Stations

16. In handicaps, stations shall be awarded according to the number on the programme.

Attendants

17. No attendant shall accompany any competitor on the scratch (except in cycle races), nor in the race; nor shall a competitor be allowed, without the permission of the Judges, to receive assistance or refreshment from anyone during the progress of a race. In cycle races attendants will be allowed for the sole purpose of lending assistance in starting. Any attendant who steps or follows the machine over the mark of the competitor whom he is assisting to start will cause such competitor to be disqualified.

Fouling

18. Wilfully jostling or running across or obstructing another so as to impede his progress shall disqualify the offender.

Starting

19. All questions as to starts shall be in the absolute discretion of the starter. All races (except time handicaps) shall be started by the report of a pistol. A start shall only be made to the actual report of the pistol. The starter shall place the competitors on their allotted marks, and shall, if necessary, have the assistance of marksmen for this duty. No competitor shall touch the ground in front of his mark with any part of his body. If any one competitor overstep his mark before the pistol has been fired the starter shall put him back one yard for distances up to and including 220 yards, two yards up to and including 440 yards, three yards up to and including 880 yards, and five yards up to one mile or more. These penalties to be doubled for a second offence, and disqualification to follow a repetition of the same offence. (Committees of Sports are specially desired to print this rule in extenso on their Sports programme.)

Walking Races

20. In Walking Races cautions and disqualifications shall be left to the decision of the judges of walking, who may appoint assistants if necessary. A disqualified competitor shall at once leave the track.

The High Jump and Pole Jump

21. Each competitor shall be allowed three jumps at each height. Crossing the scratch without displacing the bar shall not count as one jump. All measurements shall be made from the ground to the centre of the bar. In the High Jump neither diving nor somersaulting shall be permitted.

The Broad Jump

Each competitor shall be allowed three jumps, and the best three competitors of the first trial shall be allowed three more tries each for the final. The farthest jump of the six attempts shall win. If any competitor fall back or step back after jumping, or crosses the taking-offline with either foot, or so swerves aside that he pass beyond the taking-offline, such jump shall not be measured, but it shall be counted against the competitor as one jump. All jumps shall be measured to the taking-off line, from the edge to the heel-mark nearest that line, along a line perpendicular to that line.

Steeple Chasing

22. For Steeplechases the hurdles thall not be higher than 3 ft. Every competitor must go over or through the water; and anyone who jumps to one side or the other of the water jump shall be disqualified.

Throwing the Cricket Ball

23. In Throwing the Cricket Ball the distance thrown shall be calculated from the centre of a scratch line; and the thrower, in delivering the ball, shall not cross such scratch line. Three tries only shall be allowed, and crossing the scratch shall count as one try.

In addition to the foregoing, the following Rules for Com-PETITIONS and the MANAGEMENT OF ATHLETIC SPORTS, adopted by the Amateur Athletic Association, are recommended to Clubs holding Sports under the Laws of the A.A.A.: -

Officials

The officials of a meeting shall consist of -

24. A Committee, in whose hands shall be placed all matters which do not relate to the actual conduct of the meeting itself, and who shall have a final decision in all cases not provided for in the rules of the meeting.

Two or more Judges, whose joint decision shall be final in every competition, and with whom shall rest the power to disqualify any competitor.

A Referee, who shall decide in the event of a difference of opinion between the Judges. The decision of the Referee shall be final in all cases.

Two or more Stewards, or Clerks of the Course, whose business shall be to call out the competitors for each event, and to assign to each his distinctive badge.

One or more special Judges of Walking, a Timekeeper, a Starter, and one or more Marksmen.

Stations

25. Competitors in level races shall draw lots for their respective places on the post before leaving the dressing-room. Each competitor shall be supplied with and wear during each contest a distinctive number corresponding to his number in the programme.

26. Only the winners of the trial heats (first round) in spring handicaps run over a stringed track shall be eligible for further competitions. In cases where the track is not stringed and in distance races the first and second, or first, second, and third, may compete in second round or final heats, at the option of the Judges.

Track Measurements

27. All tracks shall be measured twelve inches from the inner side of the path.

Clothing

28. Every competitor must wear complete clothing from the shoulders to the knees (e.g., sleeved jersey and loose drawers).

Any competitor may be excluded from taking part in the sports unless properly attired.

Straight Sprint Races

29. Straight Sprint Races shall be run on a part of the cinder path or grass so staked and stringed that each competitor may have a separate course. The width between the strings shall not be less than four feet, and the stakes shall not be less than thirty feet apart.

Hurdle Races

30. The Hurdle Race shall be over ten flights of hurdles on a-level grass course of 120 yards straight. The hurdles shall stand. 3 ft. 6 in. from the ground, and shall have level top-rails and shall be placed 10 yards apart. The first flight of hurdles shall be 15 yards from scratch. Each competitor shall have his own line of hurdles, and shall keep to that line throughout the race.