The Yale Record is going to offer a special prize for the half-mile run to Yale athletes. It says:

"The 440 yards and the shorter distances can be run only by good sprinters while the mile is too long for any runner who has not made it his specialty. Both classes of men can with a little training run a half-mile well. Myers and Goodwin of Harvard are examples of half-mile runners who began at the spirinting distances. Fredericks and George, the great English amateurs, are long distance runners who have been successful at the half-mile. A second reason for choosing this distance is that it is very desirable to develop fast half-mile runners with a view to winning the inter-collegiate cup next spring. It is very doubtful whether we have any one who can beat Goodwin at either the half or quarter mile, but with very fast men in both these races we should be able to prevent him from winning both. We have a man who can at least make Goodwin run a faster quarter than he did last spring. After one hard race no man can do himself justice in such a severe race as the half-mile, and with a very fast man there is no reason why we should not win it."

From all indications it is evident that Yale is working very hard to take first place at the Polo Grounds next spring.