The Athlete for 1868

14 THE ATHLETE. Hop, Step, ancl Jump- r. . Jack ·on (3 ft. 5 in.). 1 W. G. l\forris (R.E.) (38 ft. 2 in.) 2 Hurdle Race (trial heats)– HEAT 1. C. N. Jack ·on . . . . . . l H. II. Hart ( heltenham Coll.) 2 Wun ca ily by 4 yds. HEAT 2. 1\1. . Jack on . . • . . 1 "\Y. G. Morris . . . 2 Hurdle Race, 120 yards, flights- 10 FinA.l heat, in which the fir t two of the trials join cl ii,; ue :-0. N. Jack on led away from the start, and sailing along in hi old style, scol'cd an easy victory by 6 yds. from I. . ,Jackson, who ·e l0g gave way after the s cond hurdle, but coming with a wet ail he managed, at the fini h, to ecure second honours from II. F. Considine, who was a good third. Won, after a good race, by 1 ycl. ; Iligh Jump– :Morris led up to U1 last hurdle but one. Long Jump- This nded in a tie between the brother: Jiwk on, who jnmpe<l 18 ft. on o. very bad Lit of tufty turf. Flat Race, One :M:ile– w. G. l\lorris II. II. Hnrt R. O. lla1t 1 2 3 After pa sing the half-mile po t, 1\foni. drew up to II. II. Hart, uud from that tim I d the m;t home, 'Vcntually winning by about 12 ycl . l\Ieanwhile a good strnggl for second honour was going on b ·fwl en H. ll. and R. C. IIal't (R.M.A., Woolwich), which, after a game rnn in, :finished in the youngn broth r'. favour by about a yard. Time, 4 min. 50 sec. Throwing the Cricket Ball- 0. N. Jack on (5 ft. 21 in.) l\I. S. Jackson (5 ft.) W. G. Iurris . . . H. H. Hart ..... . 1 2 0 0 Flat Race, Quarter of a J\Iile- 0. N. Jackson . . . 1 l\L S. Jackson . . . 2 R. Davis . . . . . 3 Won ea ily; time, 53 e. Steeple Cha e, Half a Mile- R. . Hart lt!c1 a greater part of the fir t circuit, which contained b ide the wat r jump, fu1 ze l ap , hurdle , &e. ; but l\Iorris took up the nmni11g, a in the Milt>, and won finally by thr e yards. H. H. Hart pa s cl his brother, and :finislicd s cond. R. C. Hart, who mi - took the fiui h, ran in third, the trio ending in the same positions as in the mile. w. G. l\lorri::i (107 yard) 1 1 Consolation Race, 100 yards- P tt' th tone- Th e stakes, which :finished th U mg e programme, were won by P. Davis W. G. Morris 3 ft.) . 1 I (.£. A. 0. ). At the conclusion of the F. II. n1mnond, 21st Regt. sports, that inevitahl sequ I, a Donkey (37 ft. 10 ju.) , . . . . . 2 Race, en ucd. The elegant co tumes II. F. Con -idin , Lincofo ol- 1 of the rid rs, who w re all coloureu on lege, Oxford (87 ft. ) 3 the card, anu the imposing contour and This event was originally int nd<·d confonuation of the "Jerusal ·ms," to be putting the hot, but as some seemed to excite great merriment evilly-di po ·e<l pen;ou or persons did I among t all. l\Ir. R. 0. Hart'::i Gladin.– rnaliciou. Jy and smTcptitiou ly appro- tcur, Ly l\Ionarque out of l\Iis.·Gladiator prin.tc that mi ·ilc at the Great orthcrn (white, blue belt and cap), won, after· a 'tation, a stone '\las i:,ubstit~ted. good race, by half a length from l\lr. C.