Athletic Training

94 ATHLETIC TRAINING a nine-stride man beat one who took but seven strides, other things being equal. I have seen but one good man who took but eight strides, and although he was very clever and fast he could not beat a good seven– stride man in a race. On account of the greater distance between the hurdles in this event, there are usually more falls in the low than in the high hur– dles. This is because the men· run faster and cannot judge the distance between the hurdles nor the position of the hurdles until they are upon them. In order to take each hurdle in the proper stride the athlete must clear 13 feet in his jump and then cover 47 feet in seven strides. It is usually easy enough to do this for the first six hurdles, but then a man grows tired and it takes a great deal of strength to finish the race with– out a fall.