Bredin on Running & Training

MY CAREER AS AN ATHLETE. t57 Sturgess were certainly possessed of form above the average competitors. At the start of the race the order was maintained in the above rotation. At three-quarters of a mile Fenton led, with the other two close behind him; in the fifth lap the holder again took first place, and shortly afterwards Fenton ceased t o persevere, and left the track. This left the two leaders well in advance of their field, whilst at half a mile from home Sturgess went to the front, and gradually commenced to leave the holder, who seemed very leg-weary; but when some ten yards behind, with one furlong to go, he suddenly shuffled over the ground at a great rate, caught Sturgess a few yards from the worsted, and won by nearly six feet. However, he was at once disqualified, and the race awarded to Sturgess, whose time was returned as 30 min. 7~ sees., the leader's times at one, two, and three miles being 6 min. 59! sees., 14 min. 37~ sees., and 22 min. 32 sees. For the long jump T. M. Donovan, the previous year's winner, failed to turn out. W. Mendelson (C . U. A. C.), who had at the Inter-'Varsity sports won by covering 22 ft. 5! ins., with C. B. Fry second, and W. J. Oakley third, again met the latter-Fry had not entered-and a good performer from the L.A. C. in C. E. H. Leggatt. The standard for the long jump is 20 ft. 6 ins., and the first three men all cleared farther, Oakley ultimately proving the winner with 21 ft.6~ ins., Mendelson, 3 2 ins. less, being second, and Leggatt third with 20 ft. 8t ins. The meeting was soon approaching its conclusion, and I was pleased to receive the warning, "All out for the final of the quarter" -not that I was really tired,