Athletic Sports (extract)

The Physical Proportionsof the Typical Man the ciiest in repose. This indicates that the power of inflation is less than it ought to be. The strengthof the back accords with the measurements of the waist, and that of the arms and chest with the measure­ ments of these parts; but the strength of the legs is somewhat greater thanwe should have reason to look for from the develop­ ment presented at the thighs and knees. Upon the whole, the strength is in ex­ cess of the development,and the condition is favorable. The weak points are the waist, loins, and abdomen. Figs. C, D, E, as shown in Chart II., represent a young man of a different type. He is of Irish descent, aged twenty-two years six months, 5 feet 4 inches inheight, and weighs 117 pounds. In this case the weight and height are more nearly in accord, and the weight is a little more uniformly distributed. The striking peculiarity in his case is the difference between thebone measurements and the muscle measurements for corre­ sponding parts, —as at the knee, elbow, wrist, etc. Are the bones proportionately very small, or the muscles proportionately very large? From a comparison of the 36