Bredin on Running & Training

g6 RUNNING AND TRAINING. medals were given on the evening before the meeting for those heats run off, then many runners, although entitled to, would not appear in the final on the following day, either because they found the standard time beyond their powers, or owing to their having gained the medal, and this would be advantageous to the best men, especially in the quarter, where six men are an excessive number lined across the track at the start. Presuming the man who drew the inside position could cover a quarter in exactly the same time as the occupier of place No. 6, and both men ran up to their best form, the starter from the inside would have at least three yards the advantage of his equal placed at the start on the outside portion of the track. I believe that if the Amateur Athletic Association once gave this two days' meeting a trial in London (I am aware that they have considered the advisability of so doing), it would be an improvement in every respect– the runners themselves ; the chances of bestowing the title of Champion on the men who really were the best; a larger profit to the A. A. A. from two "gates" instead of one; and lastly, to the benefit of the spectators, for if anything can be said against the governing body's meeting, it is that you get too much, and not too little, for your money. Even a devoted admirer of the sport may heave a sigh of relief when the bell rings for the last lap in the concluding event, and be glad when the bustle, noise, and excitement at length terminate. T n fact, the A. A. A. Championship Meeting is the only in addition to the Inter-'Varsity Sports, that -:rowd and excites interest in London. The