Athletic Training

8 ATHLETIC TRAINING sistently they will give one the most perfect protection that can be devised against colds and illnesses of all kinds. Any person ought to be ashamed to advance the plea that he has not enough time to take these exercises. 1£ he is pressed for time let him get up fifteen minutes ahead of his usual schedule. That quarter of an hour, employed as I have sug– gested, will be worth several hours employed in any other manner, to say nothing of the money it w~ll save in doctor's bills. On the subject of calisthenic exercises, ath– letes who are training for any of the track events will do well to practise an exercise made popular by W. G. George, holder of the world's professional record of 4.1~~ for the mile run. The exercise is very simple and can be practised in the bedroom. It consists in the athlete's dancing up and down on the toes in such a manner as to bring into play the same muscles that are used in run– ning. To learn the exercise the athlete should alternate in raising each leg so _that the knee will come to about the same level as the hips, no higher. The left hand should swing for– ward in harmony with the raising of the right