IN response to several requests from members of the University, the following table of best on records at Harvard has been compiled, so that our athletes may have an opportunity of seeing exactly how our records compare with those of our sister colleges. In placing this table beside our College Table in the last Crimson, it will be seen that several of our records are lamentably poor, in fact, utterly unworthy of our Association, and we shall look forward to seeing more than one of them bettered at the approaching spring meeting. It may be said, however, in excuse for the poorness of the records at the pole leaping and throwing the hammer, that each of these events has been competed for only once at our meetings, and the men had then made no preparation at all for them; but with the present inducements offered by the H. A. A., we shall expect to see the hammer thrown much farther than 59 ft. 8 in. on May 22, and can only regret the lack of opportunity for the improvement of the pole leaping record likewise.

TABLE OF BEST HARVARD COLLEGE RECORDS UP TO MAY 1, 1880.

EVENT. RECORD. NAME.

H. M. S.

100-yards dash --- --- 10 1/4 E. J. Wendell.

220-yards dash --- --- 24 E. J. Wendell.

1/4-mile run --- --- 54 R. Bacon.

1/2-mile run * 2 8 2-5 T. H. Simmons.

1-mile run --- 4 56 J. S. Bell.

3-mile run --- 16 56 A. L. Lowell.

120-yards hurdle - --- 18 1-5 J. E. Cowdin.

1-mile walk --- 7 33 1/2 W. R. Taylor.

3-mile walk - 25 22 3/4 W. R. Taylor.

7-mile walk - 1 5 15 1/4 W. R. Taylor.

Feet. Inches.

Running high jump --- 5 3 A. C. Denniston.

Standing high jump - - 4 9 S. Coolidge.

Running broad jump --- 18 8 A. C. Denniston.

Pole leaping --- 7 1 H. N. Fowler.

Throwing the hammer --- 59 8 E. D. Brandegee.

Putting the shot --- 33 10 J. P. Cruger.

CLASS. WHERE MADE.

'82 Jarvis Field Nov. 2, 1878.

'82 Jarvis Field Nov. 2, 1878.

'80 Beacon Park May 24, 1878.

'80 Jarvis Field May 22, 1879.

'81 Jarvis Field May 22, 1879.

'77 Beacon Park May 19, 1877.

'79 Jarvis Field May 22, 1879.

'75 Jarvis Field Nov. 6, 1875.

'75 Intercollegiate Sports, Saratoga 1875.

'75 Intercollegiate Sports, Saratoga 1875.

'83 Jarvis Field Nov. 1, 1879.

'83 Hemenway Gymnasium Mar. 13, 1880.

'83 Jarvis Field Nov. 1, 1879.

'80 Jarvis Field May 23, 1879.

'81 Jarvis Field May 22, 1879.

'81 Jarvis Field May 23, 1879.

SUMMARY OF NUMBER OF RECORDS HELD BY EACH CLASS. - Class '75, 3; Class '80, 3; Class '81, 3; Class '83, 3; Class '82, 2; Class '77, 1; Class '79, 1.

THOSE members of the University who desire to compete in the Intercollegiate Sports at Mott Haven on the 29th of this month should not forget that their entries must be sent to W. F. Morgan, No. 1 East Fortieth St., New York City, before May 15 next (a week from to-morrow), as after that date no entry will be received.

Any members of the Academical and Scientific departments are at liberty to enter their names for any of the events, and if at the spring meeting here, they prove themselves worthy to be sent down as representatives of the College, the Athletic Association will pay all their expenses down and back. If several men excel in any one event, they will all be sent down for that event, so that, even if one happens to lose the first prize at the meeting here, he will still have a chance to compete at Mott Haven if his performance is of sufficient excellence to warrant the Association in sending him. A list of the events to be competed at Mott Haven will be found in our Brevity Column.

THERE has also been a universal desire expressed to have this year's changes in the Lawn Tennis rules placed before the lovers of that game. We therefore publish all the additions to, and changes in, the rules of last year, which were made last March, under the auspices of the three most prominent English clubs, in the hope that they may prove of assistance to the daily frequenters of Jarvis and Holmes. They are as follows : -

1. The net shall be 4 feet high at the poles in the single-handed as well as in the four-handed game. The service line shall be 21 feet from the net instead of 22 feet.

2. The balls shall measure not less than 2 1-2 inches, nor more than 2 9-16 inches in diameter; and shall weigh not less than 1 7-8 oz., nor more than 2 oz.

3. In matches, an umpire's decision is final.

4. The server shall serve with one foot outside the base-line, and with the other within or upon that line.

5. If the server does not stand as directed (4), or serves from the wrong court, it is a "fault."

6. Should the server make a fault by delivering the ball from the wrong court, his next service must come from that court from which it should have been delivered before.

7. A fault cannot be claimed after the next service is delivered.

8. A good service delivered when the striker-out is not ready, counts for nothing, and does not annul a previous fault.

9. A service, otherwise good, which touches the net or poles, counts for nothing; but a return doing so is good.

10. A player loses a stroke should he touch the net or any of its supports, while the ball is in play; or should he volley the ball before it has passed the net.

11. The umpire, on appeal from either party before the toss for choice, may direct the players to change sides at the end of every game, if in his opinion either side have a distinct advantage, owing to the sun, wind, or any accidental cause; but if the appeal be made after a match has begun, the umpire may only direct the players to change sides at the end of every game of the odd and concluding set.

12. In the four-handed court, 4 1-2 feet within the side lines and parallel with them, are drawn the service side-lines, and the service side-lines extend only to these lines; and within these lines the service must be delivered.

N. B. For the convenience of tennis-players, the editor of this column will provide himself with a few copies of the complete tennis rules, as amended, which may be obtained from him at the regular publisher's price.

* Simmons ran 1/2-mile in 2 min. 8 sec. at the H. A. A. Meeting, on May 23, 1879, but as the race was open to other Amateur Clubs, the record cannot be placed on the College Table.

- Best American college record.

- Best American amateur record.