Bredin on Running & Training

154 RUNNING AND TRAINING. in the two fastest heats, failed to appear, and after a short delay, caused by waiting for him, the men got away to an even start; at fifty yards Bradley seemed to be well in front of Downer, and, increasing his lead, he won by the official decision of a yard and a half in ten seconds exactly. Wittenberg was third, a like distance behind Downer. Ten minutes later, Bacon, the holder, was opposed by seven competitors for the one-mile race, W. E. Lutyens and R. M. Holland representing Cambridge and Oxford, and Michael Soalhat, France. I have not been able to find the times for each lap during this race, but it appeared to me that Lutyens, taking the lead, ran fast for the first quarter, with Bacon and E. J. Wilkins following in close order, and C. S. Montague some little way behind. Their positions remained unaltered when half a mile had been completed, except that Montague had closed up somewhat. Then Lutyens seemed to steady down, though continuing to make the pace, and Wilkins, passing Bacon as the bell rang, momen– tarily led the field, the first four men being close together. Lutyens, however, soon regained the lead, and, at some 300 yards from home, Bacon made his effort, and, going right away, sprinted horne by almost twenty-five yards from Lutyens, Montague, ten yards behind, being third, and Wilkins fourth. H. King and E. Gavin were the only other two men who completed the full distance, and were both inside the standard time of 4 min. 30 sees. Bacon's time was 4 min. 17 sees., the best on record, lowering George's amateur mile time of 4 min. 18~ sees., made at Birmingham in '84. Another record was destined to be wiped out, in the