Running Recollections and How to Train

105 Having commencedhis career by meeting and defeating most of the big men in bis own immediate district, we find him becoming a member of that—once, at all events — celebrated body, the London Athletic Clnb, making the foundation of a great name in the pedestrian world. In the year 1893, lie won both the quarter and half mile championships of England, in the one afternoon, at the English Amateur Athletic Meeting. The quarter-mile was won in the splendidamateur time of 491 sees., and in the history of this English championship this time has only twice been beaten: once by that wonderfully versatile runner, L. E. Myers, of America (whose death all true lovers of pedestrianism mourned only a few months ago), and again by that splendid amateur, H. C. L. Tindall, who, next to Bredin iiimself, ranks as the best quarter andhalf- mile amateur champion we have ever seen. The half-mile was even a better performance than the quarter-mile, as his time, 1 min. 55^- sec., not only ranks as the amateur record for the distance, but is the best he himself has ever done, either as an amateur or professional. This double event he was able to pull off in the following year, 1894, his time, though rather slower, ranking quite among the best recorded in those competitions. It should be further stated that Bredin again won the half-mile championship in 1895, this yearrunning the distance in 1 min. 554 sees., and establishing a very good second to his own record of two years previously ; as a matter of fact, the time was only 4 of a second slower. Having conquered and re-conquered all who came in competitionwith him, and being aware that some nice little "plums" were being picked by a number oi athletic gentlemen,who had somehow run foul of that august body the Amateur Athletic Association, he very wisely decided that hewould endeavour to partake of some