It may be interesting- at this time to
give a short review of the development
of the relay carnival. Frank B. Ellis
was the man In whom originated the
idea of making relay racing tlie feature
of a meet. In 1894 a preliminary meet
was held with Princeton and Pennsyl
vania running a one mile relay, the
same being won by Pennsylvania. The
next year, with the opening of Frank
lin Field, tho relay carnival as such was
started. It Is an indication of what
wonderful progress lias been made in
our schools and colleges in track and
field athletics when It is stated that
though only a dozen colleges and about
fifteen schools competed, the carnival
was considered the largest and finest
meet of the year.
Harvard University had the honor of
winning the first International cham
pionship relay, the ono mile, in that year,
with Pennsylvania, tho only other starter
second, but not far away. Bingham,
Hollister and Vincent, three men all oT
whom could do 50 seconds, ran on
this Harvard team, and though trnck
athletics have developed greatly since !
then, they were classy enough to make I
?ny big college team now. for before they I
left college Hollister had done 48 4-6
seconds for the quarter and 1 minute
54 3-5 seconds for the half, while Bing
ham and Vincent had beaten 50 seconds.
Start of Distance Relays.
