Olympic Cavalcade

FIFTH OLYMPIAD, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 1912 87 was a responsible and laborious one. The number of entries for the competi– tions of the Vth Olympiad was, in the end, far greater than any of the pre– ceding Games. No less than 3282 persons, representing 27 different nations, took part in the various events, and there were among the visitors 487 foreign official- representatives _and 260 journalists, excluding Swedish. The total programme comprised 103 competitions, necessitating- 35 r6 different preparato'ry or final heats. The General Programme comprised Athletics: 25 Individual events, be– sides Pentathlon and Decathlon contests; 3 Team Relays and<! Tug-of-War. There was a combined Individual and T earn Cross CountrY. r(J.ce in addition. Cycling: Road race of about 198 -miles. Fencing: I Foils, I Epee and 2 Sabre. Association FootbqJl. Gymnastics: 3 Team and· I Individual displays. Horse Competitions: Military; Prize JUcl_ing -and Prize Jumping. Lawn Tennis: .I Covered Court; 2 Out-of-Door- Courts _for both contests; Gentlemen's Singl<Ss; Ladies Singles and .,. Doubles. - Modern Pentathlon -comprising Duel Shooting, Swimming, Fencing, Riding.and Cross C6untry Running. Rowing: Eight~, Fours, Fours {in riggers), Single Sculls. Shooting: Army (3_ contests); Individual (2 coptests) with any Rifle team and Individ;al, Miniature Indivi§ual and Team {2 "each); Revolver and Pistol team and Individual (r each).; Duel Shooting (2); Clay Bird team and Individual; Running Deer team (r) and. Individual (2). Swimming: Foi men 6 races;. 2 High and I Springboard Diving; for Ladies, roo metres Free Style and High · Diving; for men a Team race and Water Polo; for Ladies, 400 metres Team race. Yachting: 4 classes. Wrestling: Five weights, Greco-Roman. Concours D'Art: Five competitions. Game Shooting--an~ - Mountain-Ascents, both to be performed prior to I March, 1912. Certain Displays requested to be g~ven_ by various nations -were approved of by _the -£w~dish Olympic Co!l}mittee to take place during_the period of the_Celebration of th_e Games. The preparatioB of the _Stadium track and infield-was carried-out between August, _I91I ana May, I9I2, to the ideas and under the eagle eye of the late Charles Perry, gr,o_undsman to the London,Athletic Club, wlro had laid out the grounds at Athens in 1906 and Shepherd's Bush, ~ondon, I9o8. He was foci{e princeps master of his art, and the Stadium in Stockholm stands as his lasttng memorial to. this day. - -"' _;. £ · The Swedish .Olympic Committee had, too, made a wise decision in recalling from ilie U.S.A. that ?istinguished -Swedish-American coach, Ernie Hjertberg; himself a gn~at middle distance runner, and one of ·the greatest makers of athletes it has been my good fortune to ~now. He toured - Sweden fof a year "before tl}e' Games took place and was-, .Jlndoubtedly; responsible for many -of the- points Swedep scor~d in -tb·e all-important a.thletic>section of the prog.ramme~ . ~ - ., The Stadium, in plum-red brick, was~ li~n9some addition to any capital, the hGspitality of the Swedish p_s!ople was superb, and the track and fiel-d, by tlre time Perry and his minions ~ad done with it 1 was.something the like