Running Recollections and How to Train

21 the pistol to the bitter end, and eventually won by about two yards from Bradley, Thomas just beating Wittenberg for third place by afoot, a yard and a half to Bradley's rear. I will now give a list of races in which Bradley and myself have met. BRADLEY v. DOWNER. Dis. in Downer's Name of Sports. Year. yard*. start. Result. Time. Edin. St. Bernard's... 1893 ... 120 cndrs ... H ... Bradley ... 11J Edin. St Bernard's ... 1894 ... 120cudrs ... 3^ ... Downer ... 12;. Edin. St. Bernard's... 1894 ... 100 cudrs ... 3 ... Bradley ... 10' Celtic F.C., Glasgow... 1894 ... 120 grass ... 4 ... Downer ... IIJ Essex BeagL s 1895 ... 100 cndrs ... scr ... Downer ... 10 Halifax 1895 ... 135 grass ... scr ... Bradley ... — Lancaster 1895 ... 100 grass ... scr ... Bradley ... lOJ Crewe 1895 ... 100 cndrs ... scr ... Bradley ... lOi A A.A. Champ. (Lndn) 1895 ... lOOcndrs ... scr ... Bradley ... 10 Edin. St Bernard's ... 1895 ... 120 cndrs ... scr ... Downer ... 12^ Royton 1895 ... 100 grass ... scr ... Bradley ... 10^ Royton 1895 ... 110 grass ... scr ... Downer ... — Stoke-upon-Trent 1895 ... lOOcndrs ... scr ... dead heat... 10 Ditto (runoff) 1895 ... lOOcndrs ... scr ... dead heat... 9J Clitheroe F.C 1890 ... 100 grass ... scr ... Downer ... — Clitheroe F.C 1896 ... 100 grass ... scr ... Downer ... — South LondonHar 1896 ... 100 grass ... scr ... Bradley ... — South London Har 1896 ... 75 grass ... scr ... Bradley ... 7J Notts Forest 1896 ... 100 grass ... scr ... Bradley ... 10^ Edin. Pharmacy A.C.... 1896 ... 120 cndrs ... scr ... Downer ... 12 Manningham F.C 1896 ... 100 grass ... scr ... Bradley ... 10^ Lancaster 1896 ... 100 grass ... scr ... Bradley ... lOi Barrow-in-Furness 1896 ... lOOcndrs ... scr ... Downer ... 10 Halifax 1896 ... 120 grass ... scr ... Bradley ... — Crewe Alexandra 1896 ... lOOcndrs ... scr ... Bradley ... 10 fluddersfield 1896 ... 100 grass ... scr ... Bradley ... 10- ^ Very few of these races require any description. As a general rule, Bradley would be from one yard to six inches in front at 50 yards,and I would then begin to pull in the slack, usually beating himjust after the 100yards mark. I do not wish to make excuses for my defeat in the 100 ^ards Championship in 1895, the only event of the sortin which I ever took part, but I think I could have given Bradley a much better race for it had it not been for an unfortunate occurrence a fortnight prior to the eventful