The Pedestrian's Record

26 the pedestrian's record. violent use on the cinder-track ; boxing"and the use of dumb-bells would also invigorate the limbs, and give strength to the respiratory organs and the inter­ costal muscles. One of the most valuable acquire­ ments for the runner is lung capacity, associated with strong breathing power. Many a hunter, well trained in every other respect, is said to be " weak in his bellows." What is the result ? Why, he is no stayer! he cannot keep with hounds over a long burst, and for this reason alone he often leaves the hunting-field for the shafts of a hansom. Not only for men in training is the work at a gymnasium actually requisite, but for boys and girls ; in Germany and France children go through their gymnastic exercises in a style that would astonish English parents, and this because the medical men of these countries prescribe such physical efforts as the preservers of health, and as effective forces against the inroads of disease. A young man in a feeble state of health, and said to be consumptive, was seen by McLaren, of the Oxford Gymnasium, who, having examined him, thought he could reinvigorate his system at his gymnasium : the result was that within a year he became strong, the consumptive symptoms disappeared, and within three years was one of the finest made men we ever saw, 6 feet high, 40 inches round the chest, &c., and in every respect gave " the world assurance of a man." Lord Wolseley, in a speech recently delivered, has drawn attention to the importance of gymnastic