We present a study of the kinematics of W + >- 3 jet events produced in ppbar collisions at sqrt s = 1.8 TeV. We describe several techniques used to compare the observed events with expectations both from direct W + jets production and from production and decay of heavy top quark pairs. We also study the kinematic features of the events used to measure the top mass. Finally we show the results obtained looking for top candidates in the channel with 6 jets in the final state.