Bredin on Running & Training

IJZ RUNNING AND TRAINING. and I got level with him I oo yards from home, with a view of taking the lead before the final bend, eventually finishing first by nearly four yards in I min. 55-£ sees. Practically I covered each lap just inside 58 sees. Had the first quarter occupied 54! sees., as it should have done, the time must have proved consider– ably faster, for three seconds were wasted in the first furlong. Shortly before this event Kilpatrick ran a half-mile trial with the aid of one pace-maker, on an inferior track, in exactly I min. 55 sees., so that he at any rate was capable of getting well inside the time of this match. A lthough the race was well advertised, the public patronage was very limited, owing, I presume, to the idea that, running three races, we should arrange to win one each, and the only genuine event would be the last of the series. In fact, many bookmakers, seeing how slowly we ran at first, called out "No paying over this race unless they beat two minutes." But as there could have been no such doubt cast upon the results of the previous big rnatches decided by the new school of professionals by any except the most prejudiced minds, this seems to me to somewhat resemble hanging a man after acquitting him. No sport is likely to improve in which its leading expo– nents feel that they are systematically regarded with suspicion. This has a tendency to lead men in the opposite direction. Is it to be wondered at that if a set of men are credited with being thieves, some out of their number will take to stealing? Another fact that no doubt influenced the poor attendance was that, although I agreed to pay the