Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-20

Take ,priuting, Tor instance. and it a.
found that the best big men are no better
than plenty vi comparatively lIttle ones. \
man ) feet ) ur q niche, in height l. called a
man Of short stature, but in the illustration
'Spriutcrs % Short stature are two unusu-
ally short runners. both Of whom have made
first rate records. At the right Is the famous
professional s~pfiuier, William Mill, Hs
height l. only ) feet ) inches aud be welgls
about rs pounds. lie l. considered to DO
about as good as 10 seconds for lN yard,
and be makes his strides when sprintiug more
rapidly than any one | have ever seen. IL
seems remarkable that such a short man
should be able to get over The ground 80 fast,
and the only explanation that can lie made is
that h. has unusual nerve force which ena-
bles him % stride with phenomenal rapldity.
When he l. compared with Wendell Baker,
who L. q feet high. and several other anna
teur runners VINO have done 100 yards la 10
seconds, one canrut fail o. So, how mysferi-
Gus tue human frame l. in it, capabilities.
The general impression is that fast runners
are Of tine thin, stag like build, nni that they
travel more with "A graceful, fieeting motion
than by muscular effort. Tall men as n rule do
run more gracefully than short ones, because
their strides IRE generally much longer and
they do not have To make them So rapidly as
do the short unes. IL has often been said that
If some six foot ,]printer could stride "a rapid
ly "a some mentioned short one, he would be
a world beaten, but at present such express
sions nave not helped the long strider 10
make his motions more quickly than his ner-
yous power will permit.
The other figure of the illustration Is w.
c. White, the well known sprinter, formerly
of the Manhattan Athletic club, but nov
of the New Works. White is 5 feet d inches
high and weighs in condition about liz
pounds. He has run some remarkably fast
races, and Yet his physique il hardly that If
a half grown boy. He runs with rather a
quick stride. bur not 50 rapidly as Mills.
These two men, although very good KAN
piles Of good sprinters Of short stature, are
not the only examples that can I've mentioned,
for Frank I. Richie, of England, is a very
fast amateur. who stands only ) feet 3 inches
high, and yet weighs in athletic dress about
10 pouni.. He is considered as good as 10
seconds for 10 yards, although he was beaten
by Fred We,ting, the eN-champion 100 yard
runner, for the English 100 yard champion
snip in ls>s. in 10 ID seconds.
Westing Is another remarkable specimen Of
a sprlntrr 81 short stature, for br stands but
) feet q inches high, and weighs l2i pounds in
condition. When be returned to the United
States after his victorious visit To England,
he ran numerous fast races and endei up the
season by winning the 100 yard champion.
ship Of America and canada, defeating,
among Others, e. II Sheriff., VINO won the
100 yard championship Of the United States
the previous year, and Victor i. Schiller
stein, who a few months previous had run
100 yards In 10 seconds. Both II these men
are many inches taller than Wrestling, but his
short, choppy, quick strides carried him along
faster than the more easy looking movements
Of his two celebrated antagonists.