Scientific Athletics

CHAPTER X I. C \ BER. T HE feat of cab r-tossing typifies tru cottish port, and it out hin s th omparativ Jy tam sport of w ight-throwing. In it we hav a f a.t which nece. arily demands preponderating physical trength and technique; the former b ing an all-important requi ite in the ah r-to r who would ex cl and be in– cluded among the hampions of th art. It i. a feat which fascinat v n th casual observer, and univer ally command profound inter t. othing div rt the: hehokler's attention from the caber, wh n, by thP athlet 'sheave, it as um a vertical attitude. ,,acillatcs, and th n hr aks the u p n c by in lining forwarcl with an incr a cl vclocit and falls to th grouncl. ab r-to ing mu t b inclu]gcd in advertently, b cau othenvise it would entail an imminent ri. k of perman nt injury. H n th adolcscrnt tyro must x rcis discrimination when proportioning the cab 'r to hi physical po,\' r. comparativ ly t nuou pin i pr f ral 1 on account of its durability and aclapta– bility, and ha· to be stripp d of its branche · and other pr tuberanccs. The small ncl should be ·mooth n cl in order to ensure comfort. It is xp dient to havc several corn petitors in th . port, so that th y may assist in rearing th caber, ai:d al o in ca·' of mi. adventures. A. suming, how v r, that th athl t i obliged to pract.is alon , h hould o adapt the log that it ran b 1 vatecl without arduou · ·xertion. Having rear cl the cab ·r 'rti ally, pr s rv its balan , stoop down adroitly, and ize th small nd. Th n rai it an l sirnultan ously b nd th 120