Show loy brunning WHAT HAT are the toughest hardest running distances lor for man and lor for horse we shoved this debate along to a number of well known trainers who handle both the human and the equine breed years ago many years ago an old time track coach told us we figured it was the quarter mile which was all sprint then we moved it up to the half which now is all sprint but in the last few years weve decided that the mi mile ae is the hardest test on the human system it was different when they were running the artl diffie mile around or but when you turn in a mile at or better you are swin giving 9 out all the system has to offer it Is possible to run a mile around four minutes flat but we wont see that for some time such miles as glenn glena 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 or 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 halt half or even two miles they forget that in these longer distances there is a lot of halt loafing steeplechasers Steeple chasers can go two miles or longer carrying pounds taking the jumps without being worn down but when a horse runs a mile around he is going all out he cant be saving anything this recalls Johns towns speed and what it did to him johnstown in more 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 nd 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 practically every competition you can time or measure goin 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 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 fc lit games bob grove cant you remember when around was almost sure to win a national open today they are shooting at or at least 1 I know the clubs and the bills balls are better and the courses are better but the main point is that year by year they are setting new marks for a target its the pressure of competition that is forcing a taster faster pace certain critics are always talking about the millions who sit and watch the few play the old timer went 0 on n 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 art in these sports it is ouli 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 50 to 1000 football students |