Scientific Athletics

handl well into the ball so a to b invi ible on one ide. We nmv pro eed to explain th numerous characteri - tics of the art of hammer-throwing, seriatim. Primarily thrn, the perform r mu t face the oppo ite dir ction in which the hammer i to b thrown, and, in o doing, mu t b areful to a um a firm and proper attitude. Thi point calls trongly for individuality ; although ome authorities d dare that in as urning the initial po tur , all that i n e ary is, to stand parall 1 with, and from one to thr feet from the stance. We maintain, however, that this parti ular point merits more than up rficial attention. Th above indication evidently suag t that the tyl adopted by athlet s wh n hamm r-throwing are id ntical. Thi , howev r, i erroneou , for a a matt r of fact very few athlet s perform thi f at id ntically. vYe have made an exhau tive tudy of this point, and have ascertain d that good perform r cone ded only a few inch s ai. th stance ; oth rs a foot, fi.fte n, or eighteen inche ; while few yi ld cl mor than two feet. ith r did they all tand parallel with th tance. In advocating a reliable attitud , w a ntuate our f H"m~r a ertion , hut advi the b ginner a follows :– , tand a hinted abov , but pla th f t, right and left, \Yithin 2 ft. 2 in. and 1 ft. 9 in . r p tively of th "trig" or tance. L t th di tan b tw n the heel be equal to th margin betw n th 1 ft h 1 and i.h i.ance, an l th di tan e b twe n i.h ho -points qual to that b tw n th orresponding h el an 1 th tanc . The above attitud ommancL veral advantag s, the principal of which ar : First, wh n the right foot i in advan of the 1 ft on th p dormer i nabl cl (1) to r volv th hamm r at a phenr :11 nal v locity, and (2), i. 1roj ci. the am wii.h tr ·m ndou for . The novi may t t thi normous a lvantag b fir t ob rving the abov indications, and th n a urn– ing a parall 1 attitud with th "trig." In the latter po ition som faciliti . ma b experi n eel 96