The Pedestrian's Record

20 the pedestrian's record. of life must be altered, hours of study shortened, and exercise should be increased from day to day until the body has gained that muscular tonicity which will enable him to undergo the exertion necessary for one about to train for the cinder-path. Men also not engaged in severe mental strain which is so common to those studying for honours at any of our universities, and lawyers, clerks, &c., whose days from ten until four are occupied in business of seden­ tary nature, and who wish to devote some portion of their time to athletic pursuits, have only the mornings and evenings open to them for training. These also cannot with impunity commence hard work at once ; it should begin by walking to and from business, morning and evening, and as soon as a man finds himself fit to walk a long distance without feeling tired, he may resort to the cinder-track for his daily walk or run. Hitherto our remarks have been confined to the consideration of men who have occu­ pied their youth in study, and have not been com­ pelled when very young to devote their time to manual labour ; but a third and important class calls for attention, namely, the offspring of our toiling fraternity, those who from necessity are forced to labour before their sinews are set, or their muscles fully developed, and who possibly do not obtain the most nutritive or digestive foods, which the better-off classes are able to procure, the effects of which may result in tardy growth or permanently restricted size. Such men as these, when they turn athletes, represent