Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-16
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IL Is generally too much trouble for one man
to ut them in place for u4e. This is not 50
with other games, for an athlete is ready 10
run or walk AS soon as he steps on the path.
He can also high jump v It'll no trouble, for
the jumping uprights are usually in place.
He can try the running broad jump at
pleasure, for that requi'e IS no preparation Of
apparatus. But befor, be can hurdle, poles
ranging between Is snd % feet in length, 4
or 5 inchesswide an an inch thick nave
to he placed in uprigHts, n in the case Of
the 100 yard hurdle race the rule calls for a
distance Of 10 yards between the obstacles.
To fix these minor details takes time aud
trouble, and although, Of course, they are not
thought Of by an enthusiast, they prevent
many from practicing the game who other-
wise would, and It has been found that ath-
lstic grounds with a regular course set aside
for the hurdles generally develop many more
men in this line than are found in clubs which
provide no especial place for practicing the
game.
Hurdle running is considered by most spec
tators to be as pretty as any form Of racing.
The combined running and leaping of the
athicbt> VI hphc well, hiohc tuDct obef NV
i've and graceful performance. The main
point q the game is ability to leap the sticks
at full speed with as little interference with
the running stride as possible. The best ath-
letes at the game make the leap nothing but
q long stride. starting from one foot and
landing on the other, gauging the hurdle very
close, and continuing in their running stride
o. though they had taken no leap. The closer
one can get 20 the hurdle the better be will
be, providing he has average speed on the
fat IL has been proved that an athlete does
not need TO be an unusually fast runner to be
o good hurdle racer, nor does he have to be
proficient In high or broad Jumping. To
run the sticks well be must be scientific
and thoroughly at home with them.
The most popular hurdle races in America
are what Is called the old time regulation
race, 10 yards, ten flights 3 feet 9 inches
high, and the ordinary race, 2aO yards, ten
flights 9 feet q inches high. In England the
former is practiced Almost entirely, and that
Is probably the reason the term regulation"
Ia given It, The other, or what is called by
some the low hurdle race, is an American in
~vention, and Is called facetiously 1.-THE school
boys race, !" because the obstacles are so low
that no genuine hurdling Is supposed TO be
necessary to be proficient at it. In this low
race ii is generally found that the fastest run
ners are the best performers, provided they
be fairly skillful at hurdling. The distance
between the obstacles is so great that much
fat running is permitted, and the sticks are
comparatively so lo~that an athlete does not
need TO go very far of the ground to clear
them.
With the 40 yard race, ten flights 3 feet 9
inches high, it is quite different. Before one
can clear an obstacle Of that height he must
travel some distance In the air, although q
scientific hurdler viii reduce the time OIL the
ground TO the minimum. Agood Splinter or
running broad jumper in trying the 5 foot 9
inch hurdles for the first time will, IL he en-
deavors TO 90 at any speed, clear between is
and II feet beyond each hurdle, while an ex-
pert hurdle runner will not cover over 12 or