The book of athletics and out-of-door sports .. (1895)
Bingham, Norman W[illiams], jr., [from old catalog] ed, Cumnock, Arthur James. [from old catalog], Bliss, Laurence Thornton. [from old catalog], Martin, Willard Shepard, jr., 1868- [from old catalog], Dwight, James. [from old catalog], Bancroft, William Amos. [from old catalog], Cracknell, Ralph. [from old catalog], Hart, Hugh S. [from old catalog], Munroe, Kirk, 1856- [from old catalog], Fenton, David Wakeman, 2d. [from old catalog], Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery), 1852-1907, Graham, John. [from old catalog], Garcelon, William F. [from old catalog], Palmer, Julius A., jr. [from old catalog], Rose, Harry E. [from old catalog], Black, Alexander, 1859-1940, Townsend, Malcolm. [from old catalog], Bloss, Edward Bluell. [from old catalog], Talbot, Charles R. [from old catalog], Sutphen, Van Tassel, 1861-1945 · Boston, Lothrop publishing company · leaf 241
nish-line being thewinner. Now, hurdling, being merely a coml)inati(Mi otrunning and jumping, might appear to require nospecial ability. Some people foolishly believe thatany boy who has long legs must be a fast runner;and, more reasonably, those of better judgmentmigrht be led to infer that a… … iUKDi.iNr,. 241 celebrated hurdlers have been neither very lastrunners nor exceptionally l;(kh1 jumpers. Vow be-sides skill in running and junipinq-, other (jualitiesare necessary ; and it is in these that the true o-eniusfor hurdling seems to lie. Without special skill,which can come only after…
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