5. FOULING.Any competitor shall be disqualified for wilfully jostling, running across, or in any way impeding another.
6. FINISH.A tape held by the judges shall be stretched across the track at the finish four feet above the ground. This tape must be breasted.
The men shall be placed in the order in which they cross the finish line.
7. WALKING.The judge shall caution for any unfair walking, and the third caution shall disqualify the offender.
On the last lap an unfair walker shall be disqualified without previous caution.
8. HURDLES.The hurdle race shall be 120 yards over ten hurdles, each 3 feet 6 inches high.
The first hurdle shall be placed 15 yards from the scratch, and there shall be ten yards between each hurdle.
9. RUNNING HIGH JUMP.The height of the bar at starting and at each successive elevation shall be determined by a majority of the qualified competitors. In case of a tie the Referee shall decide.
Three tries allowed at each height. Each competitor shall make one attempt in the order of his name on the programme; then those who have failed, if any, shall have a second trial in regular order, and those failing on this trial shall then take their final trial.
Displacing the bar and nothing else counts as a "try."
A competitor may omit his trials at any height, but if he fail at the next height he shall not be allowed to go back and try the height which he omitted.
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