WORLD'S HURDLE RECORD SET BY DARTMOUTH MAN

Another American record has been added to the list of those established by Dartmouth trackmen, that set in New York City Tuesday night, February 10, by E. J. Thomson, 1920, when he ran the 70-yard low hurdles indoors in 8 1-5 seconds. Besides that record, Thomson, on the preceding Saturday, tied the world's record for the 45-yard high hurdles during a meet at Mechanics Hall, Boston, conducted by the Boston Athletic Association.

Before coming to Dartmouth, Thomson ran for the University of Southern California. In the summer of 1918 he won the A. A. U. hurdles championship in a meet at Great Lakes Naval Training Station.

Dartmouth supporters have been somewhat put out of countenance recently by the announcement that if Thomson competes in the Olympic Games at Antwerp next fall, his points will be credited to Great Britain. His service during the war was in the Canadian branch of the Royal Flying Corps. Thomson and Bob Simpson, former University of Missouri star, have been expected to be the best cards America was to carry to the big international athletic meet.