Track Athletics in Detail (extract)

144 APPENDIX The distance of the run before the scratch line shall be un­ limited. SEC. 5. THE POLE VAULT .—Poles shall be furnished by the club giving the games, but contestants may use their private poles if they so desire, and o contestant shall be allowed to use any of these private poles, except by the consent of its owner. The poles shall be unlimited as to size and weight, but shall have no assisting devices, exceptthat theymay be wound or wrapped with any substance for the purpose ofaffording a firmergrasp, and may have oneprong at the lower end. No competitor shall during his vault raise thehand which was uppermost when he left the groundto a higherpoint ofthe pole, nor shall he raise the hand which was undermost when he left the groundto any point on the poleabove the other hand. Any competitor who uses a pole without a spike shall be allowed to diga hole not more than one footin diameter at the take-off in which toplant his pole. The rules governing the RUNNING HIGH JUMP shall also govern the POLEVAULT for height. RULE XXII.—PUTTING THE SHOT The shot shall be a solid sphere, made of metal. It shall be put with one hand, andin making theattempt it shall be above andnot behind the shoulder. The competitorshall stand in a circle sevenfeet in diameter, and this circleshall be divided into twohalves by a line drawn through its centre. In the middle ofthe circumferenceof the front half shall beplaced a stop-board four feet long, four inches high, and firmlyfastened to the ground. In making his puts, the feet of the competitor may rest against, but not on the top of, this board. A fair put shall be one in which no part of the person of the competitor touches the top of the stop-boardor the ground out­ side the circle, and the competitor leaves the circle by its rear half. A put shall be foul if any part of the person of the com­ petitor touch the ground outside the front half of the circle before the putis measured. The measurementof each put shall be from the nearest mark made bythe fallof the shotto the circumference of the circle on a line from the mark made bythe shot to the centre of the circle.