High Jump
Long Jump, Weight Putting (16 lb.), Hammer Throwing (16 lb.).
The Amateur Championship meeting has the same ten events with the exception that the Three Miles is replaced by a Four Miles, and has in addition a Pole Jump, a Two Miles Steeplechase, and a Four Miles Walking Race. In addition there is a Ten Miles Championship Race, which is held in the spring at the conclusion of the paperchasing season. ATHLETICS] It is usual at an ordinary club meeting to make most of the races handicaps. By this means, large entries are secured, as the number of superlative athletes is small compared with the hundreds, or one may fairly say thousands, who, though of mediocre ability, are able to win prizes with moderate handicap. a At the universities and at most of the big towns, athletic sports are held upon a regular running-ground which has a cinder track of a quarter or a third of a mile in circumference, with grass in the centre of the track, and specially prepared places for the Jumps, Weight Competitions, and