The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. 85 appertain to sweats the result of physical exertion, in that profuse perspiration is obtained without any- sweating labour, and colds are not likely to super­ vene upon its adoption ; at the same time, it is always better for an athlete to run his fat off, either under heavy clothing or without it; the latteris certainly the better course, if a man can stand a little extra work. The runner does not want to reduce any weight excepting thatwhich impedes hislocomotion; he does not, like the jockey, seek to reduce his body to a certain scale, all he desires is to take off that burden of fat which interferes with fast progression ; to remove more than superfluous fat would be an evil rather than a gain, and so it is systemically to every living animal. When Harry Broome, the pugilist, was in training to fight Paddock, who beat him, he was wont to say that had he been allowed to strip in the ring fat he would have given a better account of himself: " I felt weaker and weaker as my condition was reduced." Tom Parr was in the habit of telling his friends that he never over-trained his horses ; he brought them to the post big, and often heard people say, " here comes Parr with his beef," but, he would add, "my horses won." These examples are significant, and point to the fact that very often by reducing condition you may court weakness. Still a man cannot run with an accumula­ tion of fat in any part of his body, or abdominal rotundity ; such must be brought down to athletic proportions, it seldom can be effected without