CROSS-COUNTRY RUN WITH YALE.

Today for the first time in the history of the sport, the cross-country team will meet Yale. This branch of track work has generally been relegated to a minor place, and even now the interest shown in it is not as great as its advantages would warrant. As a form of exercise and as a method of developing distance men, cross-country running has long claimed more attention than it has received. In meets with English teams our track athletes have invariably been deficient in the distance events, and although this may depend partly upon conditions of climate and temperament, we should not confine ourselves to events in which we have always excelled. Any innovation such as the race with Yale is sure to be an incentive to participate in the sport, and we hope that this incentive will be made stronger by a Harvard victory today.