Sporting and Athletic Records

A T H L E T I C ME E T I NG S I.—ENGLISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS II.—SCOTTISH A.A.A. RECORDS III.—IRISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS IV.—AMERICAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS V.—LONDON ATHLETIC CLUB MEETINGS VI.—OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE SPORTS VII.—AMERICAN INTER-COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS VIII.—WOOLWICH v. SANDHURSTSPORTS IX.—INTER-HOSPITAL SPORTS THE principal conditions under which the following records were made are, for English Amateur Performances, as follows;—Inthe HIGH JUMP neither diving nor somersaulting is permitted. In the LONGJUMP measurement is made from the taking-off line to the edge of the heel mark nearest that line, along a line perpendicular to thatline: the take­ off is of wood. In the POLE JUMP, there is no rule to prevent a man moving his hands and in fact climbing the pole, so to speak, while in mid-air. In the HURDLES, there are ten flights of hurdles on a level grass course 120 yards straight: the hurdles are 3ft. 6in. high from the ground to the top rail, are firmly fixed in the ground, and are placed 10 yards apart, the first flight being 15 yards from scratch. In is