Scientific Athletics

lower limb , thus curing the xtremity of and balancing th cab r. After completing th equi– ponderance of the pole, th athl t , in order to gain impetu , take a bri f ven run, su eeded by a mom n– tary halt which cau the cab r to inclin fon,·ards. and then the crucial ri i arrive , when , aft r lightly lowering the body, th athlete ummons hi utmc st pow rs in throwing the small end upward . The heayy end de cend impetuou ly, and the caber gradually ri e perpendicularly and must fall over diametrically befor a valid toss is accompli hed. houl l the balance of th caber become irretri vably lost it would be injudiciou to expend tr ngth in futil endeavour . Hen e the performance ought to L rehear d opportun ly ther after, care b ing exer i cl to eliminate th def cts of th previous trial. As urning th aber' equilibrium to b only partiaiiy lost, the athlet can retriev th am by following the inclination [ th pol . kill, th cream of practical experience, i ential to maintain the aber v rti al after it is rais d and u tained against th houlder. ft r completing th n e ary run, do not he itatr to h ave th cab r upward , b au oth rwi ·e th effort will b seriou ly pr judiced. 1 o do not take 1 ngthy trid s wh n taking the run, a this would wr k both the bodily balanc and that of the caber and thu r nd r much phy i al ex rtion impos ible. Practise th feat in accordan e with th in tru tion · t ndered in the chapt r ntitled " Gen ral Practi e in thleti ," and al o upon horizontal ground, o that the pol can be r ared and to d from wh r it ha lain. thu obviating an xp nditur of tr ngth ·which would b in vitably in urred vver th 1 g onv y d to a d finit tarting point. rot mor than four trial hould on titut a h pra ti e. Lik all other athl tic port , cab r-to sing i detri– mental und r unfavourabl ircum tanc , but sp cially when on 1 mor or 1 s tired b for hand. On uch o ca ion it houlcl b sev rely avoid cl. The port 121