The Pedestrian's Record

74 the pedestrian's record. laboured, and the muscles do not sufficiently develop with the usually prescribed sprint training. In such case, more prolonged running, say over a quarter at a moderate pace, and over 500 yards at a good gallop, but not at top speed, will assist in giving strength and greater breathing power to the lungs ; and work at a gymnasium, especially on the cross-bar, will open the capacity of the chest and bring tonicity to the muscles. In most books the ultimate extent of sprint extends only to 300 yards, and for this distance and the shorter ones, viz., 150, 220, etc., the training will be the same, only of course the yards to be run in practice must be proportionate to the length of the course over which the athlete is about to compete. In fine, never walk, run, or work in a gymnasium till tired ; the slightest extraexertion should be avoided, as anything approaching on exhaustion brings out the slows, and makes a man stale ; he loses his elasticity of movement, and with it to a certain extent his sprinting form. Leave off practice always fresh enough to begin again, and thus for ever keep alight the vital spark of healthy sprinting. quarter is said to be the most killing race athletes compete in, and so it is, owing to the distance and the speed with which it has to be travelled, and the amount of daily exercise necessary in practice. The committees at