Modern Athletics 1868

11EVIEW OF THE ATHLETIC SEASON, 1867-8. 55 had a good race -witli0. G. Kennedy (Cambridge) fosre­ cond place, repassingeach other several times; bnt Michell came away at the end, and beat him by nearly 50 yards, E. Royds and A. ER.. Micklefield, the other two Cantabs, were outpaced from the beginning. Morgan is undoubt­ edly the best stayer ofthe day, and gets overthe ground with hardly any apparentexertion. The times and dis­ tances in all the events clearly show that the advance in athletics of late years has quite kept pace with the age. At the Harrow School sports, on April 4, S. W. Gore showed some really good all-round form by winning the 100 yards, 120 yards hurdles, putting the weight, and hop, step, and jump, besides running second in the 200 yards champion hurdles. Edwards cleared19 feet6 inches in the wide jump, a good leap for a schoolboy, and Lefroy threw the cricket-ball 104 yards. The Middlesex AthletGicluh had a large field of starters on the afternoonof the University boat-race, April4, for the open 300 yards and members' half-mile handicaps. Five trial heats were runfor the former, and in the final E. B. West, London A. O. (19 yards), soon passed the other long starter, F. V. Eainsford,Mercers' School (24 yards), and won as he liked. W. Page, Thames li. O. (9 yards), was second just in frontof J. G. Dale,Emanuel College, Cambridge (13 yards), who had a tremendous race with T.P. Burra, UniversityCollege, Oxford (scratch). The members' half-mile showed the excellence of the handicapping, as C.E. Broad (50) led for 600 yards, but was then passedby T. A. Wade(also 50 ya,rds), who won by a foot on the post from J. L. Pank (scratch), although the last named led 20 yards fromhome. No more pleasant or well-conducted meeting was held during the season than thoaft the Bichmond Cricket Club, on April 17 and 18 in thOe ld Deer Park, when an out­ rageously large programme was got through admirably. A.club 120 yards handicap wentto A. Bremner(6 yards), beating G. H. Jupp (5| yards)mboyre than he received, thereby showing very fair speed, Jupp being above the average of sprinters. In the 200 yards hurdleCs . Y.Fell, St. John's, Oxfordr,an a splendid race all the way with W. F.Eaton, Civil Service, wh o shov.e d exceptionallgyood form, and only lost by a foot in the final. The high jump went to the London A. C. with T. A. Har- wood, who beat E. Havers, Ingatestone CrickeCtlub, at