Scientific Athletics

CHAPTER VII. THLETIC I 1PLE iENT W HEK purcha ing athl tic r quisit it i necessary to procure only uch implem nt a ar both r liable and genuine, becau e when using incorre t mis iles the novice cannot accurately compare hi achie, ments with thos of other athl t s who have u ed th enuin weight . In many ompetition ,howev r, th variou impl ments employed ar seldom auth ntic. Thi inexactitude may b attributed to two cau Firstly, they are impr p rly moulded; and secondly, th weights having been u eel for a con iderable time are corroded, and con equcntly ar inexact. Generall p aking about sev nt -fiv p r c nt. of th various proj ctil s u eel are more or 1 s in orrect, o that record annot be onfirmecl without th weights, and al o th r creation ground. being fir t authenti at cl. It is thu hown that th novi e houkl not compare hi auth ntic performan ' C · with any pr -eminent achi vement r cord cl in comp tition without uch r cords b ing verifi cl. He ·houlcl, how v r, pro ure unqu tional 1 weight , and a corclingly b ex mpt d from perpl xiti whi h might oth rwis oc ur wh n comparing hi· p rformanc s \\·ith valid comp tition r ords. In th feat of hammer-throwing and ·hot-putting the cla i al weights u · cl ar 16 lbs. and 22 lbs. The former vveight on titut th light hamm ·r or shot, while th latt r accounts for th heavy hamm r, ct . 90