Athletic Training

ONE-MILE AND TWO-MILE RUNS 61 .ord stood until 1907, when it was reduced to 4.20-g-. It went below 4.20 for the first time in 1909, when W. C. Paull, of the University of Pennsylvania, set it at 4.17!. Two years later J. P. Jones, of Cornell, lowered Paull's figures 2% seconds, making a new world's rec– ord of 4.15%, a record which he lowered by a full second in 1913. This gradual reduction in time has been the result, partly of keener competition, but more of the scientific study of the event, the knowledge of how to run the various quarters to finish in the quickest time. It is impossible to tell a mile runner just how he should run each quarter, but as a rule the best time is made by making the first quar– ter the fastest, letting down a little for the second half, working hard on the third lap, and finishing the final lap as best one is able. In 1909, when W. C. Paull made his intercollegiate record of 4.17!, he ran his first quarter in 57 seconds, the half in 2.03, and the three-quarters in 3.10!. The third quarter was run only 1 i- seconds slower than the second. [That the foregoing remarks are not always