The Pedestrian's Record

THE PEDESTRIAN'S RECORD. HQ sociated with mental culture, will of a certainty succeed in producing the all-round perfection. Mind without matter serves a man little, and, vice versd, a weak brain cannot arguewisely, neither can a feeble limb accomplishany great feat; buthe joint cultivation of mind and matter has made Britain what she is, has allowed her to march through the regions of the earth, to explore and colonize to an extent farbeyond that of any other nation, and this she owes as much to her inherent love and cultivation of sport as she doesto mental excellence. Look at the map of the world, andbehold the vast regions of the earth occupied and civilized by the English tongue ;wherever heard it has emanated from the same parent Old England, America, and Australia are one andthe same race ; they all cultivate similar, if not the same pastimes and sports, andwhen they lead the way no obstacle barstheir progress. Sports and athletic exercisesof all kinds have contributed largely in evolving that determination of character which has made England and her children famous, not only on our tight littleisland, butthroughout the regions ofthe civilizedworld.