Track Athletics in Detail (extract)

142 APPENDIX competitors, and he shall notify them to appear at the starting- line before the start in each event in which they areentered. In case of handicap events from marks, he shall place each competitor behind his proper mark; shall immediately notify the Starter should any competitor attemptto advance himself after the Starter has warned them to "get ready"; and in time- allowance handicaps shall furnish the Starter with the number and time allowance of each actual competitor. He shall control his assistants,and assign to them such duties as he may deem proper. RU L E X . —T H E J UDG EO F WA L K I NG shall have sole power to determine the fairness or unfairness of walking, and his rulings thereon shall be final and without appeal. He shall caution any competitor whenever walking unfairly; the third cautionto disqualify, except that he shall immediately disqualify any competitor whenwalking unfairly during the last 220 yards of a race. He shall control his assistants, and assign to them such ofhis duties ashe may deem proper. RU L E X I X . —HURD L E S Different heights, distances, and number of hurdles may be se­ lected for hurdle races. In the 120-yard hurdle race, ten hurdles shall be used; each hurdle to be three feet six inches high. They shall be placed ten yards apart, with the first hurdle fifteen yards distant fromthe starting-point, and the last hurdle fifteen yards before the finish­ ing-line. In the 220-yard hurdle race ten hurdles shall be used, each hurdle to be two feet six inches high.They shall be placed twenty yards apart, with the first hurdle twenty yards distant from the starting-mark, and the last hurdle twenty yards before the finishing-line. In making a recordit shall be necessary for the competitor to jump over every hurdle in its proper position. In all championship hurdle races of the A. A. U., or any of its Associations, up to and including 300 yards, each competitor shall have separate hurdles and a separate course marked out and measured independently, whether races are run straightaway or with turns.