The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. 39 which, if taken wisely, would insure not only develop­ ment of the limbs, but of all muscles of the body Without such perfection of form, no runner is safe from the effects of severe strain, and consequently is unprepared for the contest which awaits his footfall on the cinder-track. Sprint-racing is a name given to those distances which have to be run over at top speed ; they extend from 50 yards to a quarter of a mile. Some con­ sider that the quarter is beyond a sprint journey, but as the 440 yards must be run from start to finish,with no relaxation of speed, and as we know what men celebrated at these distances have done—L. E. Myers in 48|- seconds, at Lillie Bridge, and that Harry Hutchens, therenowned professional sprinter, is capable of beating the existing record, 47f seconds, of W. Baker, which took place at Boston, Mass., U.S.A., on July 1,1886—we think that 440 yards of road should be bracketed with the shorter sprints. Sprint runners are a genus of themselves ; very few are good at all sprint distances : the one that cannot do better than 11 for the 100 yards can glide over the 440 in 52; and again, another who can do the 100 in 10 seconds is quite out of it at the quarter. At the same time we find men who are swift at 100, and usually so at 440. J. M. Cowie, C. G. Wood, M. Shearman, J. Shearman, and the late W. Page Phillips are distinguished examples of good runners over all sprint distances from the 100 to the 440. Some men have been good sprinters, and at the same