FIELD-SPORTS, or Tn.tcg ATHLETICS. The various sports and competitions; praetieed in the open air (usually on a prepared track or course), and included under the general description of field sports, are principally as follows: tine hand issl yards 'lash (100 yards flash) Two Inquired rnul ta•ity yards dash MO P11 MX dash) Three h min•l yards ,lash . 1310 yards Four hundred and forty yards dash (440 yards dash)Six hundred and sixty yards dash (660 yards dash) One-half mile run Iss0 yards run) One thousand yards run (WOO yards run) Stunning one, two, and five Indef.; 0, 2, and 5 miles) One hundred and twenty yards hurdle (120 yards hurdle) Two hundred and twenty yards hurdle (22(1 yards hurdle) Sack racing (on the fiat) Sack racing (over hurdles) One mil« walk (1760 yards milk) Running broad jump.
Running high jump.
Pole vaulting (tor height) Pole vaulting (for distance) Throwing the sixteen pound hammer (16 lbs.) Throwing the fifty-six pound weight (36 lbs.)
Bicyoling;from one-quarter to five mfies..(440yards-5 miles) Other outdoor sports such as cricket, football, fox-hunting, golf, hurling, lacrosse. paper-chase, etc., will be found described under their proper titles.
In 1884 the title of All-Around Athletic Cham pionship of America was instituted, the pro gramme of which consists of ten events: the 100 yard dash, high jump, long jump, pole jump, throwing 16-pound hammer, putting 16-pound shot, throwing 56-pound weight, 120-yard hurdle race, half-mile walk, and one-mile run. The com petitor scoring the highest percentage in the ten events wins the title of All-Around Champion. Competitors are held annually. The following measurements have been laid down as a fair average of what the proper dimensions of an all-around athlete should approximate: