Athletics and Football (extract)

124 ATHLETICS races arises 4 not somuch from the fault otfhe pedestrians as from thineability waonrt of courageof the judgoer referee to stop thmean whion, his eagerness for fame doer termination to gainmoney anyhow, may trespass upon fawiralking and run.' As Westhalwl as not only gaood critic but a finexponent of the arotf fairwalking, we canhardly do better than adsdome further extracts from his little manual. ' The term " fair toe and heel" mweaasnt to infer that as the foot of the baclkeg left the grounadnd before the toeshad been lifted the heel of the foremofsot ot shouldbe on the ground.' (We mightere observe theat more usual expression now is fair ' heel and toe' walkminega,ning that the walker places his heel to the ground before the toe.) 'Even this apparently simple rule,' Westhall proceeds,' is broken almost daiinlyconsequence of the pedestrian performing with a bent anldoose kneein, which case the swing of his whole frame when going at any pace will invariablybring both feet off the ground at the samtimee, and althohueghis going heel and toe heis not taking the required succession of steps, anhde is infringing the great and principal rule of onefoobteingcontinually on the ground. The same fault will be brought byonthe pedestrian leaning forward with his body, andthereby leanihnigs weight on the front foot, which, when angyreat pacise intendedor the performebregins to be fatigued,first merges into a very shorsttride anthden into a most undignifietdrot. . . . To be a g od and fair walketrhe atti­ tude shoublde upright or nearly wsoi,th the shoulders well back, and thaerms whienmotion held well up ina bent position, and at every stsriwdienging with the movemenotf the legswell across the cheswt,hich shoulbde wellthrown out. The loins shobueld slack to gpivlenty forfeedom to the hips, antdhe leg perfectly straight, thrown ofruotm the hipboldly anddirectly in front of the body, aanldlowed to reach the ground with the heel, being deci the firstportion thoef footto meetit. The movemeonft the arms will keepthe balance of the body andbring the other leg fromthe ground.' To these practical directions should be added another, which is implied in Westhall's description, but not explicitly at eachstride the hip should be twisted well round, rtihgeht