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Rh some cases, even three events. I wish we could get up some enthusiasm for the mile and the half-mile. Fellows seem to hold off from those events as if they were poison. I dare say they think they're harder work. In a way they are, or, at least, they require a more sustained effort than the sprints and hurdles. And speaking of hurdles, we need a bigger field there. Lanny's got all he can manage with the sprints, although he intends to try the high hurdles too. The only fellow we have in sight now for the low sticks is Arthur here. We ought to have four men for every event on the program, and that's the truth of it."

"I'm willing to try the sprints if you think it will do any good," said Arthur Beaton. "I might push some Springdale fellow out in the trials, anyway."

"I'd suggest," said Partridge, "that Guy and Skeet get together and go over the list and see what can be done in the way you suggest, Toby. As I said before, I'll try anything anyone wants me to. Anything, that is, except the pole-vault. I don't want to break my neck!"

"There are about ten fellows trying for the sprints," said Lanny. "We don't need more than half of them. Why can't some of them be turned into hurdlers, Guy? Any fellow who can do the