Athletics

FLAT FACES. 75 and then shooi past him; there isnothing so disheartening to a man as to see another pass him at any pace, however "done " the leadermay be. His havingpassed the second man so quickly, gives this man the idea that he is com­ paratively fresh,and so puts away any thoughts of a struggle with him as hopeless. If, however, one man gradually creeps past another, thebeaten manwill contest and struggle for every inch, anda most punishing racewill result. One otherhint and I have done. Two Races in One Day. —It often happens that aman has more than one race in an afternoon. In handicaps he may not be so particular asto his performance in each, but where thereare one or more level races, he must train in such away as will enable him as much as possible to run his second race withoutfeeling any ill effects from his first. The planI have foundmost advantageous for this is when training to go out always more than once. This works up the muscles and lungs a second time to the unnatural pitch to which they are worked up in running, and so accustoms them to it; that on the day it is, so to speak, "no novelty to run twice the same afternoon."One does not care exactly to point to one's self, but as a proof of what I adviseunder this head, I may say that training in March, 1890, forthe mile and three miles (Oxford v. Cambridge) three times a week, I used to run two fast laps (three laps to the mile), then rest three-quarters of an hour; after which I used to run five moderately slow laps. This latter exercise, I suppose, so increased my staying power over a mile that I felt almost fresh at the end of the mile, in spite of the pace (first lap, 1 min. 20 sees.—leader, 1 min. 19 sees. • second, 2 min. 53 sees.; third, 4 min. 2 if sees.), and did not feel the slightest effects of the previous race in the three miles.