The Athlete for 1868

THE ATIILETE. 47 Esq., act cl ns tarter, and the juilges One l\Iile Race– were R. E. Webster, Esq., and 1\1.1\luir l\Iackenzie, Esq. Appended is the re– turn of the sport. Throwing the Cricket Ball– FmsT CLASS. Fm ·T OLA s. Clarke . . . 1 Nepean . . . . . 2 Bittle ton, sen. . . . 3 Almond. Boyle, Day, Hooman, Paul- son, and Povah also started. ix cir- Mammatt (90 yds.) l\lackenzie ( 7 yds.) ECOND CLASS. Bushnell (73 yd~. 1 ft.) . Barry, sen. (71 yds. 1 ft.) 1 cuit of the ground hail to be made. 2 On pas ing the po t the third time Clarke was fh·.,t, N cpean secontl, aml 1 :30 yards behind came Bittle ton ancl 2 Almond. In thi' onlcr they :finished, Clarke winning by 70 yanls ; the same 100 yards Race- FrnsT CLASS. Venables . . . . . l\1aples . . . . . . Almond , .... Macau .. Won by a yard. ECOND OLA s. 1 2 0 0 Btauclerk . . . . . . . 1 Wadmore . . . . . . .. 2 Alo ran-Barry, jun., Coombs, Cour– t~nay, Haine , Lloyd, faclaran, Phil– lips, ~mith, jun., nnd We::;ton. Won by bn.lf a yard. T.uIBD OLA s. Dickson . . 1 King. jun. t . 2 Nei::.h t . . 3 Borcham, jun. 0 Gipps . . . 0 Won eidly; a dead heat betwe n King and rTci ·h, which was run off afterward., in tavour of King, who won by a yard. High Jump- FmsT CLASS. Dunn, jun. (4 ft. 10 in.) Ncpcun ({ft.D in.) . ECO. D OLA . 1 2 Cameron, jun. (4 ft. 4 in.) 1 Rm; ell, juu., and We ion tied at 4 ft. ·1 iu. Tnrnn CLASS. distance hctwreu second and third ; Almond about 50 yards bchlud Bittle- stou. Time, 4 min. 50 sec. Ecoxn Cuss. Huxley I Rn.incl:!. . . 2 Brown, sen. . 3 Cameron, jun., Connell, Harding, Hulton, sen., Inglis, Kerr, King, Phil– lott, Synge, and Gritliths also ran. Huxley made 11, waiting mce of it till entering upon the sixth lap, when he chnllcng d Haine , and after an cxeiting truggle won by 6 yard : Brown was third, 50 yards off. and Griffiths wa !\ bad fourth. Time, 5 ruin. 23 cc. Two-thirds of a l\Iile Race- Tmnu 0LAs3. Dickson . . 1 Ogden . . . . . . 2 Brine . . 8 Ac.klom, Bore, Bittlcston, jun., IInm– mick, jun., Nicoll, aucl Haven:,haw al o ran. \Vou ca ·ily by ·10 yards; second anu third divided by ~O yards. 120 yards Hurdle Hace– Tuylt,r l\facan . Foute . Almond 2 0 () The two flr.,;t took th ir lmnlles simul– taneou,;l,\· nll the way, and were only dividell hy six inehe::; at the fini::!h. Nci. h (3 ft. 10 in.;. Dorliu~ (:3 ft. in.) Aclau,l ' :J ft. G i11.). 2 Putting the Stone– Bordwm, ~n ., \\On at 27 ft. 3 in.