An Athletics Compendium

Essays &Reminiscences L 290 - 300 Doyle, Sir ArthurConan 290 Letters to the press: the unknowCnonan Doyle/ compiled with anintroduction by John Michael Gibson and Richard LancelynGreen. London: Seeker & Warburg, 1986. 376p; index ISBN: 0-436-13303-2 BL: YC.l986.a.2938 Contains elevenletters otnhe subject tohfe Olympic Games. Y'arrell, JohnHmmet 291 The universe ims ine / John Emmet Farrell. Glasgow: The author, 1993. 92p; illus; pbk ISBN: 1-870711-10-6 BL:YK.1994.a.l6030 Farrell contributed a colu'mRnunning commentary'to the magazine The Scots Athlete for many years, and this material formthse basifsor much of the work. The closing section deals wtihthe development of veteran athletics from 1970 and the author's successful participation tinhe World Veterans Championships. Gale, Frederick 292 Modern English sports: their use anthdeir abuse. London: Sampson Low, 1885. xx, 201p BL: 7906.ccc.15 Includes a chapter on general athletics (pp56-79). Graydon, John Allen 293 Never-to-be-forgotten spotrhtsrills. London: Findon, 1946. 64p; illus; pbk BL: 7917.e.8 Includes 'How Dorando won the marathon', 'A peer becomes worldchampion' (aboutLord Burghley), and 'Mighty atom of the running track' (about Sydney Wooderson). 294More never-to-be-forgotten sports thrills. London: Findon, 1946. 64p; illus; pbk BL:7917.e.l7 Includes 'Sydney Woodersosnurprises the woarlndd' 'Blind man helped produce Britain's greatestwalker' (about Tommy Green Boeflgrave Harriers). Hoby, Alan 295One crowdedhour. London: Museum Press, 1954. 160p; illus; index BL: 7919.f.87 The author was a sports journalisotn the Sunday Express; he writes about Zatopek (The most agonised face in the world'), Government aid ('Hypocrites' paradise - whisatan amateur?"), Bannister (The master miler')a,nd Gordon Pirie ('Gordon Firie: what now? 1 ). Keating, Frank 296 Bowled over!: a yearof sport with FrankKeating. London: Deutsch, 1980. 220p ISBN: 0-233-97284-6 BL: X.629/15195 Keating's reflections on the 1979 season concentrate principally on the rivalry between Coe and Ovett; the views of John Walker and Alan Fascoe on their respective characters and abilities are quoted. Ledbrooke, Archibald W. 297 Great moments in sport / illustrated by EdmLu.nd Blandford. London; Phoenix House, 1956. 127p; illus BL: 7921.f.l6 includes chapters on Bannister's mile with Landy. Chataway's athletic career and Dorando's marathon. Lennox, WilliamPitt 298 Pictures of sporting life and character. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1860. 2 vols.: iv, 369p; ix, 339p; illus BL: 7906.d.ll The first volumerefers topedestrianism anqduotes from a report inthe Leamington Spa Courier of May 1S>20 on the extraordinary pedestrian feat of a Birmingham woman of seventeen who walked forty miles a day for six successive days. The author contributes some general remarks on training, and notes the pedestrian foefatYates in ISSS, alluding to the earlier performance Baorfclay. The second volume has anaccount opfrofessional athletics at Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, and a reference to the match between the author anJdack Spaldingin Hill Street, off Berkeley Square, whicnhetted £60. 299 Fifty years: biographical reminiscences. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1863. 2 vols.: viii, 364pv; iii, 364p BL: 10826 .g .6 The first volume contains references to Captain Barclay and other pedestrians; the second volume contains references to the pedestrians Eaton and Crisp and gives a detailed account of the challenge sprint matchbetween the author and Jack Spalding. 300 Sport athome and abroad. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1872. 2 vols. BL: 7906.de.10 Volume 1 covers sportsof London in bygone times; the brief account of training (including mention of the discus), closely follows that of the 18>60 work. A repetition otfhe 1320 report appears with a detailed biography ofthe pedestrianFoster Powell. [ 179 ]