The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-03
EPISCOPAL HIGH
SCHOOL RECORDS
Despite Steady Downpour Of
Rain Students Make Ex-
cellent Showing.
NEW RECORD IN HALF MILE
--
r. +. Blackford Ran Distance in
2:1I 45-Pendleton Led
in Points.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA, November g.
With u steady downpour OF rain max
ing a miserable track, the t~htrty-sec-
ond annual athletic exercises were
pulled off to-day Mt the Episcopal High
School OF Virginia. on tho grounds OF
that institution, west Of this city, be-
fore a fair-sized crowd. Owing to the
bad condition OF the track, only one
record was broken and one was equaled.
The record broken was In the half
mile fiat race, which was won by r. +.
Blackboard in two minutes eleven n
four-hfths seconds The medal for
having attained tho highest number of
aggregate points WAS awarded to r. II.
Pend,eton, who attained eighteen
points. At the conclusion OF the exer-
ciscs the prizes were presented to the
successful contestants by Miss Beatrice
". Crawford. Of the Episcopal Theolog-
ical Seminary. The loving cup for
the society whose members made the
best showing went to the Fairfax Lit
Ierary Society.
Summaries of Results.
The events were as follows:
alue NAi"Ss ~ VbseO, NOV
w. L. May, second, and Grant. third.
Distance. SOL feet.
Potato race. 450 yards--C. NJ. Kin
solving, first; speer, second; N. II.
Mass!e. third. Time. l minute IS Sec
onds.
Senior Nat race, 100 yards-Pendle-
ton. first: S. /. White, second; N. Page.
third. Time. 10 as seconds.
Putting the shot (twelve pounds
S. I. White, first; Doubleday, second;
w. N. Wood. third. Distance, "a feet
2 inches.
Junior running long jump-Pnndlc-
ton. first; Hewitt, second; Springs,
third. Distance. is feet 6 1-2 inches.
Senior hurdle race-Larus. first: Me-
Clelland. second, and Kemp, third.
Time. 81 1-3 seconds.
Junior hurdle rnce-Hewltt, first: j.
NJ. Wood, second. Time, BAL seconds.
Senior running long jump-Pendlc-
ton, frst;sA. w, Page. seconds: Il. +.
Blnckford. third. Distance. 10 feet
8 1-2 inches.
Senior fiat race, 900 yards-Pendle.
ton, first; NJ. Page. second; Dou'ke.
day. third. Time, 24.4 seconds.
Junior flat race, 23o yards-Hewitt
first; Pendleton, second; Withers. third
Time. Is seconds.
Senior fiat race. 44o yards-R.N G
Blackboard, first; Taylor, second: Nc.
Glelland, third. Time. 1914 seconds.
Junior fiat race, 100 yards-J. o
Pemberton, first; A. b. K%insolving, Jr.
second; c. NJ. Kinsolying, third. Time
12.S seconds
Sack race, 100 yards-F. NJ. Massie
first; Withers, second; Harlan, third
Time. 90 seconds.
Flat race. sone-halI Miller. +. Black,
ford, first: Taylor, second; Wheeler
third. Time, 2:11 4-B.
Junior fiat race. 440 yards--J. c
Pembcrton, first; C.. M. Kinsolving
second; A. S. Kinsolving. dr., third
Time, 1916 1-5. 3.
Running high jump-firant,' fret
height, 4 feet i 1-2 inches.
Junior flat race. 100 yards-Hewitt
first; i. NJ. Wood. second. Time, l
seconds.
The relay race wns not run, and. ow
ing to the bad weather, the pole vault
ing contest was Cancelled.
Il The of the contest wer
Talbot Taylor Pendleton., Shelby II
! vine White and David Walker Grant.
; The propertyman was Pichegru Woo
!, folk. The Judges were Archibald Rot
: inson HoNton, Arthur Powell Gary, III
ana Oscar Dew. Randolph.
Mr. John Moncure Daclel, Jr., WI
d the starter.
The timekeepers We're Willloughb
y Reade and Francis Edward Carter.
John Long Jackson served as score