Olympian Field Events

PUTTING THE I6LB. HOT. 43 The palm of the hand should be a r ceptacle for the shot t rest in, the w ight being borne at the point where the three middl finger join the hand; the upcurled tips preventing it fr m lipping back, th thumb and little ilnger s rving to ke p it nicely entralis d. The arm should be kept 1 s into the body, th lbow centr d under th hot, \ hich is thus held near t th collar-b n a little lower than and b ide the jaw-bone; the loser the shot is in to th sh ulder the greater will be the f rce in the final driv . \Vh n the athlete ha th shot, and b f r h put, he mu t 1 arn th m 't important parts