The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. 73 may over-train. Daily walksat a good pace should be taken, say four or five miles, but never so long as to be wearisome. Running must be practised over fifty or sixty yards four days of the week, and the full distance at top speed on each of the two remaining days. It will be necessary to practise starting, amost important matter to sprinters, espe­ cially aswe know our friend S. H. Baker handicaps men to inches, and that an inch will win a race. A bad start, atrip, or any hesitation evinced on the stroke of the pistol-hammer spells defeat; inches if not yards may be lost; consequently men should stand firmly on their marks, not behave like unruly colts behind the flag, but like men determined to do ordie. Copy the steady,resolute formswho figure at our Sheffield handicaps; these toe their marks, and remainmotion­ less as rocks until the firearm sets themachinery in motion. Sprinters should leave their marks as one man ; and to attain this perfection careful and assi­ duous practice is required, bydaily toeing the mark in association with two or three companions, learning to stand firmly with legs not too widely apart; in fact, almost carelessly, butwith ears nervously anti­ cipating the pistol's detonation. Several starts effected by these means will teach the sprinter how ^o remain quiet, and practice will soon make him a clever starter. Although a sprinter should never run much beyond his race distance at the same time there are some men who will be benefited by an occasional long trot, i.e., when the respiration is too