The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. 83 ground, and propelling it forward. Of course, jump­ ing must be carried on in a systematic manner, and the hurdle course should be run over daily, and every effort made to jump with rapidity, to take thehurdles in the stride, and to get off immediately on landing. Practice will soon make perfect, if a man has any jumping power in him. In long-distance steeple­ chases the same rapidity of motion over obstacles is not of the vital importance as with sprint hurdling ; in fact, over a four-mile course or more such lively action could not be sustained ; at the same time, a man should be a good jumper, as his skill and power in this particular will keep his jersey dry, save him from being bruised by falls, and increase his chance of winning. Men run in steeplechases who cannot jump a yard ; they crawl over their fences, and dive through brooks, and use their hands as much as their legs, when jumping alone ought to be the order of the day. If a man is unable to jump, he is neither a hurdler nor a steeplechaser, and ought never to im­ pede the path of those who are. SWEATING in the past has been carried to an unnatural excess, especially with jockeys, but in their case it is done with the intent of making small bodies still more diminu­ tive in weight. Nine stone would be a heavy weight for a jockey, and such a man might be thin and in g 2