Scientific Athletics

Hence manly development is neither sought nor found. Another cla of per ons affect a character the opposite of this. They tell you at th out t that they despis all 'modern non n e.' y. tern of education do not find much favour in th ir sight. Thus both forg t or overlook th good which each despi es. The one, in negl cting his physical con titution, is defrauded of hi fair proportion of d velopm nt ; the other lo es the joy and harmonies of a cultivate l intelle t." . nother writer says : ''Exercise contributes to the pres rvation of human life. It di ipat all superfluous humours of a plethori habit, it invigorates our faculties, it i a gain of time, th en my of idleness, the duty of the young, and th d light of the ag d. I•or xercise disengage , and exp ls through the pores, all up rfluous humour , whil t the gr ate t injuri may n u from a contrary onduct.'' The captiou ccpti mu t cone d th fact that when any port or pastime i pra tis d promiscuously, or wh n the ordinary rules ar gro ly violat d, cl tri– mental eff ct can only accrue, h alth and tr .ngth being di ipat d. This fact neces arily applies to athletic , and therefor the following warning shoul~ be consid red by all novi e :- Fir t- It is incumb nt upon the b ginner to fully under tand his pcculiaritie and infirmities, and thus form a tol rabl on eption of hi potentialiti s. In this dire ti n it i most judiciou to onsult a reliable medi al pra titioner, becau p rniciou transmi sions may b inherit d. Mor ov r, insidiou organic di eas s - su h a heart di a , h art weakn s , t ., or minor ailments- may be pr sent. Heart w akne , oupled with phy. i al impotency, is obviously a pr carious condition, and when in this stat unwont d r trenuou xertion would a celerat an in vitabl collap e, and must b n arily ignored. Any h reditary taint, accompani d with flaccid, rudim ntary muscl , in– calculably d krs anyone d iring to exc 1 in athletics, 10