Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

zro SUCCESS IN ATHLETICS To feel fit is to be altruistic in the highest degree; no morose competitor ever won an event. Lightness of heart, with the heedlessness which is the accom– paniment of well-being, is the true note of the high– strung man in the pitch of perfection. Why make the athlete a morbid, finicking, over– careful, miserable discriminator of dietary like the confirmed dyspeptic? There are times when the observant trainer, knowing the temperament of his charge, will allow his protege to have a "joy day," reckless of what by some may be deemed to be utter insanity, leading to disaster. It is reserved only for a few worldly and experienced trainers to know when their charge may be let loose ; but these are worth their weightin gold as the advisers of athletes. Plain, wholesome English food, easily digestible, must be the rule for the athlete. Fancy, second"" cooked dishes must be avoided. A cut off the roasted joint, and vegetables, such as potatoes, beans, lentils, peas, cabbages, etc., are all good. One word of warning, however, concerning meat. One square meal of meat is sufficient per day for any man; a great failing in athletes is to take too much meat. Meat, especially beef, contains in con– siderable quantities poisonous -substances, known as "purin bodies " ; these are difficult to eliminate from the system, and if taken in excess cause a consider– able over-strain upon the chief organs of elimination– the kidneys, to wit. if, in inordinate quantities, they are retained within the body, they cause fatigue, rheumatic pains, and later other pernicious difficulties. These poisonous substances induced through too much meat eating are sufficient in themselves to cause discomfort; but when in the strenuously