Scientific Athletics

lways "'' ar pe ial ho wh n performing tl1e present feat, ancl avoid performing upon marshy, instable ground. Do not employ a flexibl hammer- haft or a rope ; hut such innoYation introduced occasionally are condu iv to ach·anc ment and di pel monotony. Cultivate an indomitabl d t rmination, and n v r fail to urpas all previou r ord . o not ob erve mor than ix trials. When a di tan of, ay, 70 ft. i a compli h d with th light hammer. clo not hold in aw 1 ft .. for on ,ffort may in rea th form r distance by 10 ft., while the remaining 20 ft. will simply b a proc s of training. It i jucli iou to have occa ionally some pponent , in the port, l ut mor than on companion in everyday practi e i inaclvi able. tucly the form r hapter, ntitlecl "Gen ral Pra ti in Athl ti ." \Vh n the hammer-thrower ha b com tol rab]v proficient, he will, no doubt, b plea eel to learn t}1(; distance which constitut s a h of th four la scs 111 hammer-throwing, and the follo\\'ing (1gures arc, th r for ·, ann x d : 1st Class. 2nd ·1ass. 3rd lass -I-th Class 16 lb. Hammer 115 ft.. 110 It. 105 ft.. 100 Jt.. 22 lb Hammer. 95 fl. 90 ft.. 8;'; ft. 80 [t. Y ry f w athletes ·u c eel in heating th r cord of 100 ft., but this is mostly du to lack of perseveran c. Profici n y in hammer-throwing can only be attained through _eclulous training. THRO\VI~G THE HA:.L\lER : .\l\L\TE R , TYLE. Th styl, adopt cl by amateur athkt s in hamm 'r– throwing is quite cliffcrent to the preceding profes. ional tyl , inasmuch as a pliant handle. ·u h as a wire, is usccl, ancl the bocly is turn d circuitou ·ly b fore throw– ing the hamm r. Like th· pr c ding feat the pr sent one is a pl a ant an l h n ficial 'Xercise. as all the principal muscl s ar 10-1-