Athletics (British Sports Library)

136 ATHLETICS handed over to him as will enable him to .clean up on an opponent weli know:m. to be much speedier than himself. The instructor, or team captain, should design his trials ·during training to ·· show up the gameness or otherwise of his men, t0r it is " guts " that tells in relay racing, and a slightly slower man who has them is to be preferred to the flyer who is liable to quit when he finds l:).imself MP against ~ really tough proposition and faced with. the necessity of cutting down a halter-long lead.