Practical Training for Running, Walking, Rowing, Wrestling, Boxing, Jumping, and All Kinds of Athletic Feats / Together with tables of proportional measurement for height and weight of men in and out of condition; etc. etc.

by Ed. James

JUMPING.

29ft., 7in., by John Howard, running wide jump, taking off from a block of wood, 1ft. wide, 2ft. long, 3in. thick, and elevated 4in.—May 8, 1854.
13ft. 7in.—Joseph Greaves, standing-wide jump—Sept. 18, 1875.
6ft. 2½in.—M. J. Brooks (Oxford University), running high jump—April 7, 1876.
47ft. 7in.—R. Knox, running hop, step and jump—August, 1870.
40ft. 2in.—D. Anderson, standing hop, step and jump—July 24, 1865.
11ft. 1in.—High pole jump, J. E. Woodburn—July 21, 1876.