Track Athletics in Detail (extract)

vi INTRODUCTION feel confident that he is working along the right track, and that when he eventually secures the assistance of a trainer he will not find it necessary to start again at the beginning andunlearn all that he has hitherto looked upon as the correct method. Because of the widespread interest inthe bicycle, it has seemed advisable to add a chapter on bicy­ cling formen and one on bicycling forwomen, and a few hints and suggestions on the care of the wheel. The extracts from the A. A. U. rules are used by courtesy of Messrs. A. G. Spalding & Bros., and are taken from the official hand-book of the Amateur Athletic Union.