Modern Athletics 1868

REVIEW OF THE ATHLETIC SEASON, 1867-8. 67 form. J. Stone, LiverpoolA. 0., madethe best amateur W ? ;ght ' lldisistance ^iug within in f f f e ' a % ou ^ h re P or ted to have accomplished 40 feet m practice. Mitchell was second, nearly two feet Colbeck, London A. C.,won the quarter and half-miles easily. Had he not unfortunately tripped over a sheep in the path, hewould undoubtedly have run the former m less than50 seconds. As it was, he accom- lin i i • 111 i s f° on f s ' th e quickest amateur time on record, being a tenth of a second quicker than thatof 0 p 111 . 18 pri ^ mteatch on the same path with + ^n 01N1 ° y T e r mb8 r11. 1865. W. Maclaren, lanchester A. C,, and H. J". Ohinnery, London A. 0. W ?nn 00 fo^f for the second man's medal for the amiwfw' I fo ™" liacl a better turn ofspeed and beat theLondoner easily at he finish. Colbeck's onpo- if M r? fi 16 To w 1 ere 1 A> Kin g' London A. 0., and W. o- -Jj-Jethuneand Sydenham Dixboont,h of the English C vd Service. Ihe latter made the pacetoo hot at first, and could not last thedistance. A greatsurprise occurred n Kmg s defeatingBethune for second place, as thleatter had given the former five yards and a beating in th" King sCollege School half-mile handicapthe previousweek. King, however, was m much better form than on that oc­ casion, and finished withm four yards ofColbeck, who ac- comphshed the quickest amateur time on record, viz. 2 minutes 2g seconds. Yet another unbeatenamateur time was accomplished by W. M. Tennent, Liverpool A. 0. who won the first trial heat otfhe 100 yards in 10seconds fimshmg four yards ahead of Colbeck, but in the final the latter led for half way and raced the Manchester nf 3R was tired and very stiff after his heats of the hurdle race the day before, to within a very few inches at the finish, the time being a fifth of a sTcond longer. W. Maclaren, ManchesterA. C., and W. C. Col- lett, London A C., finished in the order named in the Twi, fi la + J! Ca .' were ^te out-paced in the final. In the first heat of the 120 yards hurdles innumerable mishaps occurred by which W. F. P. Moore wasenabled fnrW 1 although the race must have been a moral or W. i. Eaton, EnglishCivil Service, had he kept on his legs; W. H. Betts, Honorable Artillery Company finishing second. Maclaren and Tennent were first and second respectively in the other trial heat, and had a o