Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-18
,HOIc to Run.
Very few boys know how to run.

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than can :"
But stop a moment. fdon't mean
that most boys can't run fast-I mean
they can't run far. dent believe there
Is one boy il fifty OF those who may read
this who can run quarter of mile at
a good smart pace without having to
blow like porpoise by the time he has
made his distance. And how many boys
are there who can run, fast or slow,
full mile without stopping9
It hardly speaks well for our race,
does it, that almost any animal in crea-
ton that pretends to run at all can out
run any of us?
Take the smallest terrier dog you can
find, that is sound and not puppy, and
Try race with him. He'll beat you
BADLY. He'll run a third faster than
you can, and ten times as far, and this
with legs not more than six inches long.
I have hound so active that he always
runs at least seventy-fve miles when 7
stay day in the woods with him; for
he certainly runs more than seven miles
an hour, and, if I am gone ten hours,
you see he must travel about seventy
five miles of distance. And then,
good hound will sometimes follow q fox
for two days and nights without stop
ping, going more than $50 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-hun-
dreds of miles-carrying dispatches, and
making very few stops.
I make these comparisons to show that
our boys who cannot run mile without
being badly winded are very poor rum
ners.
But believe I can tell the boys some
thing that will help them to run better.
I was a pretty old boy when I first
found it out, but the first time I tried it
ran mile and quarter at one dash,
and I was not weary nor blown. And
now I'm going to give you the secret:
Breathe through your nose!
[ had been thinking what poor run
ners we are, and wondering why the
animals could run SO far, and it came to
me that perhaps this might account for
the difference, that they always take air
through the nose, while we usually be-
gin to puff through our mouths before
we have gone many rods. Some an
imals, such as the dog and the fox, do
open their mouths and pant while run
ming, but they do this to cool them
selves, and not because they cannot get
air enough through their noses.
I found once, through sad expert
ance with q pet dog, that dogs must die
if their nostrils become stopped. They
VIII breathe through the mouth only
while it is forcibly held open; if left to
themselves, they will always breathe
through the nose.
So, possibly, we are intended to take
all our breath through the 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
air to our lungs. One is, the nose is
filed with a little forest of hair, which
Is always kept moist, like all the inner
surfaces 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 long
er and smaller, and more crooked than
that of the mouth, so that as it passes
through them the air becomes warm.
But these 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 Of 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 a difference
it will make in their endurance. After
you have run few rods holding your
mouth tightly closed, there will come
time when it will seem as though you
could not get air enough through the
nose alone; but don't give up; keep right
on, and in few moments you will over
come this. A little practice of this
method will go far to make you the best
runner in the neighborhood.- B.
Watson, IN st. Nicholas.