Olympian Field Events

76 THE OLYHPIA . FIELD EVENT . mystery, for th re can b no mor graceful sight than to wat h the real exp rt make his quick, light dash forward, with p le uph Id, until he omes in fr nt f the bar, plants the spiked end firmly, and pringing fr m the ground, S\ ings up his 1 g until it app ars that h must inevitably tumbl ba k' ard ; th n the bar is r ached, and h glid s grac fully ov r and mcs quietly t earth the ther id , xecuting a 1 v r twist as he de cends. Wh n it is und r to d that t -day the American and ontin ntal crack beat our b t m n with tw r even thr e f t t spare, it will r adily be r alis d that we must find athl tes to tak up this port if we hop to hold our own at futur Olympiads. It is amazin h w th Am ri an hav taken t this Sp rt, ana h \V p r i t ntly th Y have StUCk t it SiOCP it wa fir t in lud d in th, Am ri an Athletic l ·rnpiad:. ATHEN , 1896. Hoyt (U.S.A.) 10ft. 9 4 in. PARI , 1900. :1. ter (U.. .A .) 10ft. 9 1 ~ 0 in . ST. L UI<:;, H)O·l· vorak (U. .A.) 11ft. 6in. EL • I3RATION, 1906 Gonder ( ranee) 11ft. 6in, LOND N, r9o8. 1ilb rt and Cooke (U. .A. tied at IZft. 2in. T KIIOL f, 1912. II. . Babco k t:zft. I I in.