Olympian Field Events

16 THE OLYMPIAN FIELD EVENT . hammer thr wers I have ever had the privilege of watching perform. The sport figured in the Engli h hampionships as Ion ago as I 66, and the pr mi r honours in that y ar went t \V. J. James, who threw 78ft. sin. ompared with Tom Nicholson' throw of 162ft. 2!in. at last year's champion hip, the 1866 p rforman e seems absurd, but it must be borne in mind that in the arly hampion– ship day the hamm r u d had an iron h ad and a straight stiiT handl f a h, 3ft. 6in. in I ngth, and was thr wn with unlimit d run and f 11 w. th port b ame popular, a marked impr v m nt m the "hamm r" wa een, the stiff handle of a h giving way to pliable malacca ane, and the I ngth was in r a d to 4ft., whi h ha r main d th 1 n th until thi day. The gr at disadvantag an and a h hand! " a that th y fr qu ntly br k Bra abl ana t 1 shaft w r a till th ' a nd two