West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-22
How to Run.


mean that most boys can't run fast
Il mean that they can't run far.
| don't believe one boy in fifty,
of those who may read this,
can run quarter of mile at a
good smart pace without having to
blow like a porpoise by the time he
has made his distance. And how
many boys are there who can rum.
fast or slow, a full mile without
stopping? 1t hardly speaks well
for our race, does it, that almost
any animal in creation that pre-
tends to run at al can outrun any
of us? Take the smallest terrier
dog YOU can find, that is sound and
not puppy, and try a race with
him. He'll beat you badly. Hen
run third faster than YOU can,
and ten times as far, and this with
legs not more than six inches long.
| have a hound so active that he
always runs at least seventy miles
when | stay Il day in the woods
with him. for he certainly runs
more than seven miles an hour,
and if am gone ten hours you see
he must travel about seventy-fve
miles of distance. And then,
good hound will sometimes follow
fox for two days and nights with
out stopping, going more than
three hundred and fifty miles, and
he will do it without eating or
sleeping, Then, you may have
heard how some of the runners in
the South African tribes will run
for long distances hundreds I'll
miles-carrying dispatches ana
making very few stops. / make
these comparisons to show that our
boys, who cannot run mile with.
out being badly winded, are very
poor runners.
But believe | can tell the boys
something that will help them to
run better. | was pretty old boy
when | first found it out, but the
first time | tried it, | ran u mihe
and quarter at one dash, and !
was not weary nor blown. And
now ! am going to give you the SO
cret:
Breathe through yo,tr nose.
| had been thinking what poor
runners we are, and wondering
why the animals can run SO far,
and it came to me that perhaps
this might account for the differ.
ence, that they always take their
air through the nose, while we us~-
ally begin to puff with our mouths
before we have gone many rods.
Some animals, such as the dog and
and the fox, do open their mouths
and pant while running, but they
do this to cool themselves, and not
because they cannot get air enough
through their noses.
There are many other reasons
why we ought to make our noses
furnish all the air to our lungx
One is, the nose is furnished with
a little forest of hair, which is al.
ways kept moist, like all the innss
surface of the nose, and PARTICLES
of dust that would otherwise rush
into the lungs and make trouble,
are caught and kept out by this
little hairy network. Then the
passages of the nose are longer, ana
Lsmaller,a and more crooked than that
of the mouth, SO that as it passes
through them TIE air becomes
warm. But these are only few
reasons why the nose ought not to
be switched off and left idle, as 60
many noses are, while their owners
go putting through their mouths.
All trainers OF men for racing ca
rowing, and all other athletic con-
tests, understand this, and teach
their pupils accordingly. If tho
boys will try this plan, they villa
soon see what a difference it VIII
make in their endurance. After
you have run a few rods holding
your mouth tightly closed, there
will come time when it will secra
as though you could not get air
enough through the nose alones
but don't give up; keep right on
and in a few minutes you will over
come this. A little practice Of this
method will 60 far to make you the
best runner in the neighborhood. -
Tb1o r W,7oo., M, q N;cboIoo