, 1882-02-24
How ~ Run.

n sggtSr ho," say dozen boys. Just
Al, ~ ont the boy that can run faster
than can!' ,. 1don,tmoon that
Lovs can't run fast-l mean they
moS't rnn far. / don't believe there IS
ean saa how in fifty of those who may read
tb;s yr who can run quarter OF II mile AZ a
srlT "nol smart pace without having to Dlow
r. norpoise by the time he has made
Inv I'm distance. And how many boys are
tIore t,o ~ who can run, fast or slow, full
mile mile without stopping? -,
ND r hardly speaks well for our race, does
:, that almost any animal IN creation
M tSot rretepds to run ut all can outrun
AHi irote the smallest terrier-dog you can
GA that is sound and not a puppy, and
nn" ~" race with him. He'll beat you
h:dlv, He'll run third faster than you
con and ten times rs far, and this with
laos laos not more than six inches long. L
taye hound so active that he always
.nns ot least seyenty-tive miles when L
a,oy dav in the woods with him; for he
o"rtainly runs more than seven miles an
Snnr and if | am gone ten hours, you
.oo n be must travel about seyeEty-hve
Niles of distance. And then, good
hound will sometimes follow fox for
.wo days and nights without stopping,
aoinp I more than three hundred and fifty
miles. and he will do it without eating
Then YOU may have heard how some of
tbe runners in the South African tribes
will run for long distances-hundreds OF
miles-carrying dispatches, and making
verv few stops.
I make these comparisons to show that
our bows who can not run mile with
ont being badly winded are very poor
= Rnt believe | can tell the boys some
SStbinr that will help them to run better.
| + was pretty old boy when | first found
& 4 ont but the first time | tried it | ran a
mile and a quarter at one dash, and L
was not weary nor blown. And now I'm
going to give you the secret
Breathe through your nose
I had been thinking what poor runners
we are, and wondering why the animals
can run so far, and it came to me that
perbaps this might account for the diff
ference that they always take air through
the nose, while we usually begin to puff
through our mouths before we have gone
many rods Some animals, such as the
dog and fox, do open their mouths and
pant while running, but they do this to
cool themselves, and not because they
can not get air enough Though their
noses.
found once through sad experience
with a pet dog, that dogs must die if
their noses become stopped. They will
breathe through the mouth only while it
is forcibly held open, if left to them
selves they always breathe through the
nose.
So, possibly, we are intended to take
oil our breath through our nose unless
necessity drives us to breathe through
the mouth.
There are many other reasons why we
ought to make our noses furnish all the
Dir to our lungs. One is, the nose is
filed with little forest of hair which is
always kept moist, like all the inner sur
faces OF the nose, and particles OF dust
that would otherwise rush into the lungs
out by this little hairy network. Then
the passages of the nose are longer, and
smaller, and more crooked than that of
the mouth so that as it passes through
them the air becomes warm. But the g
are only few reasons why the nose
ought not to be switched off and left
idle, as so many noses are, while their
owners go putting through their mouths.
All trainers for men for racing and
rowing, and all other athletic contests,
understand this, and teach their pupils
accordingly. If the boys will try this
plan, they will soon see what difference
Y 1t twill make In their endurance. After
lyon have run few rods holding your
mouth tightly closed, there will come n
Tine when it will seem as though you
could not get air enough through the
ooSe; but don't give up; keep right on,
ana in few minutes you will overcome
thls A little practice of this method
wili 60 far to make you the best runner
IN the neighborhood.