The hurdle-race was run in two heats and a final, and resulted in a win for Pilkington of Clifton School, who, I take it, is a relative of the Cambridge athlete who came over last fall with the English team that competed against Yale. His time was 17-2/5 sec., which is very fast over turf, and which he could doubtless improve upon on a cinder track. The best interscholastic record for the same event in this country was made by E. C. Perkins, of the Hartford High-School, at the Connecticut H.-S.A.A. games in '94, and was 17 sec. Jarvis of Bedford was second, and Kember of Ramsgate was third.
On the programme this race was set down as "120 yards hurdles Public Schools Championship Challenge Shield," with the additional information that the shield was "presented by Godfrey and Cecil Shaw." The former will be remembered as having given Stephen Chase a hard tussle over the hurdles at the international games last fall. In addition to this championship shield, which stands for a number of years, and on which the winner each year presumably has his name engraved, there was a first prize of a silver cup and a second prize of a silver beaker. This idea of having a challenge shield is an excellent one, as it adds an incentive to true sportsmanship, and makes the honor of winning the race greater than it would otherwise be. It would be a good fashion to introduce challenge cups and shields in this country.
The quarter-mile was run in three heats and a final. This was also for a championship challenge cup, and for three individual prizes. Harrison of Haileybury, who had the honor of seeing his name set down on the programme as the "holder" of the challenge cup, because he won it last year, was not fast enough on this occasion to maintain his supremacy. He took second place in his heat, and as his time for second was the fastest second of any of the heats, he was allowed to run in the finals, the programme stating that "First in each heat, and fastest second, to start in final." In this last heat were Holland and Hardie of Giggleswick, Davison of Sutton Valence, and Harrison. Davison ran too easily at first, and was some fifteen yards behind the rest at the 220 mark; but he then came away in great style. He was too late, however, to catch Holland, who won in 53-2/5 sec., with Davison second, and Hardie third. The best American interscholastic time for this event was made by T. E. Burke, the champion, in 1894, at the New England interscholastic games, when he was at the Boston English High-School.
RECORDS OF THE N.Y.I.S.A.A.
| Event. | Record. | Holder. | |||
| 100-yard dash | 10-3/8 | sec. | Wendell Baker, Bettins, 1880. | ||
| 100-yard dash (Jun.) | 11 | " | D. C. Leech, Cutler's, 1890. | ||
| 220-yard dash | 22-4/5 | " | E. W. Allen, Berkeley, 1895. | ||
| 220-yard dash (Jun.) | 23-4/5 | " | H. Moeller, Col. Gram., 1894. | ||
| 440-yard run | 52-2/5 | " | C. R. Irwin-Martin, Berkeley, 1895. | ||
| 880-yard run | 2 | m. | 4-1/5 | " | J. A. Meehan, Condon, 1895. |
| Mile run | 4 | " | 52 | " | C. Southwick, Harvard, 1893. |
| Mile walk | 7 | " | 30-2/5 | " | L. B. Elliman, Berkeley, 1894. |
| Mile bicycle | 2 | " | 34-2/5 | " | I. A. Powell, Cutler's, 1895. |
| 120-yard hurdle | 15-3/5 | " | A. F. Beers, De La Salle, 1895. | ||
| 220-yard hurdle | 26-3/5 | " | S. A. Syme, Barnard, 1895. | ||
| High jump | 5 | ft. | 11 | in. | S. A. W. Baltazzi, Harvard, 1895. |
| Broad jump | 21 | " | 5 | " | F. L. Pell, Cutler's, 1891. |
| Putting 12-lb. shot | 40 | " | ¾ | " | A. C. Ayres, Condon, 1895. |
| Throwing 12-lb. hammer | 117 | " | 5½ | " | C. R. Irwin-Martin, Berkeley, 1895. |
| Pole vault | 10 | " | 3/8 | " | E. F. Simpson, Barnard, 1895. |
For the mile run ten starters turned out. They stayed bunched for the first quarter, but by the time three-quarters of the distance had been covered there were practically only four in the race. Down the straight Elliot of Giggleswick and Dyke of Sherborne were never more than a yard apart, and a fine finish resulted in a dead heat. The time was excellent—4 min. 42-3/5 sec. Both men fell exhausted at the finish, and Tippets of St. Paul's came in third, not far behind. The best American interscholastic time for the mile is 4 min. 34-2/5 sec., made by W. T. Laing of Andover in 1894, at the New England Interscholastics. The American figures given here are all records, and so the comparison with the English times is not exactly fair, since the English school records in every case may of course be better than the performances on this particular occasion.
The prizes were distributed in a much better way than is done in this country. After each event Mrs. Walter Rye, whose name appeared on the programme, presented the winners with their cups. This is a custom which has not yet been adopted in this country, although at St. Paul's School, Concord, a young lady usually presents the prizes to the winners at the spring meeting. It would be a pleasant and graceful feature if, at the National Games, some lady interested in the sports of our young men in the schools were invited to hand to them their prizes.
The fourth annual tournament of the Yale Interscholastic Tennis Association was held a week ago Saturday, on the grounds of the New Haven Lawn Club. There were thirteen entries from Hartford High, Hillhouse High, Black Hall, Hopkins Grammar, Taft's, and Hotchkiss schools. The day was cold and raw, but, nevertheless, the play on the whole was good.
In the first round the Lyman-Finke match was very interesting. Lyman made a plucky fight in the last set, but Finke won, 6-2, 6-4. The Whitmore-Watrous match showed some pretty tennis. In the first set the score changed many times, each man doing his best to win. Watrous got it, 9-7. Whitmore won the second set, 6-2, but Watrous took the last rather easily, 6-2.
The final round was between two Hotchkiss School players, Finke and Coy. At times the play was excellent, each man showing good judgment and coolness. Finke won 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. Coy might have done much better, but he seemed to be afraid to let himself out. Finke made the remarkable record of winning the tournament without losing a set. He outclassed all the other players. With practice he ought to develop into a player of the first class. He plays with coolness and excellent judgment. The prizes were a cup for first and second, and a banner to the school winning the greatest number of points, each match won counting one point. The banner went to Hotchkiss this year, as it did last year.