Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

· THE QUARTER-MILE quarter-milers and half-milers, such as P. E. Mann. It is unwise to let such an individual get far ahead, because it takes two strides to his one to pass him again. It will be as well for the sprinter to "go" for the 100 yards as if he had to travel 110 yards, and similarly in the 220 as if he were going for 230 or more. A common failing in an inexperienced short-distance runner is to "clutch" for the tape in his anxiety to be a winner. The polished sprinter breasts his tape by running out without upsetting his stride to the bitter end, and a bit farther. The breasting of the tape should be done in a clean and artistic method by throwing the chest forward in the very ultimate effort, not by throwing the arms up wildly to gain the desired goal; for in this way many excellent runners have failed at the critical moment, and have been beaten " at the tape." To change the carriage of the arms at this juncture means failure, and often a fall after passing the winning-post. Those who witnessed the 100 yards race between Applegarth and Taylor in the 1914 Northern Counties Amateur Athletie Association Championship at Fallowfield ground in 9{ seconds, will realise how immensely important it is to minimise over anxiety. Taylor was a winner all over until an attack of " nerves," " over-anxiety," or " lack of finish," call it what you will, lost him the prize. In strategy and tactics and judgement of the tempera– ment of his opponents there is no greater artist than "the little wonder," F. H. Hulford. He, by consum– mate art and track craft, gauges the capability of the competitors he is "up against." He waits upon the dangerous one, he hurries and worries the nervous one, he breaks the heart of the dogged one by circling