Scientific Athletics

age, h mu t incr a e th above-m ntion 1 figur s at th rat of 4 ft. and 12 ft. re pectively for a h addi– tional year. It must b m1 ha i d, how v r, that this advancem nt cannot b anticipat d wh n very heavy mi iles are b ing used. Th writer, although 'On ciou of goti m, f ls th nee ity of tating that when 17 year of ag , w ighing 9~ stones, and 5 ft. 5 in. in h ight, he threw a 16 lb. hammer and putt d a 22 lb. ball 99 ft. and 3lft. 3 in. resp ctiv ly in actual ompetition. But although the achievement w r consid reel ph nomenal, they wer in reality th r ult of y t matic physi ·a] ultur and a con ci ntiou attention to athleti , o that there i no rea on why any athlet of a imilar age and proportion hould not approach or xce d th e per– formanc s. \ ith regard to leaping, th accompli hmcnt of 4 ft. 4 in. and 16 ft. in high and long 1 ap r p ctiv ly hould b ver encouraging to a boy of 16, whil an annual improv ment of 4 in. and 1 ft. in the ere pectiv feats, for ome year , would render the performer v ry proficient. It i p cially a centuat cl, how v r, that although the b ginner may fail to r a h the f r going figur s, h should not, of oursr, imm cliat ly abandon athl tics. Per, everance i p culiar] e"!Jicaciou , and b 1 it xerci emingly in up rabl cliffi ulti ar r due d to a minimum and ea ily ov rcome. b ginncr at the age of 17 who uld a complish 70- 80 ft. with a 16 lb. hamm r, and 26 ft. an l 32 ft. with 22 lb. an l 16 lb. hots r p ctively might ntertain ju t anti ipation of ultimat u , and w re he to I r v r a high d gree of xc 11 ncy in athl tics would be in vitable. R garcling printing and distan running, th accompli hmcnt f a 100 yards sprint in 12 c ., and a mil ra in 51 min., would augur w 11 for ultimat uccess. It i interesting to ob rve the d gr e of advanc - ment a hi ved during variou s ason , and the a pirant 79