Peking, Aug. 2.
News has reached Peking that "the last 80 yards" that tested quarter-miler, a period when a run. ner must know just what extra call hho can make upon his body. And to be able to withstand this call the body must be in perfect condition.
As to training, Mr.
Liddelt aid that a runner should take least three weeks, gradually increasing work before he raced. As for himself, he spent the first, two or three days dancing about on his toes for a few minutes each day, and it wad only.after a week that he Gid.any running. He instanced the great Finnish long distance runner, Paave Nurmi, who'hiad been creating been raised to the rank of Major-General, This probably will necessitate his transfer from the China ost, The British aircraft-carrier Her-
}mes, which is on her way to China, is expected to arrive at Singapore on August 1—Reuter's Pacide Serv
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