The Pedestrian's Record

76 the pedestrian's record. as that of a man only 5 feet 4 inches. This great athlete is perhaps the fastest quarter-miler on the track. C. G. Wood, who is a very powerfully-builtman, can do his 440 yards in very quick time, but Myers could give him a fewyards and beat him. Harry Hut- chens, also a strongly-formed man, is about the only quarter-miler who could haul down Myers's colours. As before stated, a man to run a quarter ofa mile must possess staying power, and this, not for a long distance, but for a short, which, for a man of the first flight, demands great rapidity of movement, i.e., at top speed, without any relaxing from start to finish. Books on this subject say, start at a moderate pace, and hold in reserve for the struggle near the tape ; others advise runners to start at top speed and ease at the corners ; in a handicap this of necessity must occur, especially when men in front block the path of a good runner, who hesitates on heels in front, and then tries to curvature his course in order to get ahead ; but in a scratch race this cannot happen, and the only advice that can be given isto run as hard as you can for 350, and then put it on for the remainder of the journey. This is, in truth, running hard, yet this alone can secure success. The crack,W. Page Phillips, lost quarters by starting too steadily, or not putting it on early enough in the race ; in this form he ran when he was beaten byJ.M.Cowie for thequarter championship in 1883. Such a race wants careful pre­ paration : walking exercise, and that in a gymnasium, should be taken daily, and a run over the full distance