Athletics of To-Day by Graham

Ru,.·.·1 'G Hollins bad finished he , as to start \'Ork. This race has een chosen-there are hundred of other .·amples-to show the result of car ful, pre on– certe combination. The ad ·antages of pace-makers have long een appreci tcd ; now days they are more than an ach'antage-a ncces– sit_·. In or inary inter-club races their duties are more or les · simple. To shiel the first strin r ' from the , ·ind to relic\'e him of all anxiety of the cc and to see a t1 e right oment he cts the best running nd the insid of the track. In International meetings there is a deeper side to the game. rom wo countric lil·e Ame– rica and Engl. nd there will often be four men toei11 1 the mark from whom it is impo si le to select the winner. The race and perhaps the sport·, will depend up01 small incidents that happen at the corners. Incidents sm 11 in themsel cs bat yet make -! sec. difference at the finish. Having to go round a man at the last corner mu t take away the foots lead that would just land a man the winn r. I reconccrtcd plans do not al \'ay. come off-rarely in fact · and a man , ·ill e ·antcd with a power of g ping th itua ion nd ~ cling 37