Olympian Field Events

102 THE OLY!IIPIA N FIELD EVENT . IIur t, of hurchyard, in 1834, but the ganJt:; mu t hav me into vogue very shortly aft n: ard , for it firrur d in th programm at th ivil r i- port in I 6..J.. Th 120 yards hurdle race ·was a f atur ')f the ~ ngli h hampion hip pr gramme in 1866, in whi,~h y ar T. Milvain wa th winn r in th excellent time of 17~ · c., c nsidering the fa t that the sport wa in its infan y. inc then the v nt ha~ always been popu:a" and th improvement v ry mark d. 1-Iurdlin i divided int tw las e , th first at the shorter di tan e f 120 yard , v r "ft. 6in. hurdl s, and th ond at all di tan b ey nd 120 yards, v r "ft. pla e at gr at r di -. reforc be nsid r ·d