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Show i L much the human sys-( sys-( I tern can handle. e,. A good many V years ago the late B Captain Charley I Paddock told me I.' ! an interesting sto-, sto-, 71 ry along this line. , f" He had just run L another 100 yards KM in 9 seconds, 1 equaling the " world's record at tha time. But he oli was somewhat de-?? de-?? 1 pressed when I 11 few minutes after the , to our congratulations 1,00k his head. "I had :tj it chance toJay," he said. hi i I couldn't use it." ii x remembered that Pad-rung, Pad-rung, powerful legs, thigh t li assed the 50 yard spot." ti "I knew I was flying, c; was running faster than I , run before. As I came r: :iace around the 70 yard i fit I was moving at an iti fr pace, and felt certain my way to a nine second t nance. I knew it was my 3;ggest day. ;a addenly I felt the muscles C: ienft In my legs begin to ;: i expand, and got the idea ' mttoned any longer at this L' iuld face a big blowup or r Ld might finish a cripple J I was wrong in this guess, i could have finished with ctacL I had to make my K iii split second and I . :.Tce myself to take the , ;ce was too high. So, in- , I slowed down and re-speed. re-speed. At the finish the 13 i both legs were still quiv- jpite of this forced slow-J slow-J ill finished in 9 seconds. it any pair of human legs ) 1 1 second flat pace." i Burn Out, Too are much like humans in :t," a veteran trainer said, :ri human and other ani- the case of Johnstown, probably the fastest run-; run-; that ever lived. He was 1 r.ore than once in mile around 1 minute 33 sec-1:33. sec-1:33. That's blinding at the pace was more than i could carry. He was ) the middle of his three-. three-. He burnt himself out me form of throat ail-same ail-same way, super-speed :ly responsible for Count mmer trouble. He had had ings happen to him in rac-Wch rac-Wch extra speed was large-s'Me. large-s'Me. It might be possi-torse possi-torse to run a mile in 1:33, that his legs or anatomy id it." rinute mile doesn't call for 'e the speed approaching 1 yard spurt, but it means to limit in the way of ! tar longer period. ?f mile in a minute flat is '3 seconds over the record stance. But a four minute to a sprint, and that's s I to go. . ! still considerable doubt J "son of Sweden was cor-in cor-in his 4:02 plus mile. '"! been, but the odds are 'ay. ) :J still have to clip a trifle ) lir seconds from his fast- )& four seconds mean a v yards. i take some pacing oppo-ottgh oppo-ottgh for 4:02 or better !Klis four-minute chance. f no such other miler Mless Anderson, an-1!ntfdc, an-1!ntfdc, can do the job. Jlng like Warmerdam '; se extra inches in the ' lift his body 15 feet facing : e Empire Is opening I Jales Casey ti. like t0 be there-iZS there-iZS running race yet w to our Ught harness I yn Patch? He won : fte Grand Circuit, :a'Sht heats. Remem. -Jed the world's rec-X rec-X ta 1:58. He was !dt Savage Stock farm f" Ce True -a, gf "Babe" Ruth's 10 be a major league UIkT oth's chance w ' b trot" the bench, any yea- H T?Vhe a,l hiBh man- C a es and Indians faval Preflight-"vice Preflight-"vice tMm for Ed be 7 fUBd-moremoreofthesecon- |