Olympian Field Events

8 THE OLYJ1IPIAN FIELD ElENT . training he may practise the hop, and must carefully study the tep to ascertain just how long it can be made without using up so much energy that he will not have enough left f r the final spring. Recently there has been much discussion as to the utility of this event, and consequently the advisability of retaining it in the Olympian programme, but it should be remembered that it is a great test both of strength and athletic skill. In addition to the Olympic rule, which follows, I give the rule as draft d by the American Athletic Union, a b ing rather more xplicit and a better guide to the mode of procedure:- OLYMPIC RULE. Hop, Step and Jump. Only jumps with alternate fe t ar counted. In all other re pects the rules for the running broad jump shall govern. AMERICAN ATHLETIC UNION RULE. Hop, Step and Jump. The comp titor shall first land upon the same foot with which he shall have tak n off. The revers foot shall b u ed for the second landing, and both feet shall l used for the third landing. In all other respects the rules governing the running br ad jump shall also govern the running hop, step and jump. CHAPTER 4,... TilE STA DI G LO G JUlVIP. PoPULAR in merica since the lat ' ighti , the stand– ing long jump wa little known elsewhere until the Olympic Games held at Paris in 1900; from that