Running Recollections and How to Train

90 the last 20 yards or so. Sometimes I would only " run through "about 120 yards, and at other times would even do as much as 200 yards. I have even substituted an eas}*, very easy, 300 yards or, upon two occasions only, 440 yards, for the other work. I would then punch the ball for about two or three minutes, after which Bill would rub me down. 1 always used a platform ball, i .e., one that you bang about suspended from a platform, as it admits of a greater varietj' of exercises than the " rubber top-and-bottom "ball. Ball- punchiug is. in my opinion, the finestthing inthe worldfor the wind, besides saving the stress on the legsoccasioned by running. My afternoon's work, except when I had a trial, would consist of two 60 yard dashes with the pistol. Sometimes I would have two 75's, ov sometimes I would, in 1'.ill's expi-essive phraseology, " play about a bit,'' and then go 100 yardsonce. If I had a trial on in the afternoon, my morning's work would be very light, consisting, as a rule, of a couple of short runs without the pistols—" leg stretchers," in pedes­ trian parlance. 1 always used dumb-bells in the morning before I went for my walk, and I found that exercise highly efficaciousin removing bed stiffness. Here is a time­ table, which gives the daily routine which I followed for this preparation :— a.m. 8.0—Got up. Dumb-bells. Walk half-a-mile. 9.0—Breakfast. 10.30-Set out for ground. Ran. Punched ball. p.m. 1.0—Dinner. p.m. 2.0—Bed. 3.0—Got up. Set out for ground. Ran. 5.0—Tea. 7.30—Walk two or three miles. 9.15—Supper. 10.30—Bed.