Scientific Athletics

Indefatigable practice invariably evm es jts un– deviating efficacy. It carries a man forward, exhibits his individual charact r and fortifies th va illating r solutions f other . Ob,,iou ly, veryone cannot be a champion athlet , but all an achieve ome mea ur of success, and enjoy the fleets of th end avour. Practi al xperi n e corroborate the fa t that : with a will one an d anything. Per ev ran disciplin th will. John Ruskin aid : "Patience is th finest and , orthi t part of fortitud , and th rar st, too. It lies at th root of all pl a ur , as well a all pmvers. Hope h r elf a to b happin s wh n Impati n e companion h r. ' ' Thos of volatil nature who cann t p r ist ar soon out tripped in athl tic , a well a in the rac of life, by th dilig nt plodder . n Italian proverb . ays : ''\ ho goes slowl , go s long, and goes far.'' nfailing progres is comparatively slow. W must be ont nt to advanc little by little, for gr at things cannot b a compli h cl at on . D Mai tre once said that ''to know how to wait i. th gr at s ret of sue ss' '; while the old Greek aid: ''To b ome an able man in any profc ·ion thrr things ar n c ary– nature, study, and pra tice.'' Do not look upon th sport as b ing ar luous toil, hut rath r r ogni it a · a peculiarly ben Gcial recrea– tion. ultivate equanimity. Practi ch erfu1ly, f r rh erfulne i an x ell nt incentiv t work, and im– parts an elasti ity to th spirits. A bi hop aid : ''T mp r is nine-t nths of hri ·tianity' '; and anoth r \\Tit r r mark d : '' heerfuln ss and clilig nee ar nin -t nths of practical wi dom.'' The fa tor alm t un.stitut th soul of u c and ha1 piness ; for a cl ar, vig rous, and conscious appli ation to ongenial arts ntails th high t pl a ur in lif . Aft r giving the art of shot-putting a f 'W months' att ntion, do not as ume that y ur '' du ation is fini hed," a did th ·tu lent wh n the profe or rebuked him, saying, "Ind ed ! l am only b ginning mine!" 112