The 100-UP Exercise

INTROD CTION 19 Sporting Life, articles signed, and forthwith, for the first time in his life, George went into strict training, choosing Surbiton for his headquarters. The first race, the mile, was nm in September, 1885, at Lillie Bridge, in the presence of over 30,000 pectators. George won the tos , choose the inside, and set out to make the running at his best pace. The track was loose and heavy, so that the runners dug holes in it as they ran. The first quarter took 58~ econds, the half 2 minutes 1 second. George stuck to it, but was disconcerted to feel his foot touched by Cummings almost every time his leg wa thrown up behind. At the 1,000 yards Cummings went sailing up level on the outside, and George's heart sank as he observed that his opponent was, to all appearance, running superbly and without effort, with hands low down, and as cool as the proverbial cucumber. But George would not be done ; he sprinted, drawing away from Cummings, and at the !-mile \ 0 rns leading by yards-time 3 minutes 7! econd . Although well-nigh exhausted, he kept going, leaving the other further and further behind, until the latter gave up the chase. Cummings' Little Dodge. It appeared that when Cummings dr w level it wa his expiring effort ; and as thi wa George's first encounter with this redoubtable runner, he was un– acquainted with the latter's easy-running action even when at the end of his tether; and George learnt also that the touches on hi heels which had so perturbed