Cecil Matthews, British Empire three-mile and six-mile track champion—has made a fine recovery from an operation for hernia and is looking forward to the 1939–40 track season with keen anticipation. In form he is capable of winning an Olympic title, but there are many who feel that the operation will have cost him valuable form. To this view I do not subscribe. I have in mind the improvement made by Randolph Rose after he underwent an abdominal operation and also the knowledge that Matthews did not wait for the hernia to undermine his health before undergoing the operation. Cecil, who is a son of a Railway employee, reports that he has never felt better and will now settle down to strengthening exercises preparatory to commencing the track season. I predict that the coming season will find him better than ever and that his inclusion in the 1940 Olympic team will be hailed with approval from all sides.