The bleachers were deserted, everybody wanting a closer view of the jumping and ball throwing, which were going on at the same time. The spectators stood around in groups, according to their interest in the several events.
“Let’s have the relay broad jump, Miss Perin, while everybody is in the jumping mood, can’t we?” asked Cathalina.
“It is on next,” replied Miss Perin, “then the hurdles, and last the relay race.”
The relay broad jump started badly for the seniors. Jane Mills fully expected to break the record, she said afterward, but slipped, digging her heel firmly into the ground, yet, alas, sitting down back of them. The distance measured from where she sat to the starting place was not one to boast about. Hilary really did break the record, but Isabel, roused to a supreme effort, landed six inches beyond Hilary’s mark, and although she fell, it was forward and did not spoil her feat. The juniors loudly applauded her, both then and later when they had won the event.
In the ball throwing, meanwhile, Pauline, Diane and Juliet were making fine records, but Hilary went over from the relay jumping to win first place in throwing the basket-ball, and was second to Diane’s first in throwing the base-ball. Juniors scored among all those entered for the hurl ball event.
“There are so many of them,” sighed Evelyn, “that they have more chances to win.”
“I don’t know that it makes so much difference,” replied Dorothy, “if we have an expert or two on.”
“But we haven’t enough experts to be in everything when we are limited in entering events.”
“They don’t want us to overdo our little selves,” answered Dorothy with a smile.
Lilian in the “sixty yard low hurdle,” and Eloise in the high hurdle were light and graceful, carrying off the honors. Juliet, to the surprise of every one, was only second in the high hurdle. Juniors won second and third place in the low hurdle event.