Apropos of Cornell's ill success at the Mott Haven games and her inability to acquire honor and win events, the Cornell Sun prints the following:

"The question is often asked why the representatives that Cornell sends to the American intercollegiate field meeting have never won anything for the university. The men that have been sent from here, have, in several cases, done performances at home quite equal to any done at other colleges; they have trained faithfully, and done everything that could be suggested by an experienced trainer to insure success, yet they have been invariably beaten.

We think there are two causes that are at the bottom of Cornell's lack of success.

1. We are a long distance from New York. and the fatiguing journey, the change of diet and surroundings, and above all the abominable Croton water will put the best men out of condition. Cornell suffers from this cause far more than Harvard. Yale, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, and Lafayette, which college were the only ones to win prizes this year.

2. Disadvantages consequent upon location cannot be remedied, but the principal cause of our repeated defeats can be removed. Until there is a cinder track at Cornell, it is safe to say that our runners, at least, will never win anything at Mott Haven. Only those accustomed to running on loose cinders can show to advantage on the tracks in New York City. The long heavy stride developed on a hard, firm clay track is totally unsuited to ground that cups at every step. Practice on a cinder track, however, in time develops a short light step eminently adapted to loose ground.

In conclusion we may say that until at least a short cinder track is provided by the athletic council it is only waste of money for Cornell to send representatives to Mott Haven."