Practical Training for Running, Walking, Rowing, Wrestling, Boxing, Jumping, and All Kinds of Athletic Feats / Together with tables of proportional measurement for height and weight of men in and out of condition; etc. etc.

CONTENTS.

Introductory	PAGE 5
Advice to Trainers	7
Training for Pedestrianism	10
Sleep	14
Clothing	14
Time and Duration of Training for Running	15
Sprint Running	16
Quarter and Half Mile Running	18
One Mile Running and upwards	18
Hurdle Racing	18
Hints In, Before, and After the Race	19
Training Practice, Fair Walking, etc.	20
High Jumping	23
Broad Jumping	24
Hammer Throwing	25
Putting the Stone	26
Training for Rowing, etc.	27
Training for Long Distance Contests	36
Training for Base Ball	42
Advice to Business Men and others	43
The late John Morrissey’s Views	49
Training in Regard to Pugilism and Wrestling	51
Principal Muscles used by the Athlete	52
Temperament	54
Growth and Decay	55
Meats, etc., to be Avoided	57
Natural Sweating	58
Artificial Sweating	58
Sweating Liquors	58
Treatment of the Feet, Hands, Sinews, etc.	58
Soft Corns	60
Hard Corns	60
Hardening the Flesh	60
Bunions	60
Boils	60
Strains	60
Sprains	60
Chapped Hands, etc.	60
Blisters	60
Exercise, Sun Baths, etc.	61
Baths—Hot, Cold, etc.	62
Thirst, Medicine, etc.	64
Weight as Proportional to Height	64
Weight when in Condition for Athletic Feats	65
Banting on Corpulency	65
Record of Best Athletic Performances	68

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