The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

SECOND ROUND. Heat 1.-H. L. Hillman, United States, r ; H. L. Coe, United States, z; E. Koops, Holland, fell. Hillman beat his brother American by a score yards, in the process upsetting the previous Olympic record by r! sec. Time, 56} sec. Heat z.-C. J. Bacon, United States, r ; 0. Groenings, United Kingdom, and ::N'. Kovacs, Hungary, retired. Bacon made the pace so hot that the other:; retired at the half distance. Time, 58} sec. Heat 3.-L. A. Burton, United Kingdom, r ; F. W. Harmer, United Kingdom, 2 ; E. W. Gould, United Kingdom, 3. Though slowing fast in the straight, Burton had such a big lead that he was able to win by 6 yards. Time, 59~ sec. Heat 4.-L. F. Tremeer, United Kingdom, r; G. Burton, United Kingdom, retired. Time, 6oJ sec. C. J. Bacon, United States .. H. L. Hillman, United States FINAL. L. F. Tremeer, United Kingdom L. A. Burton, United Kingdom Time, 55 sec. 2 3 0 The Englishmen were beaten in r 50 yards, and the Americans fought out the race together at a wonderful speed, and very level. They took the last hurdle together, and Bacon won on the run-in by 6 feet in time which lowered the Olympic record for the third time in this event. The world's record (amateur) for the 440 yards hurdles (or 2:{ yards further than this race) is 56} seconds, by H. Arnold at Buffalo, U.S.A., in September, 1901, which shows that Bacon travelled faster than any athlete had done his distance over hurdles before. Groenings might have done helter for the United Kingdom had he not had lumbago. -Den barn held the .\.A.A. record of 571 seconds. Hillman had hitherto done better than Bacon, who was taller and looked stronger. L. F. Trem ·er was running in the Hundred ards ..\..• \.A. hampionship of 1897. VIII.-THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED METRES STEEPLECHASE (22·4 yards less than 2 miles). [Three-foot Hurdles, every competitor to go over or through the water at the watu junzp.] Heat 1.-A. Russell, United Kingdom, r ; N. Cartasegna, Italy, z ; A. G. Ragueneau, France, o; E. P. Carr, United States, o; T. Downing, l'nited Kingdom, o. Downing was disqualified at the first water jump. Ragueneau and Russell led, but at two laps the Frenchman retired. Then Carr injured his ankle. Russell won easily. Time, ro min. 56} sec. Heat 2.- J. L. Eisele, United States, r ; A. Lovass, Hungary, o; L. de B. de Fleurac, France, o; F. J. Buckley, United Kingdom, o; ]. C. En<Ylish, United Kingdom, o. De Fleurac went away at the start, but Ei ·ele ancl English went up in the next lap, and the French candidate retired at the water jump, where English fell. The American now led till hal£ a lap before the bell, when English retired, leaving Eisele to finish alone. Time, r r min. r 3} sec. Heat 3.-W. Galbraith, Canada, r ; H. Barker, United Kingdom, o. Barker retired. Time, 1 I min. r z; sec.