The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. 75 race meetings have much to answer for in making the 440 yards race more cruel than it need be, as they have the quarter finals ran for within a half-hour of the heats. They bring men to the final with beating hearts and with respirations unquieted, and for this reason the quarter has injured, and seriously so, a for­ merly strong constitution. Valvular disease of the heart, aneurisms, etc.,have owed their origin to the two quarters having been raced on one and the same day. We are writing for men who very likely will say that the racing two quarters in one day has never injured them. Such may be the case, but it has others, and the fastest quarter-milers have been the greatest sufferers. For obvious reasons no names will be mentioned, although several cases could be cited where cause, quarter-mile, brought out effect, heart disease, and, in some instances, fatal results. A quarter-miler must possess staying powers, which capacity of lungs and tonicity of muscles accentuate ; without this form it is impossible for a man to com­ pete successfully on the cinder-track. Although such is the case, there are long sprint-runners who are not of Herculean build, who are good performers, but these have their physical force sufficiently developed to carry to the frontlight bodies with long legs. L. E. Myers is a prominent example of such form ; with a height 5 feet 7f inches he has a length of lower leg which corresponds to a man over 5 feet 10 inches in height, a length of thigh usually found in men 5 feet 9 inches, while the sitting height is the same