 However, he still won the 200 m, 400 m and 800 m events at the Tailteann Games.He resumed studies at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, but did not graduate and subsequently became a station-hand at Kurrumbede station in Gunnedah, in western New South Wales.Charlton limited his training to irregular visits to Sydney, when he consulted his coach, former Olympic medallist Henry Hay.