Rowing and Track Athletics (extract)

The jumps and the Pole-Vault 369 other events, the standard of the high jump bas been high. J. D. Winsor, Jr., of Pennsylvania, won at Mott Haven in 1896 and 1897 with a six– foot-one and a six-foot-three. ]. K. Baxter, also of Pennsylvania, won in 1899 with a six-foot-two, and in addition to that this industrious performer won at the national amateur championships in 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, and 1902; and at the English championships in 1900 and 1901. Bax– ter's best record at these meets was in 1897, when he cleared 6 feet 2t inches. S. S. Jones of New York University won at Mott Haven in 1900, at Mott Haven and the national championships in 1901, at the English championships in 1902, and at the national championships again in 1903. Of his winning jumps the best was the one of 6 feet 2 inches, at the national champion– ships in 1901. Kernan of Harvard, who has already been mentioned, won at Mott Haven with a jump of 6 feet 1 inch, in 1903. The standing high jump has gone out of vogue as a regular event, keen as the interest in it used to be in the early days of track athletics in this country. It has not been contested at intercolle– giates since 1881, and after a desultory existence it was dropped from the national amateur programme in r 899. Walter Soren of Harvard was the best college performer at the standing high jump, and he excelled also in the standing broad. In the 2B