London, July 18.
"Depressing weather conditions tr prevailed at the Olympic Games, Phich are still proceeding at the great Stadium, and the attendance was very small.
The hammer-throwing was won by Flanagan, of the United States, The Woo. Herald and S. C. & C. Gazette.
207 who created a record by throwing it 170 feet 4 inches. The 1,500 metres flat race was won by W. M. Shepherd, also of the United States, the time being 4 min. 33 secs.
Great Britain's representatives won as follows:—3,500 metres walk, G. E. Larner, time 14 mins. 55 secs; twenty kilometres cycling race, G. B. Kingsbury, time 34 mins 13%, sec.; Lawn' Tennis, Major J.G. Ritchie beat Froitzheim, of Germany.—Exclusive Service.
e%s The cabled intelligence of the the successes scored by Great Britain and America at the Olympic Games will be read with great interest by all are concerned in any way with sport. G.B. Kingsbury, the winner of the twenty kilometres race, ig the well-known Portsmoath crack who defeated such sterling performers on the wheel an E. Payne, V. Johnson and L. with quite recently. Kingsbury is in five out of the seven cycling events to be decided at the Olympic Games.
G. E. Larner, winner of the 3,500 metres (3,825 yards) walking contest, is a member of the Brighton and C.
riers and at the recently held ritish Olympic trials he won the walk from E. J. Webb, Inst year's champion in 15 mins. 16} seconds. Larner, ho is knowe as the Brighton policer won that event by 45 yards. His time, as cabled is 21} seconds better out, did when winning the trial, and it is therefore probable that he was opposed to fast walkers.
M. W. Shepherd, the winner of the 1,500 metres (1,639.3 yards) flat race did well in the American trials, bat his time does not compare favourably with the 3 min. 59 4/5 seconds, established A. Wilson at the British t a is & member of the Hallam: Harriers and Athletic Club, and wax expected to run well in these events.
French cracks, De Fleurac and in, were also looked upon us likely r8, especially as De Flenrac won Bois de Boulogne re- li cently in record time for the distance. In the Parie Games of 1900, the 1,500 metres race was won by the English ranner, Bennett, in 4 mins. 6 seconds Lightfoot, the American, won at St. Louis in 1904, clipping three-fifths of a second off Bennett's time; and also won at Athens in 1906, but on this occasion the time was 4 mins. 12
Flanagan, who won the throwing the hammer contest, has already won this twice at Olympic Sports, securing at the Paris Games with a throw of 167 feet 4 inches end at the St. Louis contests in 1904 with a throw of 168 feet 1 inch. His present success constitutes a record. The British cowntors were disappointing at the the best throw being one of 125 feet 8} inches by E. E. B. May, of the A. C. and Major J. G. Ritchie is tennis player and created 1904 when he administered defeat to Doherty in the Covered Court Championship in April of that year, this being tive first defeat Doherty. sustained since winning the Champion-1901. Among some of Ritchie's are:—t'overed Court pionship 1902:
Singles Championships of Europe (at Ostend), Ostend, View and Austria 1900; of Berlin and At South' of England Champion 1903; Singles Championship of London, 1902.
He has also held the Championships of Eastbourne, Stockholm, Berlin, Germany, Hamburg, ete.
July 21.
The present position of the different countries represented in the Olympic games is: Great Britain thirty wins, the United States nine, Sweden five, Norway two, Germany two, and Canada, France and Belgium one win each.
The most notable English wi that of ('. H. Bartlett, who carried off the 100 kilometres cycle race in 1 br. 1 min. 483 sec. (which is a world's record), and E. R. Voight, who won the five miles flat race, in 25 min. 11} sed.—Exclusine Service, In the Olympic Trials, held at the "Stadiam on Saturday, 30, E. R. Voight (Manchester A. (,) won the five miles (8.047 kilometres) fiat race by a little more than a yard from A. J. Robertson (Birchfield Harriers) in 26 min. 26% sec., when making his initial appearance in a long-distance scratch race. In the Olympic Games held at Athens in 1906 the five-mile fiat race was won by Hawtrey (England) in 26 min, 113 sec. The record time for this distance was made by A. Shrubb on May 12, 1904—24 min, 333 sec. 'The previous World's record for the 100 kilometres' (62.135 miles) cycle race was made by Gnignant at ich in July, 1906. Grignard then ry kilometre record from 5 to 100 kilometres and covered the Intter distance in 1 hour 3 min. 6% sec.
World's Championship, of 1907, L. ith (Amatear) covered 100 kilometres in 1 hour 28 min, 52 sec, at Paris on July 5, and L, Darragon {Proleesoaal) occupied 1 hour 18 min, 33 sec. for the same distance at Paris on July 7.—Ep.
July 22, The American competitors have won the finals of the 800 metres race and the High Jump; also most of the heats in the sprints at the Stadium—yesterday.—Exelusive Service.
July 23.
R. E. Walker (South Africa) won the Hundred Metres race in 10$ secs., defeating Rector the American crack. Immense enthusiasm prevailed Fifty thousand spectators cheered for five minutes, The Duke of (connaught summoned Walker to the Royal Box and congratulated him warmly on his viotory.—Exelusive Service.
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