The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

properly attired in running drawers reach
ing TO the knees
II any one desires TO enter a protest, the
objection must be In writing 70 the secre-
tary of the British Olympic Council at the
earliest possible moment and be accom-
panied by deposit of e1. which deposit
is forfeited II the objection appears to
have been made upon no reasonable
ground
Each country will have at the game an
honorary committee consisting Of three
nominated by the Olympic committee in
that country. These representatives shall
be heard by the British Olympic Commit
tee in deciding upon any objection.
Fees Must Accompany Protests.
Protests made to the officials managing
the contests must be made through
member or members Of this honorary
committee representing the country to
which the competitor desiring to make
the protest belongs. and protest of this
kind must be made within half an hour
Of the termination Of the contest TO which
it relates.
In high jumping. diving and somersault-
Ing will not be permitted In the standing
high jump. rocking backward and forward
on heels and toes will be allowed but
neither foot must be elevated from the
ground, or slid along the ground. The
same is true Of the standing broad. The
hammer will be thrown from seven-foot
circle. The same is true of putting the
weight
The hurdle races will be on a grass
course. each competitor having his own
line OF hurdles The discus and iaveIin
throwing will be Of two kinds. With the
discus, free style in which the discus is
thrown in any fashion from the circle of
2'5S yards in diameter. and as at Athens
IN which the thrower stands on a pedes-
tai and goes through certain set motions
previous to the delivery Of the disc.
In the javelin throwing. free style
leaves the manner of holding the javein
to the discretion of each competitor. The
other style the tavein must be held in
the middle by the grip, and no other
method OF holding is permissible
The Marathon race will be of especial
interest. starting from Windsor over the
River Thames, going through Eton, past
Eton College 20 Slough then eventually
through Uxbridge. Pinner. Harrow. past
Harrow Church and schools TO Sudbury. !
then on the Harrow road across Worm
wood Scrubbs into WOodlawn for the sta
dunn. The distance is figured to approx |
mate = miles and 500 yards
a medical certificate OF fitness To take
part In the race must be delivered by
every entry for the Marathon race.
Furthermore the contestant must under
go medical examination previous 10 the
start by medical officer appointed by
the British Olympic Council, and any
competitor must retire from the race If |
ordered 10 do so by n member Of the /
medical stan thus appointed To control
the course. Nor is the competitor al owed !
either al the start or during the progress |
OF the race 10 take or receive any drug /
Disqualification will follow a breach OF
this rule.
Competitors may be allowed two at
tendants. VINO must remain behind the /
competitor they are attending or De SUI |
fciently In front TO prevent giving any
pacing assistance. These attendants may
not be at the start. but at an appointed /
place five miles from the start. where /
they may join their competitors The /
attendants must leave the competitors /
upon reaching the stadium and enter
through a different gate
1t is said that ali those who enter will /
be given honorary membership TO the /
Polytechnic Club, In Regent street. the |
use Of the building as a common meeting /
place. and arrangements will also be 1
made rendering it possible for them 10 /
secure lodgings In respectable quarters |
and I'm other ways 10 entertain them as /
Hospitality and sympathetically as pos /
sible
Stadium to Seat Seventy Thousand. !
The stadium has a seating capacity Of |
some 10000 with an oval turfed arena 100 /
feet long and a short axis Of 900 feet /
f.
oval. the inner a running track and the /
outer a cycle track. with d swimming /
pool inside the running track. The running |
track is three laps to mile and twenty /
four feet IN width. The swimming pool /
is 100 meters in length and fifty feet in 1
width. with a depth of four feet at the .
ends and twelve feet IN the middle.
IL is indeed difficult TO realize. when one /
considers the tremendous preparation go
ing on for this Olympic athletic meeting /
that It is not more than fifty years since /
anything OF this kind in the way OF I
definitely planned contests was INDUCED .
,in by either Englishmen or Americans. II /
was in 1864 that the first interuniversity \
sports we're held between oxford and /
Cambridge. and IN 1856 an amateur ath-
letic club was inaUgurated. The present I
Amateur Athletic Association was estab- /
lished in 1880 1t rs interesting to see
what has been accomplished in these
various contests and the marked improve 1
ment.
The nearest we have 20 the 10O-meter Is /
100 yards. which was made by Wefers in .
II seconds at Lowell. Mass. in 1896. The |
regular 10O-yard dash was first won in /
England by COmore in 1866, in 1O51 sec
l.
covered 1t May 81. 1902, in 93-5 seconds. !
d. J. Kelley is accredited with similar .
time at Spokane June %, 1896.
Hahn, Of America. won this race 900 /
meter) at the last Olympic games in II l-5 .
seconds, with Moulton, another American. I
second. and Barker, Of Great Britain, third, /
I'm a field Of forty-siX competitors. The /
nearest we nave 10 the 20O-meter race is (
our go. in which Kelley. already men
toned. and Wefers have a record Of p Is
seconds. This race has not been run in /
England as much as in America, but
Wood ran it AT Stanford Bridge in 1887
In q 4-5 seconds
Four hundred meters (437.2 yards). our
nearest distance is 44O. which Long, on a
straightaway track. covered in a sec
onds at Gutenberg in 1900. The quarter
mile in the English championship was
won in 1866 by Ridley in So seconds.
winners at Athens.
In the Olympic games at Athens the
4O0-meter race was splenddly won by
Pilgrim, an American. when Hillman.
the supposed first-string American. fail
ed. on account Of an injury received on
the steamer going over Pilgrim was four
yards ahead Of Halswell, the English
man. who was two yards ahead of Bar
ker. The time was SO Is seconds.
Our nearest distance to the 500 meters
fiat is 500 yards. This event in Athens
was also won by Pilgrim, with Light