The Modern Method of Training for Running, Walking, Rowing & Boxing

* EOWIKG. with confictcnce and success in any rowing contest. As thoserules are intendedfor tlie amateur, wliomost likely has business to transact in the day-time, the following hints may not beout of place:—He must rise at six, or earlier, in the summer,and after his bath (cold),and having been well rubbed down, a good sharp walk of about a mile out and a rattling spin taken by running home,when another goodrub will be rendered imperative. Should the run not be taken, a rowofa coupleofmiles at three- parts speedmust be accomplished. When tho­ roughlycooleddown,breakfastshould betaken, which should consist of good wholesomemeat, (either broiled mutton-chops or steak, with >o seasoning), stale-bread or toast, and tea. When dinner can be taken at mid-day, say about two p.m.,it is better, and should consist, like the breakfast, of good wholesome roast meat, with no vegetableexcept a mealy potato, stale bread,and not morethan a pint of really goodsound ale (old, if palatable to the drinker, the best): someprefer sherry,but, althoughagree­ ing with a few,the ale,as a rule,is more strength­ eningand wholesome. Should the dinner hour, by circumstances overwhich the rower has no control,be deferredto a later hour, a solidlunch must be taken at one o'clockof beefor mutton, either hot or cold, according to taste, with a glassof goodale. The row should then take place before dinner; or if that meal has been taken at mid-day, beforetea, whichshouldthen TRAINING TOR ROWING, 47 boof tho same viands and liquids as the break­ fast. The above rules of course are open to alteration, according to circumstances, and tho diet varied successfully by the introduction of fowls, either roast or boiled—the latter pre­ ferred—and when there is any indication of training-off,a small portion of green-meat, in the shape of soundcabbage, or any other frc^li vegetablein season. The last food before re­ tiring to rest should beeither about half-a-pint of thin gruel or a glass of ale with dry toast. The other portionsof the day's training must be left to circumstances; but it must never be lost sight of, that sharp work, regularity, and cleanlinessare the chief if not only rules to bo followed to produce thorough good condition. The use ofthe bath should neverbyany chance be missed. Nothing is more injurious to the wind,&c., than hard rowing on a full stomach, the ill effectsof which, althoughscarcelyfelt at the time, have at a more remote time, in many instances,proved to be the germ of seriousdis­ orders, which have often puzzled the faculty beforethey havebeen enabledto get the upper hand of them.