Athletic Training

HURDLING 85 low hurdles there are the same number of obstacles, but each is only 2 feet 6 inches in height and the distance of the race is 220 yards. In tms race the hurdles are placed 20 yards apart with 20 yards to the first hurdle and 20 yards from the last hurdle to the tape. It is nearly always the case that a hurdler is equally good for the two events just as one sprinter can master both the 100 and the 220 yard dashes. This rule is more likely to be borne out if the men are of good size. It is very rare to find a short man who can hold his stride in the low hurdles. Unlike the sprinter, the hurdler should have a particular build if he expects to be a_real champion. This peculiarity is that he must be above the average in height. It is true that some short men have made creditable records in the hurdles, but a study of the champions will show that almost without exception they are men whose height is five feet ten inches or more. Stephen Chase, of Dartmouth, one of the first hurdlers to run the distance in 15t seconds, was six feet two inches in height. A. C. Kraenzlein, who still holds the world's record for the low hurdles,