Running Recollections and How to Train

50 wound up at adance, atwhich I remained till 2.30, arriving home about 3 a.m. The cabman who drove me to my domicile sarcastically remarked that "if folks carried on like that they couldn't expect to be backit byother folk." He further remarked that" he wasn't going to jeopardise his hard-earned money." I advised him not to very strongly, taking care to impress upon him at thesame time that I was keeping my money in my pocket, as far as the event referred to was concerned. He left me on the doorstep eventually, and drove off, muttering that in his belief " some folks was daft." As was to be expected, 1 was very stiff next day, and though we had arranged to have a run atPuwderhall inthe forenoon, I pleaded pains all over, and we gave Fowderhall a miss. We landed at Newcastleabout 5.30 that afternoon, and passed the evening enjoyably enough at a theatre. I turned out on the track in the morning, and found, to my great joy,that my stiffness had completely vanished. After my morning runwe had dinner, and then 1 went to bed. The sweepstakewas advertised to take place between the second round and final of a second-class handicap, and A\<IS divided into two heats, of which Wilkinson (2|), Redshaw (2j), and myself (If), comprised the first, and Harpei (scratch), Bannister (4),and Bridle (3f), thesecond. Just before we retired to the dressing-room.Harper askedme to join him in boycotting the sweepstake, as he had good information to the effect that Bridle had the sweep at his mercy. I thought for a second or two, and then decided to run, be Bridle who he may. In my heat I had the greatest difficulty in giving Wilkinson his start; indeed, it was only inthe laststride that 1 caught him, with Redshaw an inch or two behind. Harper did not turn out in the second heat, andBridle had an easy victory over Bannister.