Arturo Maffel, the Italian sprinter-jumper, claimed a record with a long Jump of 24 ft. 8 ins, Sgures which Jdisplaced the championship best made 8 year ago by the German Olympic Funer-up Lait, Long, who did 241A, Webster cleared 12 ft. 9% ins. in the pole vault for second place to the Italian, Romeo, and' beat his own English native record by half an inch, Romeo did 13 ft. 1 in.
Champions who lost their titles included W. Roberts, who was just over a yard behind' the winner in the quarter-mile, and P. D. Ward, beaten in the three-miles title by a yard.
Throughout the meeting there was really runaway vielory and the crowd were treated to some very tine finishes. In the 440 yards, only a yard
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