Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

THE BUILD OF THE ATHLETE 13 symmetry by over-indulgence in particular forms of sport or exercise, such as rowing constantly on the stroke or on the bow side, or putting the shot with the right hand only. The conclusion is that for har– monious and even development of the physical con– dition, the best recreations are track and cross-country athletics, boxing, football, sculling, breast-stroke swim– ming, and so forth. Look at Carpentier, the heavy– weight champion of the boxing world, and note the marvellous evenness of symmetry. How well dis– tributed is his development ! He looks like a perfect embodiment of a Grecian statue, that has awakened from the slumber of centuries and walked out into our midst to show us moderns the perfection of develop– ment in manhood.