The lay off now given to the more promising of the track team candidates is the first important step in the conservation policy which is to govern this year's Mott Haven training, and it certainly seems a wise one. In addition to the physical benefit which men who have been taking part in recent indoor meetings will undoubtedly derive from a fortnight's rest, relaxation from daily routine of gymnasium and track work can not but have a beneficial effect.

The experience of past years has proved that the mere monotony of even light training when carried on without a break for several months, has a depressing influence on the men which often detracts materially from their ability to show their best form when the important time comes. It is not alone in the Mott Haven training that we have profited by such experience, however, but in all our athletics. Last season's football policy was to vary the routine of practice as well as lighten the training, and that of the rowing authorities is a great change for the better since the time when 'Varsity crew candidates were called out before Christmas and kept in strict training till the race. This more enlightened movement may not immediately result in success, we have no right to predict that it will, but it is certainly in the right direction.