ Hugby School held their annual steeplechases on March 5. For the openone the distance was ommile, and that for those under 5 feet 7 inchesabout throe quarters of a mile. In the former, Rowden led till the last water jump, when Welsh passed him with arush, and wonby 5 yards in 7minutes 15 seconds. For the juniorevent one of the closest races ever witnessed ensued. Badger leading till a dozen yards from home, when Fletcher came up and won by a foot only on the post, in5 minutes 5 seconds. The Christ Church, Oxford, meetinwgh,ich has always enjoyed a large amount of prestige, was held on the College Cricket Ground on March 5 and 6. A rule,