Athletic Training

CROSS- COUNTRY RUNNING 75 were George Orton, Alexander Grant, a:Q.d W. C. Paull, of Pennsylvania; John Cregan, of Princeton; and J. P. Jones, of Cornell, nearly all of these men being just as fast at the half-mile and mile as they were over the cross-country course. Schoolboys, especially those under eighteen years of age, should do cross-country work sparingly. Such sports as hare-and-hound racing, in which boys have a chance to slow down, does them good, but·I would not advise boys to run cross-country races of more than 3 miles in length. And boys under sixteen, particularly if they have not attained their growth, should confine their cross-country ex– ercise to walks and easy jogs. They will find that moderation at their age will be best for their health, and that when eighteen years old and over they will be able to do something worth while. I have known cases in which boys were rendered unfit for further athletic competition by doing too much strenuous cross-country running at too early an age. The best way for a college, club, or school to develop interest in_cross-country running is for a group to train together. The most