Running Recollections and How to Train

62 to be done. 1 told him I would have to bepaid my fee, what­ ever happened ;that was all I had to do inthe matter. I was allowed to run. I met the secretary of the S.A.A.A. that same evening, and he waxed exceedingly wroth; said that Iwould be the causeof not only the club, butof all the competitors at the sports, being suspended. I merely ejaculated, " Hurray ! " That summer—thehappiest I ever spent—came to an end all too soon for me. At Bowness-in- Windermere, I " broke down." and only two days before I was to run Bredin 440 for a purse of £110, offered by the West of Scotland Harriers. Stopping the race at Glasgow was oat of the question, so a medical friend and I " faked " the leg up with bandages asbest we could. Luckily, I was in very good health at the time, so the loss of a bit of practice the daybefore the race, andon the morning thereof, did not affect me much. Bredin gave me the inside position, though I wanted to toss for it, and, following my usual tactics,I darted off at a good pace. For the first100 yards my leg felt all right, and I was beginning to flatter myself that, althoughI might not win, yet I would be able to make a good show. Very soon, however, T began to feel the muscle giving way, and my speed began to relax. At about 200 yards Bredin drew level, and, although 1made frantic efforts to regain the lead, I was forced by sheer pain to desist from the struggle, and at about 250 yards I dropped on to the grass. Then there was a scene; shouts of " barney," " sell," and hisses and hoots were uttered by the most ignorant crowdof spectators it has ever been my bad luck to run before. A certain Glasgow paper, which professes to be ati authority on athletics, strove to be very witty at my expense. They ventureda step to A far, however, and a threat of an action for libel brought the proprietors to their senses,and an apologyinto the columns