Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

FIG. 17.-MARATHON RACE (No. r). Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1912. K. K. McArthur, South Africa, winning the Marathon Race (about 25 miles), 2 hrs. 36 mins. 54 secs. The winner is finishing strongly, showing wonderful po,vers of endurance. Compare with the "fatigue pose " seen in the next picture. FIG. r8.-MARATHON RAcE, ~ 6 miles 385 yards (No. 2). Olympic Games, London, 1908. W. T. Clark, Great Britain, the first Britisher to finish in 1908, r2th (time, 3 hrs. 16 mins. St secs.). The picture shows the pose natural to progression during great fatigue. The runner's head has gone back, and he is leaning forward, continually c:ttching up his own equili~ brium to prevent himself from falling on his face.