TRAINING NOTES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6484, 1 February 1905, Page 3

TRAINING NOTES.

(By "Old Horse.") In view of the coming evening sports and the annual meeting of the A.A.C. & A.U., I give the following note?, which I hope may have a good effect :— It. J. Dansey is showing great form over the sticks m view, I presume, of competing m the 120 yards championship hurdle race of New Zealand. He is also showing exceptionally good form on the flat; whilo m getting off the mark he bids fair to shortly eclipse W. Anderson. P. H. White, judging by the large amount of toe work he has been putting m of late, intends to take on sprinting, but I would strongly advise him to keep to the lon* distance, as I feel confident that he will bo otherwise out of his c'ass. James Brown shows every promise of turniDg out a first-oiass sprinter, but he should cultivate a longer stride m running. Miles Severs, so far, has not put m much useful work, and the same remark applies to A. J. McCallum and Archie Bruce. The two former promise to sprint well, while McCallum should also run a good half mile. Their pace, however, will be able to be judged better after the evening sports. A Bruce should infuse more energy into his training, if he desires to develop into either a sprinter or long distance runner. W. Page shows indications of developing into one of the most promising distance runners Ashburton has produced for some years past. He has a splendid free stride, and with his physical development and endurance, he should have a brilliant future on the track. Page, however, would do well to adopt a different swing with his right arm, the system he at present adopts acting more as a drag than otherwise. D. C. D. Thomas, while striding well and paying due attention to systematic training, would benefit greatly by keeping his body more erect while running, thereby taking much unnecessary weight off the toes. By adopting this suggestion, he would attain a freer style and gain pace. W. Anderson has not been asked to stride of late, and is contenting himself with putting m some useful training. He, however will no doubt shake things up at the end of the month m view of the New Zealand championships. Taking the above runners, with the exception of Dansey and Anderson, they could, I think, all derive much benefit by being able to get more quickly off the mark. In the first place they must learn not to break, for until they are firm on the mark they cannot expect to jump off well. It is most important that they should adopt one style and keep to it, as it is useless to alter the style every evening while training. The following are my selections for Thursday evening's sportf '• — 100 yards flat handicap— Dansey 1, Brown 2, McCallum 3. 440 yards flat handicap—Dansey 1, White 2, Segers 3.