The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 37
the left footforward, holding the right arm out,and the left parallel with the rightleg; some stand with both heelstogether, jumping forward at theflash of the pistol, and others standwith one side in advance of the other.(Not allowable by U. A. A. rules.) It has been found almost impossi-ble to… … Start of Foot Race. at the side by pressure on which thewatch can be started or stopped atany instant desired. The timer starts his watch on see-ing the flash of the pistol, and stopsit when the man he is timing crosses the mark. The time can then beread off. A pointer, however, can-not be made to…
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