ATHLETICS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 943, 2 April 1908, Page 8

ATHLETICS.

GETTING READY FOR THE OLYM PIC GAM ES. The English A. A. A; general committee j have completed arrangements regarding the trial races for the Olympic Games. There was a previous conference between the English, Irish and Scottish A.A.A.,’ at "which it was arranged that the very best twelve, should be selected for each-'of the Olympic contests, instead of four from each country, irrespective of their relative merit. This clears the ground for a team of abnormal strength in each event, and will meet with general approval (says an English authority). Irish and Scottish competitors will, therefore, be seen in the trial games of Shepherd’s Bush on May 30, and these contests will therefore have a value second only to the Olympiad itself. It is notable that all British entries to the games will be made in the name of “Great Britain and Ireland.” Trials are to be held at 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres (running) 110 metres hurdles, 400 metres hurdles, 3200 metres steeplechase, standing broad and standing high jumps, running broad and running high j .imps, hop step and jump, pole vault, throwing the hammer, putting the shot, tug of war, 3600 metres walk, throwing the discus in both the free style and that peculiar to the Greeks as used at Athens in 1906, and javelin in the free style and holding it in the middle.