Athletics of To-Day by Graham

ATHLETIC of inestimable ·alue for him to h,, ·e some one ·ho vill see that be does no fall a vay from the pa hs of trai ing Yirtue and hat he arises a a season– able hour an tal·es the pror er amou t of exercise ; ut i is much more to the point if there is some au hority o the ground who can point out the faul ins yle ·hich , ·ould pre ·ent him from e ·er becoming a rs -class jumper. An excellent example of t is occurred in the Cambridge igh jumper (1901) .. fr. Ho ·ard mi h. For some year he bad been capable of clearing bet\\een 5 ft. and 5 f . 6 in. His manner of jumping, ·as rot unlike tl c American style. One day an America spec a or hapJ ening to se him jump, remarked that if he ap– proached the jump s raight from the front in tead of from the side he,· ul grea Iy improve his jump. Ho \·ard Smith follo ~.ed this ad ·ice and im– media ely impro ·ed four inches an ultima ely, under ·ery ad ·er e circu - t nc :, 1 • n the event at Qu lub with the me leap of 5 ft. 1 It is astoni bin the c cc n an h ·c upon a club if be seriou ly de •otes his energies to imJ rtin ther , •ha · he himself has ma n e. (;llcnt in t cc i the cff L . S · c cy had upon the bi h I -