Athletics of To-Day 1929

X Preface by his improved physique he must master the technique of the events he favours. In this connection I think the reader may learn a lot from the sketches and diagrams and the action photographs which have been collected from the four corners of the earth to illustrate this book. I am especially grateful to my friends, Miss Kitty Mitchell, who prepared the drawings, and to Mr. H. Hall, of Messrs. Sport & General, L. T. Bond, C. I. Lopdell, C. F. hapman, K. H. Pridie, H. A. Simmons, and the Amateur Athletic Associations of Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, and Sweden, who have kindly permitted the reproduction of photo– graphs in their possession. Finally, my very real gratitude is due to Lord Burghley, not only for his Foreword, but also for his helpful criticism of the hur ing chapters; Mr. Geo. Hogsflesh for official data relating to the A.A.A. ; and to Messrs. M. ]. Brooks, C. L. Lo kton, ]. W. A. R ay, W. apte, and the late Waiter Rye, for a w alth of information and anecdotes r lating to the early history of athl ti s in ngland and Germany. F. A. M. WEBSTER.