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PUTTING THE WEIGHT 



has a 14th century tower, restored 

 when the church was rebuilt in 

 1836, and a fine chantrey, N. of 

 the chancel, built by Bishop West 

 in 1533. The bridge, by Sir J. 

 W. Bazalgette, 1886, replaced a 

 wooden structure which, in 1729, 

 superseded an ancient ferry. Put- 

 ney is the headquarters of many 

 rowing clubs, the starting-point 

 of the Oxford and Cambridge 

 boat-race, and has a public library, 

 the gift of Sir George Newnes. The 

 Royal Hospital for Incurables 

 dates from 1854. On Putney 

 Heath, which adjoins Wimbledon 

 Common, are reservoirs of the 

 Chelsea waterworks. 



At Putney, called Putelei in 

 Domesday, and included in the 

 manor of Wimbledon, Harold had 

 a fishery. Queen Elizabeth was a 

 frequent visitor at Putney Palace, 

 the residence near the river of 

 John Lacy. In addition to Bishop 

 West, notable residents have in- 

 cluded Thomas Cromwell, Edward 

 Gibbon, Mrs. Siddons, William 

 Pitt, A. C. Swinburne, Theodore 

 Watts-Dunton, Sir George Newnes, 

 and J. Pierpont Morgan. Leigh 

 Hunt, John Toland the Deist, and 

 Fuseli the artist died here. Putney 

 Heath, once notable as a duelling 

 centre, had at one time, 1690- 

 1750, the most famous bowling 

 green near London. The obelisk, 

 near to Bowling Green House, in 

 which William Pitt died, commem- 

 orates the efforts of 

 David Hartley in 

 1776 to introduce 

 a method of build- 

 ing fireproof 

 houses. Pop., 

 1876, 7,490 ; 1921, 

 28,240. See The 

 Old Houses of 

 Putney, E. C. 

 Guthrie, 1870; The 

 Skirts of the Great 

 City, Mrs. Arthur 

 Bell, 1907. 



Radomir Putnik, 

 Serbian soldier 



Putnik, RADOMIR (1847-1917). 

 Serbian soldier. The son of a 

 Serb of the banat of Temesvar, 

 Hungary, who 

 emigrated into 

 Serbia and be- 

 came a school- 

 master at Kra- 

 g u j e v a t /., he 

 was born in 

 that town and 

 educated at the 

 military acad- 

 emy, Belgrade. 

 With the rank 

 of lieut.-col. he took part in the 

 Serbo-Bulgar War of 1885, and at 

 the same time was chief of staff of 

 the Danube division. From 1886- 

 92 he was professor in the Serbian 

 military academy. 



Putnik's sympathy with the 

 radical party in Serbia made him 

 obnoxious to King Milan, and he 

 lost his position, but he increased 

 his reputation by the power of 

 his military writings. When King 

 Peter ascended the throne in 1903 

 he made him a general, and gave 

 him command of a division. 

 Putnik also acted for some time 

 as minister of war. He was 

 commander-in-chief of the Serbs 

 during the First and Second 

 Balkan Wars, 1912-13, and was 

 appointed voivode, the Serbian 

 equivalent for field-marshal. Putnik 

 was the real generalissimo of the 

 Serbians during the Great War, 



Putney, London. Old parish church 



o! S. Mary. Top, right, Putney 



Bridge, from Putney 



from its outset until the overrunning 

 of Serbia in Oct.-Nov., 1915, when 

 he retreated with the remnants of 

 the army across the mountains of 

 Montenegro and Albania. At that 

 time his health was so infirm that 

 he had to be carried in a litter. He 

 died May 17, 1917. 



Putrefaction. Changes which 

 occur in organic material after 

 death. See Decomposition. 



Puttee (Hindi patti, bandage). 

 Long strip of cloth used as a leg 

 covering. About three yards long 

 and four inches wide, the puttee is 

 wound spirally round the leg be- 



Puttee, as worn 

 by infantry 



tween knee and ankle, drawn tight 

 and secured with tapes. First used 

 in the Indian army, it has been 

 adopted in the service uniform of 

 many armies. For cavalry the put- 

 tee is wound 

 downwards, 

 the tapes being 

 secured at the 

 ankle ; for in - 

 fantry it is 

 wound u p- 

 wards and tied 

 below the knee. 

 Putter. 

 Shortest golf 

 club. Designed 

 for use on the 

 green, it has a 

 straight face 

 and is used to 

 propel the ball a distance of from 

 20 yards to an inch or less into the 

 hole. Putters vary considerably 

 in shape, from the putting cleek to 

 those with a comparatively massive 

 wooden or aluminium head. See 

 Golf. 



Putting the Weight OR SHOT. 

 An event included in the pro- 

 gramme of most athletic meetings. 

 According to Amateur Athletic 

 Association rules, a competitor 

 must stand within a 7 ft. square 

 to cast the shot or iron ball, 

 which should weigh exactly 16 Ib. 

 The shot must be " put " by a 

 fair push from the shoulder, not 

 thrown. Length of the put is 

 calculated from the front line of the 

 square to the spot where the 

 weight pitches. In America the 

 putter stands within a 7 ft. circle, 

 the rim of which is raised to 

 prevent overstepping. The ama- 

 teur world record was made by 

 Ralph Rose t San Francisco, 

 Aug. 21, 1909, with a put of 51 ft. 



Putting the Weight. An American 

 champion about to cast the shot 



