The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

of herring's compatriots; while weden, in vanberg, who came in eighth, produced the strongest finisher of the lot, besides the man who came in twenty-first ; Finland sent the tenth ; Russia claimed the nineteenth ; and Denmark was repre ented by the twenty-third and twenty-sixth. Other critics in search of explanations prefer to look more closely at the race itself; and the first peculiarity that will strike any trained observer is the pace at which the first three miles were done :- 5 min. I~ sec, 5 min. 9:{ sec., and 5 min. 31 sec. The fourth took 5 min. 36 sec., and the fifth 5 min. 43 sec. All these times were made by Jack, who did not finish, closely accompanied by Lord, who finished fifteenth. The meaning of them will become clearer when it is realised that !:>herring at Athens only had to keep up an average of 6 min. 35 sec. to complete the distance 2 7 min. faster than Lord did it in England. The pace, in fact, was made too hot at the tart; and to this error of judgment is most probably due not merely the ill-succe s of British runners on a hot day, but the ollapse of the Italian, and the excessive fatigue of nearly every one of the compe– titors except Svanberg. There was no wind, and the continuous crowd from Windsor to London still further diminished what little air there was. XII.-STANDING BROAD JUMP. The Rule of the A.,.\.A. with regard to this event was printed 1t1 the programme as follO\vs :- " The feet of the competitor may be placed in any position, but shall leave the ground only once in making an attempt to jump. When the feet are lifted from the ground twice, or two springs are made in making the attempt, it shall count as a trial jump without result. A competitor may rock forward and back, lifting his heels and toes alternately from the ground, but may not lift either foot clear of the ground, or slide it along the ground in any direction." "In any other respects the rule governing the Running Broad Jump shall also govern the Standing Broad Jump.'' ft. in. metres 1. R. C. Ewry, United States IO I It 3·33 2. C. Tsiclitiras, Greece 10 7~ 3·22 3. .i:1. J. Sheridan, United States IO 7 3·22 4. J. A. Biller, United States IO 6~ y21 5. 0. R. B. Ekberg, Sweden IO 5.~ 3·19 Also competed :-F. C. Irons, United States; E. Koops, Holland; L. J. Cor– nish, United Kingdom; Platt Adams, United States; L. H. G. Stafford, United Kingdom; J. Jakobsson, Finland; B. Evers, Holland; W. E. B. Henderson, United Kingdom; S. J\Iuenz, United States; F. Leroy Holmes, United States; F. O. Kitching, United Kingdom; G. Barber, Canada; T. J. Ahearne, United Kingdom; K. Langkjoer, Denmark; H. Jardin, France; Dr. A. l\lallwitz, Germany; W. H. Bleaden, United Kingdom; J. Hoogveld, Holland; L. Dupont, Belginm ; A. fotte, France.