Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-04-10
THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
Revived With Modern Events in the
Stadion at Athens, Greece.


ATHENS Graera tpriI : The iraue,or-,-
ZION Of the modern Olvmnj. camrs y9hirb
ara Ia he hela tbtS week at Athena L. I'm, tn
a Frenrbman Barnn Il. Couhartiu who
nrides LimsnIf an beiny a phiIh.Ilsna ma
who has extensively, Travelled in Greece and
also IN the a,-ista,.e nf man. jnnnnnti,i
men nf nearly every civilized natjnn II il
through the iarou' : energy and epthusia-rn
that mn international .oTt,ras. ,vas L,.tI il,
Paris last Nny wbirh discussed The aii.im-
portnnt question ~ amatanr- ar I,rnfassinn-
ais I'm ths great tratter of intrrratiopaI .nu-
tests in vnri,us annrt4 and sug,gn-t.3 ,bat
the frat games he held In Athens in
18Qe
Nv liberal contributions funds ,yera rro-
yided and pvurrts Immediately, nur IA wort
and the ancient nanathapi. -tnIi,r bo.
been repro1urad mnrr nIrel, rloss,. In H.
architectural details thap if wa. ,nder tho
artistic denadenr.. oC thr Roman Fmrir,.
The managing committee of tw,.ly.. NJ Athrr,
has drawn the following programme of attn.
letic sports.
Foot races. htnpiug tbrowinr, the di.kos
rome and pole clinlin, gvunnsft. .var,i...
paiaestra or wrestlinl, '.winminp MARI snau.
shin horspmnpshir rowing LiSyrlfng
In throwing lin. ,li.kn. ,r put,irr, The shot
the athletes will stand in psir-. according ia
the numh,r aacb Will rerriyn M tbn drausin,,
Of lots about twanty-flye mrtr., from th7
spot where tbey are f., throw The first an.
then advances 10 the snot and mount. an a
souare platform of - metre. Fyrrv
o6ntps,ant il entitled +, tt,-na tbrnu.. M.
diskos is an iron."ia1 haIi bsyiny w., aa"h
siJn a hrass ear,Ie T., r,ntn ~, ,ha ,,..,.g.ar,
weicht ~ about fivc Innnas
In tha -Hnllnni,. ,riaI rnrta.t ,b,, tool.
rlarn T..nntiv for ft- ,urros. - ,}.ti,.,
tut tho~c to compete at the iutr, ,sa
go,pns +ha yauorJ attained In tbr,,,sit,,. h.,
diskos was 20 metres. the highest record
known.
The palQestra, or wrestling. will take place
in round hollow, imbedded with sand.
seven metres in diameter and - metre, in
depth. Lots alphabetically arranged will be
drawn, Those who draw the same letter form
a pair in the palae-tra. Those having the let
ter A" will compete ilrst those having "B"
next. and 50 on. After the withdrawal o(
those vanouished the virturS are to compete
for Instance, the victor Of pair '' A. to com
pete with the one Of pair ''I" and sD ON un-
til only one pair of contestants is left. and
the last winner is prorlaimed sole victor Of
the palaestra.
Should the number of contestants be odd
then blank lot Is placed with the others :.
the one who gets II i called "ephcdroS" IAN
athlete excluded from the ongcinr contest
and does not participate in the first contest.
At the close OF the first contest the same
drawing OF lots is repeated and new 'ephe-
dros" elected until the last ''epheros" com
petes with the victor, at the close Of which
contest the palaestra is announced as ended.
The rules prohibit the seizing OF the head or
legs. and use Of nails.
The trial races were held week ago from
Marathon to Athens for the purpose of Sc
lecting two champions to compete at the
long-distance International race. The con
testants were 100 in number and started ON
their run from the very same point whence
the messenger from the field Of Marathon
had started There were over so, ,0OO spec
tators and the king with his sons attended
the race IN coach. Two Of the contestant
ants ran the distance. which is a little over
twenty-five miles. in three hours and eighteen
seconds.
America representatives in the Olympic
games the Princeton and Boston athletic
association teams-were due in Athens the