The Athlete for 1868

TIIE ATIILETE. 113 Hurdle Race, 250 yards, over Strangers' Race, Half a Mile- 10 flights 3 ft. 6 in. hiO'h- I W. P. Bowman (Unirer ity). . 1 ' 0 A. King (London A. C.) . . , 2 . lIEA.T 1. 1. G. Knigl1t (illagclalen) . . 3 J. W. Lamg . . . . . . . 1 E. A. B. Pitman (:St. John's, G. Arbuthnot . . . . . . 2 Camb.) . . . . . . . · . 4 Won easily by 6 yds., in 34: sec. Also ran-1\f. Iuir l\fo.ckPnzie (Brase- lIEAT 2. nose). J. H. l\Iorgan (Trinity), F. W. E. l\f. Wakeman . . . . 1 Turner (St. ,Tolin'!-:), 0. Walcot ( t. Ed- e. II. Poole . . . . . . 2 muncl's Hall), W. R Walker (Queen's). J.B. Walter . . . . . . 3 Won by 3 y<ls.; 2 y<ls. between second Won by 2 yd . in 36 sec. and third ; tiwc, 2 ruin. 11 sec. FINAL HEAT. J. W. Laing . G. Arbuthnot . E. M. Wakeman 1 2 3 Laing got off with the lead, was Throwing the Hammer (16 lb.) D. l\Ioffat (, 0 ft.) . . . . I V. Scully (64 ft. 4 in.) . . 2 never headed, and won by 5 y<ls. in Flat Race, Two J\Iiles- 34::i sec. R. L. N. l\Iichell . . . 1 2 3 E. B. Charlton . . . . G. A. Gibbs ..... Pole Jump- G. A. Gibb (8 ft. 4 in.). A. Monckton ( ft. 2 iu.) P. B. 'itncou (8 ft.) . . 1 Charlton took the lead till the Inst 2 lap, when l\Iichcll purted, ancl won by 3 40 yds. in 10 min. 4:9! cc. Flat Race, Quarter of a l\Iile– A. ] . J effri;ys . . . . . . 1 D. Moffat . . . . . . . . 2 J. A. Rivingtou . . . . . . 3 Also ran-W. G. E<lwar<l~, C. II· Poole. l\Ioffat, comin~ with a 'rush at the fini 11, pa sed Hi viugton, but failc<l to catch Jeffreys, who won by 5 yds. in 58! sec. High Jump- R. L. N. lichcll (5 ft.) . C. ll. Poole (-1 ft. 10 iu.). 1 2 Walking Race, Three l\files– E. T. Liddell. . 1 G. Arbuthnot . . . . . . 2 II. R. C. Everard. . . . . . 3 II. Little<lale . . . . . . . O Liddell took tho lead in the first lnp, and kept it, winning by at least 30 y<ls.; time, 28 min. 20 sec. Consolation Race, 200 yards– J. A. Rivington . . . . . . I R. Corser . . . . . . . . 2 10 ran. Won easily by 5 ycls.; time, 22:i sec. Exeter College, Oxford. Fiiday, 29th November. Hurdle Race, 120 yards, over 10 flights- HEAT 1. J. A. Ainslie. . . W.W. Dayman HEAT 2. W. G. Walker . . 0. E. Leeds ... FINAL HEAT. W. G. Walker J. A. Ain lie . Time, 1 ! sec. 1 2 1 2 1 2