Olympian Field Events

THE STANDING LONG JUMP. 93 when the feet leave the board, will be very much greater. No special diet need be taken by the standing long jumper, but he should confine himself to good, whole– some food. Sprinting practice should be taken to tone up the muscle of the legs and to impart a "snap" to the g neral movements. But any form f long-distance running should be carefully avoided; it has a deaden– ing eff et upon th muscles and renders them sluggish. As in all jumping, however, it is not a matter altogether of good instruction, or ven the acquisition of a fir t-rate m thod combin d with perfect style. There must be something more than all these, for the man must have in him that ind finabl quality-call it "devil," " snap,'' r what y u will. Above all, he mu t be bl ss d with a placid nerve, and practise his art painstakingly until he acquires that easy confidence b rn of con i us up ri rity and l·n wl dge of n ' wn ability to d a w rthy p rforman . Although one may at first be led to regard the stand– ing long jump as a more or le s mod rn innovation, y t it has b n practi d for long r than is gen rally known. I hav found it m ntion d in an early ight nth-century w rk, whil Walk r r f rs to it in hi book on "Briti h l\1anly E.· r i , " publish d in 1834, as f llows :- '' THE LONG LEAP. 11 lVitho-ut a Run. th t ar losed; the \ hole weight rests f th to s, and the body is inclined forward. oth arms ar th n wung forward- back– ward- and th n drawn strongly forward-and at the ame in tant th limb , having b en b nt, ar tended , ith the utmo t p sible f re . On I v 1 ground I 2ft. i a good tanding I ap, and 14ft. i n of comparatively rare occurr n .'' I must onf ss that wh n I r ad th last paragraph