. Spalding's official athletic almanac. ^ft. lin.; Western, 5ft. llin. Running broad jump, W. , 22ft. 4 5-8in.; Western, Davis. 21ft. 8 4-5in. Pole , H. L. Gardner, lift. 7in.; Western, Dvorak, lift. 9in. Throw-ing the hammer. Eastern, John R. DeWitt, 155ft. 8in.; Western, In the Eastern meeting, of ten competitors in the hammer, sixthrew over 129ft. Half mile run. Eastern, Adsit, 2m. 04 2-5s.; Western,Hall, 2m. 02 3-5s. The thirteen events on the programme of the two hundred starters, the largest number starting in the mile the broad j
. Spalding's official athletic almanac. ^ft. lin.; Western, 5ft. llin. Running broad jump, W. , 22ft. 4 5-8in.; Western, Davis. 21ft. 8 4-5in. Pole , H. L. Gardner, lift. 7in.; Western, Dvorak, lift. 9in. Throw-ing the hammer. Eastern, John R. DeWitt, 155ft. 8in.; Western, In the Eastern meeting, of ten competitors in the hammer, sixthrew over 129ft. Half mile run. Eastern, Adsit, 2m. 04 2-5s.; Western,Hall, 2m. 02 3-5s. The thirteen events on the programme of the two hundred starters, the largest number starting in the mile the broad jump, each having twenty. The half, the high and thepole had eighteen men each. The smallest number of starters was inhammer—ten; in the 100, 200 yard hurdle, the shot, twelve men competedin each. There is no doubt whatever that the pole vaulters gave thegreatest exhibition ever witnessed. Fifteen men cleared 10ft. 6in.; eightmen cleared lift.; two men cleared lift. 1 l-2in.; three men cleared , and one man cleared lift. hoto by Strauss F. J. V. SKIFF, Director of Exhibits, Worlds Fair, St. ^o- l^O^.The Originator of the Idea of a Separate Department of ^® ^ Culture at Worlds Fair.
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