The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

37 2 ceased, three clear notes sounded on the bugle ·. Lord Desborough moved to the front of the Royal Box and called for" Three heer · for the Queen." They were given with a will from every part of that brilliantly crowded space, and as they died away the strains of the National Anthem rose into the air. The majority of the events in the greate t and most widely representative athletic gathering ever seen in this or any other country were over. As the athletes themselves dispersed, many of us who watched them felt that we were never likely to look upon so splendid a set of men again.