Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-05-28
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THE SCIENCE OF RUNNING.

st. Nicholas says very few boys know
how to run. "Ho, ho!" say dozen of
our boys. ''Just bring on the boy that
can run faster than 1 cant"
But, stop moment. don't mean that
most boys can't run fast-I mean that
they can't run far. / don't believe there
is one boy in fifty, of those who may read
this, who can run a quarter of mile at
good smart pace without having to blow
like porpoise by the time he has run the
distance. And how many boys are there
who can run, fast or slow, a full mile
without stopping?
1t hardly speaks well for our race, does
it, that almost any animal in creation
that pretends to run at all can outrun any
ofus?
Take the smallest terrier-dog you can
find, that is sound and not puppy, and
try race with him. He'll beat you bad
". He'll run third faster than you can,
and ten times as far, and this with legs
not more than six inches long. l have
hound so active that be always runs at
least seventy-five miles when | stay in the
woods with him day; for he certainly
runs more than seven miles an hour, and
if l am gone ten hours, you see he must
travel about seventy-fve miles distance.
And then, a good hound will sometimes
follow fox for two days and nights
without 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 Observation-Disclosures Of
understanding dispatches, and making
very few stops.
make these comparisons to show that
our boys who cannot run a mile without
being badly winded are very poor run
ners.
But believe l can tell the boys some
thing that will help them to run better.
was a pretty old boy when first found
it out, but the first time 1 tried it [ ran
mile and quarter at one dash, and | was
not weary nor blown. And now 1 am
going to give you the secret:
Breathe through y0ur 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 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 the fox, do open their mouths
and pant while running, but they do this
to cool themselves, and not because they
cannot get air through their noses.
found once, through sad experience
with pet dog, that dogs must die if
their nostrils become stopped. They will
breathe through the mouth only while ii
is forcibly held open; if left to themselves
they 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.
All trainers of men for racing and row
ing, and all other athletic contests, I'm
derstand this, and teach their pupils &C
cordingly. If the boys will try this plan
they will soon see what difference i
will make in their endurance. After yol
have run few rods holding your moutl
tightly closed, there will come a tim
when it will seem as though you coul,
not get air enough through the nos
alone; but don't give up; keep right on
and in few moments you will overcom
this. A little practice Of this metho
will go far to make you the best rune
in the neighborhood.-The0 B. wilson
IN Neau York Observer.