RUNNING RECOLLECTIONS AND HOW TO TRAIN Being an autobiography of A. R. Downer, Champion Sprinter of the World, and Short Biographical Sketches of E. C. Bredin. Len Hurst, Fred Bacon, George Blenner-Hasset Tincler.and Notes on Training for Boys
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This gives an insider’s account of the world of the sprinter in the last decade of the 19th century. He tells of the tension between the professionals and amateurs, and of the zeal of the amateur officials in policing their sport. For those who wish to understand the difference between the life, competition and training of an amateur and professional sprinter of this era, there is no better source than this. It is full of detail, and one of its great values is that it was written by a competing athlete. This book reads and ‘feels’ like the authentic voice of an athlete.
Description
Alfred Reynolds Downer was born at Shands Pen, May Pen, Clarendon a town in Jamaca , on January 23, 1873, and was baptised on June 1, 1873, by George William Downer, his uncle, then ‘Island Curate’ at St. Gabriel’s, Four Paths, Clarendon. His parents were Walter Daley Downer and Mary Reynolds King, who had been married in Kingston in 1869. He was quite a sprinter according to Harry Pearson – ‘The Jamaican-born Scot was the pre-eminent sprinter of the late-Victorian era.’ Some of the first noted sprinters of Jamaican origin were Alfred R. Downer and G. C. Foster. Downer was Scottish national champion in the 100, 220, and 440 yards events for three consecutive years from 1893, but later lost his amateur status, preventing him from participating further. The author was born in Jamaica but raised in Scotland and sadly went insane and died in an asylum aged just 39.
Additional information
| Author/Editor | A R Downer, Champion Sprinter of the World |
|---|---|
| Product Code | 26003 |
| Delivery | Usually despatched within 2-5 Days |
| Format | SB 150pp with 20 photographs 2019 N&MP Reprint of 1902 Original Edition |
| ISBN | 9781783314614 |
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