Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

zSJ F IG. 7.-TYPES OF ATHLETES: THE QuARTER-MILER. T. H. Gallon, British Col umbia, at one time Canadian quarter-mile champion. Gallon shows the heavy muscular development and strong well· formed legs of the great quarter-miler. The cone-like space between the legs, typical of the good short· distance runner, should be noted. FIG. 8.-400 METRES RACE, OLYMPIC GAMES, STOCKHOLM, I9I2. " COMING ROUND THE FIRST BEND." This photograph shows the relative positions of the nnmers, having started from a diagonal line to equalise the distances of the lesser and greater circumferences when running in strings on a circular track. The bounding action of the quarter-miler, in which both feet are off the ground simul– taneously, is well portrayed.