Scientific Athletics

.Yintldv-\Yh n th no\·ice i c rtain that h cannot gain a p;·ize in particular \' nt wl1i h pre ede on in whi h he confidently anti ipate ucce '..i, he hould avoid th preceding ,·ent , and thu ontibut to pre– serv hi en rgy. hould ther be ev ral e,·ent in which hi oppor– tunities of ultimate u c appear uniformly divide l, h ha th option of adopting th abov hint, or par– ticipating in ea h ev nt, for actual c Jmp titi n i undoubt dly th be t mod of pra tice. 1Ioreov r, he would thu have had an ample opportun.ty of r ah ing hi actual apal iliti in eriou competition. .\nd, Tenthly, and lastly ginn r and, a a matter of fact, any man in pur ·uit of health and strength, self– control and pro p rity, who would achieve con pi ·uou succes in athletic or any congenial vocation. houl l literally lete t intoxicating liquor . smoking. and all uch vice whi h hav an appalling ff ct upon the con titution. Th con qu nee of dipsomania, in particular, is amply verified by innum rabl example of dilapiclat d humanity. mokin , w r it not o harmful, woul l b ludicrou . In fin : .\11 harmful, or loath ·om practice hav an utterly destructive influenc up n both th physical and mental faculti . The vitality of the y tern 1s. oon r or lat r, undermin d, memory and ight ar impair d, elf-command i almo t irretrievably I t, and m ntal derang m nts may po ihly occur. 40