Show ay WHAT are the toughest hardest vv running distances for man and for horse we shoved this debate along to a number of well known trainers who handle both the human and the equine breed 41 years ago many years ago an 0 old id time track coach told us we figured it was he aie quarter mile which was all sprint then we moved it up to the half which now V IV is all sprint but in the last few years weve decided that the mile is the hardest test on the human system it was different when they were running the Grant Grantlan lind rice dRice ne mile around or but when you turn in a mile at or better you are giving out all the system has to off offer er 6 it is possible to run ran a mile a round around four minutes flat but we wont see that for some time such miles as glenn cunningham ran were largely sprints they were terrific I 1 should say that a fast or better mile today is the toughest race on the track same for horse this distance goes for a horse too john partridge the veteran said the mile is the hardest race I 1 mean a fast mile you hear people talking about the strain of a mile and a half or even two miles they forget that in these longer distances there is a lot of halt half loafing steeplechasers Steeple chasers can go two miles or longer carrying pounds taking the jumps without being worn down but when a horse runs amile around he is going all out he cant be saving anything this recalls Johns towns speed and what it did to him johnstown binmore than one workout beat no other horse ever ran that fast you hear a lot an observing old timer said about the fighters and the ball players and the football players and other competitors from years ago ranking outranking out present stars dont believe it everything is getting better and I 1 can prove it just how I 1 asked because everything that can be measured or timed shows a sure and steady improvement over old records new records are being set in every sport from year to year cant you remember when 13 feet was a record pole vault will make it 16 feet before long they are now close to seven feet in the high jump see 91 seconds in the soon look at all the old swimming records look at I 1 practically every competition you can time or measure going on they talk about the great pitchers of the past he continued we know they were good but suppose bob grove or bob feller had been allowed to work with a dead halt half black or fuzzy ball or dizzy dean have seen 20 strike outs more than once and have seen more than a few no hit games st cant you re bob biow grove member when around was almost sure to win a national open today they are arc shooting at or at least 1 I know the clubs and the balls are better and the courses are better but the main point is that year by year they are setting new marks tor for a target its the pressure of competition that is forcing a faster pace certain critics are always talking about the millions who sit and watch the few play the old timer went on 1 I wonder if they know how many millions are also playing games football and basketball are two of our fastest games if you take the high schools and the colleges and the clubs there are more than a million or two taking active part in these sports it is only natural that anyone who plays a game whatever the game is interested in seeing stars at play in his favorite sport but that mean that all those who sit in stands or sit and watch dont also play when they get the chance notre dame to many is a university with 40 crack football players do they know that in one form or another notre dame has from to 1000 football students is 6 A about bout jock hutchison u t chison chicago has had another brilliant and colorful golfer in jock hutchison jock won the british open but he was never quite able to land land on top in the U S major show in the old days they had to qualify in the national open at 36 holes and then move the next day into the tournament proper using his first 72 holes of play under this order jock would have run away with I 1 several championships |