Olympian Field Events

104 TI-lE OLY1UPIAN FIELD EVENTS. inders. In England the hurdles are always solid all the \ ay up, whereas the no ice in America gains confidence from the knowledge that, though he may rap the timber, he is not lik ly to come a purler, because a very perfect form of hurdl is used. A this hurdl is of considerable advantage it is worthy of description. It is known as "Fo t r's Patent af ty IIurdl , " and is d scribed in l\Ie rs. Spalding' catal gue as follows: - " The frame is 2ft. 6in. in height, with a horizontal rod passing tluough it 2ft. ab ve the ground. The hurdle is a wo d n gat , 2ft. high, j ining on this rod at a point in. from on f th id and I in. from the other. \ ith the hort sid up it mea ures 2ft. 6in. from the gr und, and with t.h long ide up 3ft.6in." It an thus be fixed at 2ft. 6in., 3ft. r 3ft. 6in., by means of a thumb– screw, which, if not scre\ d up too tight allo' s of the bar coming Yer if th athl te hit it fairly hard in taking hi fen It will b r adily en what a gr at advantage thi f hurdl i in instru ting th b inn r, for lid typ , if th no i' i clumsy and doe not ri suffi i ntly, h may m d wn v ry h avily, and will be in lin d t g too "big" n .·t tim . Th m r grac ful and al th natural style of hurdling i that in whi h th athlet bend th leading 1 gat th kn in r ssing th hurdl : thi m d wa in \'Ogue until the min f r ra nzl in, in 190 . The b nt le g d tyl is n ' ntir ly d ad in America, but ur- vi and tbriv lu lily in • ncrland; n v rth 1 ss, w have produ d m gr at m n ver the timber, and when they 1 arn t tak their fenc s with th 1 ading leg quit strai crht and the h uld rs quar t th front, then we hall find that ne r two of th m may become r cord breakers. Ar uing upon th m rit of th t\ styl s, when the athl t hurd1 with th 1 adinrr 1 g b nt it will b r adily s n that at th t p of hi ri th 1 ading f ot must of necessity be the 1 w t point of th body, and as it is alm st impo ib1 for th foot to b dra\ n up to th 1 v 1