Bredin on Running & Training

MY CAREER AS AN ATHLETE. 155 following event, that had stood for thirty years, when C. N. Jackson (0. U. A. C.) first covered 120 yards, with ten flights of hurdles, in sixteen seconds. Four times had this record been equalled, once by G. B. Shaw, who, in the final of this hurdle championship, managed to get away from W. J. Oakley, after an even race for two-thirds of the way, and won by two– and-a-half yards in I5t sees., P. R. Lowe occupying third position not quite two yards behind Oakley. In the pole jump R. D. Dickenson, from Windermere, cleared the moderate height of ten feet, which was one foot higher than the second man, P. Hunter (South Africa A. A. A.), could negotiate. In an exhibi– tion, later on, Dickenson managed an extra Ioi inches; he was also the record holder with a fine leap of II ft. 9 ins. at Kidderminster in '91. In the quarter-mile there were three heats, and the first two men in each completed the six starters for the final. I started in the first heat, and had an easy race, winning from Philip J . Blignaut in 51~ sees. All the entrants for the second turned out, when W. Fitz– herbert broke the tape one yard in front of A. G. Butler, in 51 0 sees. The 0. U. A. C. crack, G. Jordan, with little trouble defeated Peter Blignaut, the second man, and others, including A. S. Turk, and the Irish Rugby International half-back, 1. T. Magee, in the last heat, time, 5Ii sees. Following these preliminaries, 1. M. Ryan, an Irish– man, who in '93 cleared 6 ft. 2! ins. in beautiful style, at the championship meeting held at North– ampton,had a somewhat easyvictorywith 5ft IIiins. Reginald Williams, who at the Civil Service sports