Athletics of To-Day 1929

160 Athletics of To-day stride each time. In the 440 yards race the first hurdle should be reached in 18 strides and cleared on the nineteenth; there– after 15 strides should be used to cover the distance between hurdles, with clearance effected on the sixteenth stride each time. Learn not to "tie-up" over the hurdle, but take it with the body as relaxed as possible and remember J. K. Norton's axiom: tt There are lots of 'champions' for eight hurdles, but it is the last two hurdles that really tell the tale in the race.'' Stamina you must have before everything else. Runs at 440 and 6oo yards are needed. Starting and sprinting practice should play their part, quarter-miling at speed, work over 2, 3, and 4 hurdles. The form of the approach run and the finish run-in are also to be studied and practised, and there must be plenty of work done in perfecting take-off, clearance, and landing form. Limit the distance work to 440 or 6oo yards. The 440 yards Hurdles event has now developed into such a sprint race, that running a half mile, which was formerly considered good training, is bound to slow m n up.