Running Recollections and How to Train

mentiun, that I had had some correspondence with Lrcdin on the subject, the outcome of which was that he was agreeable to have the race postponed, provided that I paid the expenses of doing so. I agreed to this by letter, adding that I shouldwire as soon asI found I could not run. Hence my wire to him. I met Mr. Sharpe, at Preston,by appoint­ ment that evening (I was en route for Edinburgh), and we decided that thesecond Saturday in April would be the most suitable date for the match, as well as allowing me time to recover from my accident. In this, however, we were wrong, as subsequent events will prove. Mr. Sharpe promised to communicate with Brediu, and I continued my journey, which was for the purposeof arranging matters with Messrs. Gibson and Shankland, who were backing me. Immediately upon my arrival, I received a telegram from Bredin, in which he said he was unable to postpone the match. This Avas followed by a letter, which stated that, owing to having business in London which would occupy his time considerably during the next two or three months, the match would either haveto be postponed indefinitely or else be run upon the date originally fixed. Here was a pretty " kettle of fish." Mr. Gibson, upon reading the letter, merely remarked, " I suppose we'll have to forfeit, and you can goto the infirmary." I thought for a moment, and then askedMr. Gibson to stake up the £25 which was required to make up the full stake, and I would be good for it out of the gate money. There were two or three others presentat thetime of this conversation. " \\ hat said one, "you mean to run in a week, and you can hardly walk now ! You must be mad." "No," I replied, with a certain amount of jauntiness, " or if I am, there's method in my madness. I can hardly walk, that's true enough, but yesterday I