Athletic Sports (extract)

Physical Characteristics of the Athlete oarsman and weight-thrower. Most of these qualities are accompanied by phys­ ical characteristics. If it were not for the recognized tendency of certain exercises to produce certain results, it would be impossible to pre­ scribe special work for individual cases. All men, however, who practise athlet­ ics for the same length of time, and under similar con­ ditions, do not at­ tain identical results in their physical proportions, or the same degree of suc­ cess in their athletic achievements. In order to illus­ trate some of the dis­ tinguishing features that characterize the development of FIGURE 5, a and h.—D , Harvard, '90; age, 21 years ; weight, 142V lbs. ; height, 5 feet, 8^ inches. Holds the 3 mile Intercollegiate record of 16 minutes, 5I seconds; has raced but one season, but has practised much in the gymnasium, and ran long distances in" Hare andHounds " races before coming to college. 61 Figure 5, a.