The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. 77 twice a week at racing speed ; on the other days 350 yards can be run at a fair pace. Training over the 440 yards is required, simply because two quarters have to be raced through during one day, and, in most instances, within half an hour of one another; and it is this, and this alone, that exacts from men training for the quarter that severe preparation which is necessitated for no other race excepting the 600. Neither quarter nor 600heats should be run on the same day. Heats could easily be arranged on the evening before the followingrace meeting, atwhich in the finals the best man would put in an appear­ ance, and form an important feature on the pro­ gramme. The professionals always run their heats the day previous to the finals ; possibly they have found out by experience the wisdom of this arrange­ ment ; at any rate, they manage their meetings at Sheffield better in this direction than we do at Stan­ ford Bridge. The bi-quarter race on the same day cannot be too strongly denounced, as being cruel and productive of the most baneful results to the young athlete's constitution. Race committees, let us im­ press upon you the words of the late Admiral Rous, de equis, " Learn to show more mercy to your young horses and, we repeat, protect all in your power the rising generation of athletic youngsters.