Second Annual Athletic Meet and Field Day

Second Annual Athletic Meet and Field Day The second annual Y. M. M. I. A. Field Day and Inter-Stake Athletic Meet will be held at Wandamere, commencing at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 8, 1912. Superintendents are requested to take this matter in hand at once, and secure as many entries from their stake in the contests of the meet as possible. The events for Seniors (18 years and over) will be: 100 yard run, 220 yard run, 440 yard run, 880 yard run, 1 mile run, 120 yard hurdles, 220 yard hurdles, running high jump, running broad jump, shot put, pole vault and stake relay race. Please note that the hammer throw is not included in these events. Field events and track events will be conducted simultaneously; that is, the running high jump and the twelve-pound shot-put will be started at the same time as the track events. The relay race will be one-half mile, and teams will be composed of four men, each man running 220 yards. The Junior events for boys under 18 will be: 50 yard run, 100 yard run, high jump and relay race. The relay race is to be 440 yards, the teams to be composed of four boys, each running 110 yards. The field day is open to any bona fide amateur who is a member of Mutual Improvement Association in good standing, and who has a record of fifty per cent in attendance at Mutual meetings for the last season, except in cases where applicant may be reasonably excused. The application for entry must be endorsed by the president of the ward Mutual and the superintendent of the stake. An entry fee of one dollar will be charged for each event, as a guaranty of interest, but said entry fee will be returned to the contestant after he takes part in the field day. Medals will be awarded for first places, and blue and red ribbons for second and third places respectively. We have mailed the superintendents entry blanks which must be returned with fees not later than May 30th. We recommend that stake meets be held where practicable as early as possible, so that contestants for our big field day may be se-

MUTUAL WORK r,M lected by the respective stakes. Every stake will please report at qpce whether they will or will not be represented at the meet on June 8th. With best wishes, yonr brethren, Lyman R. Martineau, Hyriim M. Smith, B. F. Grant, John H. Taylor, Oscar A. Kirkham, B. S. Hinckley, Committee on Athletics.