The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. 69 pedestrian couldwalk as the late J.A. Mcintosh did, it would be impossible to trot; he progressed with his arms swinging athis side, andwithout that violent effort with arms raised over the chest, which causes contortion of body and ugliness of gait among our heel and toe performers. It is in the attempt to obtain greater speed by toe impetus as the pace grows warmer and the struggle gets keener, that step by step theheel has hardly time to touch the ground, and ultimately never reaches it, when the aspirant trots in an easy first. This is unfair walk­ ing, and every perpretrator of it should be disqualified. The celebrated pedestrian, C. Westhall, considered that the simple rule of heel and toe was broken so con­ stantly owing to men progressing with a bent and loose knee ;but this action is in reality the start for a run, the effect of which, Westhall says, is to bring both feet off the ground at the sametime. Certainly such is the case,but it does not occur when aman is taking, as itwere, measured steps, as hewould when walking onthe road ; but when pressed, and trying to gain speed by every physical effort, he bends his knee, and exhibits restricted sprinting form—he runs, in the samemanner as a trotting horsewhen at the topof his speed at this pace tries to do quicker ; this alone can be accomplished by starting for a gallop, i.e., by breaking, and to prevent this mistake is the constant care Of trotting-horse trainers. The body during arace should be kept in an upright position, with chest forward and the shoulders well thrown