Sporting and Athletic Records

182 JUMPING or two higher. There was less skilful manipulation of the body in his style of taking a high jump than is the case with most big jumpers. In some of his efforts he has been known to take off 6ft. in front of the bar and to alight 6ft. beyond, clearing the whole with one tremendous bound into the air. It should be noted with regard to the Pole high jump that under American rules the pole may only have one prong and the hands may not be shifted upwards once the pole is in the ground; while under English rules the pole may have more than one prong and a man may, and often does, gain several inches by climbing the pole with his hands during the second or two it remains perpendicular. It is possible there­ fore that the American record of n feet 5% inches is a better per­ formance than the World's Record of 11 feet 9 inches made by a British Amateur. World's Records High Jump (standing) 5ft. 3 '/jin. Ray C. Ewry (A.) American Lafayette, Ind. 29 May '96 High Jump (running) 6ft. s^gin. a M. F. Sweeney (A.) American New York 21 Sept. '95 High Jump (Pole) lift. 9in. R.D. Dickenson (A.) BritishKidderminster 11 July '91 a Some other noteworthy jumps are as follows;— ft- tn. Name Nationality Place Year 6 5 Michael Conroy (P.) Australian Australia 1891 6 4 , .'« J. M. Ryan (A.) British Ireland 1895 6 3'/. P. Davin (A.) „ „ — 6 3'/* W. ByrdPage (A.) American England 1887 6 H. Sjoberg (A.) Norwegian Norway 1895 6 A'/T M. J. Brooks (A ) British England 1876