Athletic Training

HURDLING 93 tween the hurdles in the 220-yard event. As a beginner he should not try more than three of these hurdles, going over them no more than five or six times in a single day. In other respects he should adapt the instruc– tions I have given for the high hurdles to the low hurdles. After he has mastered the form for eight hurdles he will be ready 'for a race. He will need the same exercises for harden- ing the muscles, developing his speed, .etc., as for the high hurdles. If · he is training for both hurdle-races he should master the high hurdle first, varying his training for it with working over the low hurdles. I would particularly emphasize the advan– tage of taking seven strides between hurdles in the 220-yard event. ~ome short men who try the hurdles take nine strides between hur– dles, but to do thi~ they are obliged to cut their stride. Seven is the number which all the champions take, and it calls for a good, long-striding man with plenty of endurance to finish the last three hurdles. I have seen a great many races between men who took . seven strides and men who took nine strides between the hurdles, and I have never seen