Bredin on Running & Training

144 RUNNING AND TRAINING. prize. If so, may I choose a silver article of like value in exchange for it? " " No," he replied, referring to his book," £4 15s. was the price, and as we make a slight difference between electro-plate and silver, you can have anything up to the value of £3 ros. if comprised of the latter metal." The Havant Secretary was very surprised at hearing my account of this interview, and imme– diately purchased a prize on my behalf for the full amount, assuring me at the same time that his com– mittee had paid the local jeweller the full value for each prize as stated on the programme. I mention this incident solely to show what a large profit some– times, and no doubt frequently, accrues to the local tradesman providing prizes for athletic sports. During the following September I broke down whilst competing in a half-mile handicap at the Exeter Athletic Club's sports, on a wet grass track, probably owing to racing without practising running, which prevented my turning out as a competitor again that season. I was always somewhat tired of running by the time autumn came round, but about five months passed away from active athletics caused additional flesh and re– newed eagerness, so that by the beginning of March, '95, I was again training daily, and turned out to retain posses– sion of the L.A. C. 6oo yards challenge cup against one opponent, the Cambridge miler, W. E. Lutyens. On the following Saturday I attended the S. L. H. sports at the Oval, intending to be merely a spectator-! believe I had not entered in any of the events-and looked forward to witnessing a good race between Bradley and Downer, in a match at a level roo yards. Bradley, however, failed to appear, which naturally caused the