the Editor of the "Nowrn-Cuiwa Dany News."
Sir,—Few of the correspondents to your columns appear to realize that wrath on running is & very specie lized form of running and of all forms the one which. la the least suitable for Shanghai. Apart from the more obvious and local reasons for its unsuitability it should be made known that it is one which is more likely thai now permanently to spoil a young athlete for any other form of running afterwards even if hho be perfectly fit at the time of running it.
The plea that it is ridiculous to talk of & "distance race" over a distance less than a track championship la hardly " serious point to be. Jeonsidered, though in: pesaing 1 should Jike te remind the writer in
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