The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-07

morally as well.
A good, sharp contest at a long dis
tance does more than develop thA mus
9les. 1t makes you think-sa good judge
If pace is necessarily a thfnker-and 1t
develops a sense of fair ness, sports
manship and justice as does no other
sport in the whole category Of athletics
I want to repeat now some old ADVICE
which / have already given: Do not
attempt to get yourself so finely trained
down that you cannot stand the gait
A distance race is not a sprint and does
rot call for the nerve-racking tension
of a few seconds. 1t requires sustained
effort, a knowledge of how much you
can stand, how far o can go n a
sizing up of the other fellows ability
in tine same direction.
Runner Needs Strength. +.
Do not stop eating good wholesome
food and plenty Of it because you think
they may make you heavy. You Will
need all tho strength these foods can
give you and will then have to draw
on your reserve force. Now there's a
point; your work in preparation for the
contest should be so planned as to give
YOU the greatest amount of this reserve
to draw N. It's just like a Big e,ec-
trio automobile starting out for a long
run. Before it goes h batteries arc
charged with as much electric current
as they will hold. n this Is drawn on
as needed. It's a parallel case, so store
up all you can so that you may not
fail when it becomes necessary to draw
on this reserve force, nerve or grit,
call it what you will.
1t is a good thing to abstain o
sweets as much as possible, but you
need not go too far In this way. An
other thing, don't think that you can
run a hard race of fifteen miles inn
mediately after eating a hearty meal
you can't, and you will find that out
after going about four miles, and you
will see to your sorrow that the pace
is too swift for you.
1t will be allowed. as in the race at
London. for each contestant to have a
bicycle attendant, to- be furnished by
himself
Too much credit cannot be given to
George Cameron, the American cyclist,
who acted in that capacity for me in
the big London race.
We are having the greatest long-dis-
lance racing weather now, and prophets
promise that it will keep up until after
the race-not too hot, and cool enough
to have the most invigorating effect on
men making a grand effort to finish
first. If the pace be steady and the
contestants physically fit, a great deal
of good and no harm can come of such
q contest. We will thoroughly examine
each entrant, and no one. unless he be
pronounced fit to stand the gruelling
test, will be allowed to run.
Course In Good One.
Now as to the course. There Is a
short ran up hill just after leaving the
starting point and going into Belleville
avenue from Broad street, but the rest
of the way is practically level and
offers no great difficulty to the n
The course will be plainly indicated so
that there may be no possibility of a
mistake, and attendants will point out
the way to any inner who are left
behind the main body. The roads over
which the race will be run are in the
best OF shape now, and In selecting
them | have been guided by my own
experience. l know what a mean
course is to a runner, having in my day
gone over some pretty bad ones, and I
have tried to think of the runner as
well as the course in this instance.
All the roads and highways of New
Jersey rank as high as those of any
other State in the Union, are well-made
and KEPT up to their high standard.
There will be no lack of encouragement
all through the race, the interest shown
by the people past whose houses n
places Of business the curse runs max
ing certain the presence of a big crowd
along the way.
Race Is Not ChiId's Play.
The way is picturesque, going as 1t
does through the old village Of Silver
Lake and Did Bloomfield, and including
the Oranges have run on many
courses, but l do not know of a one
over which, were I now eligible to be a
contestant, 1 would rather run than
this.
Another little warning. This race is
not child's play. It's a good, husky test