Athletics (British Sports Library)

TO THE LATE A. E. FLAXMAN W. E. B. HENDERSON AND F. R. WEBSTER This book, intended primarily for the guidance of the rising generation, is affectionately dedicated to the Past, as repre– sented by the late A. E. Flaxman, of Hammer Throwing fame; the Present, in the person of W. E. B. Henderson, holder of the British Native Discus Throwing Record; and the Future of my own small son, Frederick Richard Webster, in the hope that he may follow worthily in the footsteps and traditions of those who have gone before him, and whose patient endeavour and clean sportsmanship he and all other young athletes should keep ever present in their minds, remembering that the great thing in life is not to win the prize, but to run a losing race well, to be modest in victory, and generous in defeat. F. A. lVI. WEBSTER. BROMHAM, NEAR BEDFORD. February 1925.