Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

THE QUARTER-MILE 27 of the body is not quite so far forward except at the finish, and the arms are carried lower. The tall runner carries his arms bent at the elbow and shoots the legs out from the hips with long " slinking " strides ; the short man runs with the arms down and a bounding gait. In each case the feet strike the ground directly under the body, but in neither case are the knees raised as high as in the roo yards race, and thus the feet pass closer to the ground. Throughout the race the trunk is kept steady and the legs swing easily from the hips. The respirations must be made regularly, according to the athlete's needs. A strong quarter-miler should always run the first hundred yards almost exactly as if that was to be the full extent of the race, he should thus get well clear of his field ; thereafter the strides should be lengthened out to the fullest extent, but not so much as to en– danger the proper control of the body ; by this means– i.e. the alteration in his strides~he will be resting his body in the middle of the race and husbanding the essential powers for the final burst of speed which will carry him to victory. On the question of tactics, it is very bad policy to let another runner get so far away in the early stages of the race that a great effort will be required to catch him up again, for, if this comes about, the stamina which should be reserved for the final effort must be used up about half or two-thirds way through the race, to enable one to get on terms with the other man. An example of good tactics is to know the capabilities of the men, pick out the best of them, and force him to make the running-if you can---and then lay up close behind him until the psychological moment arrives for