Bredin on Running & Training

RUNNING AND TRAI I 1 G . had cleared the bar at 6 feet, on this occasion failed at one inch less than Ryan's winning jump, another L. A. C. man, R. G. Perry, occupying third position with 5 ft. 9! ins. For the steeplechase, of about two miles, ten com– petitors went to the mark, the most noticeable being C. S. Sydenham and E. J. Wilkins, of the L. A. C.; C. W. Davis, a Midlander; and G. Martin, a good cross-country runn er. Davis was prominent through– out the first mile, with Wilkins not far off, and Sydenham third; farther on Davis dropped back, and Sydenham joined Wilkins; a little more than a quarter of a mile from home Sydenham burst a shoe, and lost ground whilst stopping to take it off. He then sprinted after \Vilkins, but made a mistake at the final water jump, which allowed Wilkins to win rather easily by over twenty yards, Davis being third, and all the other starters having retired. Perhaps the best exponent we have yet seen of the art of weight-putting, D. Horgan (Irish A. A. A.), the holder of this championship and the amateur record of 46 ft. 5! ins ., again proved successful, although meeting the South African giant, H. D. Gradwell, who was second, and W. J. M. Barry, the third man, their performances respectively being 44 ft. 3! ins., 43 ft. I in., and 42 ft. 8 ins. A return to the cinders was then caused by the decision of the four-miles walking championship. H. Curtis had, for five consecutive yea rs, held the title, from '90 to '93 over seven miles, but in '94 this event was reduced to its present limit of four miles. In addition to the holder, Fenton and W. J.