The Athlete for 1868

112 TTIE ATHLETE. High Jump- Hurdle Race, 120 yarcls, over 10 flights, 3 ft. 6 in. high- H. . Holland (5 ft. 3 in.) penccr 'mith . . . . Flat Race, Two l\Iiles- 1 2 HEAT 1. A. G. Legard 1 G. Ander on . . . . . . . 1 W. T. Keeling . . . . . . 2 . D. Forte:,;cue . . . . . . 3 Won by a yard and a half in 19 sec. - Carlyle. . . . 2 J. Fitzgerald . . . 3 HEAT 2. 7 .,tarted. Consolation Race, 200 yards– G. Farwell . . . . . . . 1 J. Fitzg1;rald. . . . . . . 2 A. E. 1\folineux . . . . . . 1 J. W. Laing . . . . . . . 2 Won easily by 4 yds. in 17 ~ sec. HEAT 3. E. W. Tritton . . . . . 1 E. M. Wakeman 2 Christ Church, Oxford. 1st and 2ncl iJiarch, 1867. Flat Race, 100 yards- Won by 2 ycls. in 18! sec. FI AL HEAT. A. E. 1\Iolincux E. W. Tritton G. Anderson . 1 2 3 HEAT 1. Won by 4: ycls. in 17! ec. l\Ir. Laing A. F. J effrcys . . 1 did not start in the final heat. J. W. Laing . . . . . . . 2 J. A. Ilivington ...... 3 Long Jump- A bad start, which ought to have C.H. Poole (1 ft. 3~ in.) 1 been calletl back. W. G. Edwar<l. · (18 ft.) . 2 HEAT 2. F. Gosling R. Cor.er . . . . J. T. Brooke . . . Won by 3 ycl '. in 11 sec. !IF.AT 3. E. W. Tritton . . . . . J.B. Walter } W. II. "\Yilliams Won by 2 ycls. in II sec. FINAL IIEAT. J. W. Laing. 1 A. F. J offreys 2 F. Gosling. 3 Won eai:;ily by 3 ycls. in 10! sec. Throwing the Cricket Dall– H. J. Tollemache (101 y<ls. 2 ft. 7 in.). . . . . . . . . E.1\1. Wakeman (102 ycls. 7 in.) D. }Ioffat (101 y<l.s. in.) . . 1 Handicap Race, Half a ~.\Iile- 2 3 J. W. Laing ( cratcb). . . . 1 B. Dcc<lcs (75 y<l.::i.) . . . . 2 II. <le F. 4Iontgomery (50 yds.) 3 Deedes made the best use of his long 1 si:..c'l.rt, till the straight run in, when the 2 scratch man, who ha<1 pas ·eel all the othci· men, came ·with a ru ·h, and won easily by G ytls., in 2 min. 12 sec. ; Montgomery a good tbinl. Putting the Stone (16 lb.)- G. AnclPr ·on (32 ft. G in.) 1 V. 'cully (30 ft.) . . . 2 Flat Race, One l\file- E. B. 1 liarlton . . . 1 R L. N. l\Iichell . . . . 2 G. A. Gibbs . . . . . . 3 1 Won ea ·ily by 12 yds., in 5 min. 2 21 sec.; Giuba about 8 yds. behind 3 I l\1ichcll.