Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-16
Pail Mali Gazette. !


A University eight trains for five weeks A
waterman would take three months for a
match. but then the University men have
mostly been In good exercise for some weeks
before actual training commences. They rise
at seven or earlier, take gentle half hours
bursts. They then come home for bath ahd
dressing. They breakfast about S q m on
decently cooked chops and steaks, sometimes
little fish, and not more than one egg. IL any.
Two cups OF tea are the outside allowance TO
drink. Stale bread Ia used, or dry toast: and
they wind up with watercress- For lunch a
half pint of Old ale. For dinner roast beet
and mutton mot bolled) and perhaps fish or
poultry on alternate days as an extra course:
now and then jelly OF plain pudding is added.
with an orange and dry biscuits for dessert.
Halt past ten is the latest for bed time. AT
the University the rowing is done only in the
afternoon, but when the crew migrate to other
training quarters they take morning rows as
we'll In the early part OF training good deal
of steady running Is done after the days row,
to get off superfiuous flesh; later on, extra
muscle begins to supply its place, and we'll
trained crew will train up distinctly In weight
toward the last. The third week Is the critical
period. whe men are prone 10 be weak, before
new muscle has replaced the flesh which hard
exercise has reduced.
For athletic sports the system Of training
running; men took too severe exercise, and
lost their turn OF speed. They tried" them
selves too often, 8 man cannot do his best every
day In pedestriani5m, and IL he is asked too
many questions In his preparations he answers
.e55 satisfactorily when the actual race comes
OF. The training for each distance to be ruu is
s0mew hat different: the diet rs much the same
III all cases, but the exercise varies. Runners
eat more mutton than bee; the latter II used
too freely makes them TOO heavy. In other
respects their hours and diet are much the
same as those Of oarSInen. A runner wants no
useless muscle to carry. A hundred yards
runner takes steady walks, In thick clothing
at first, TO reduce his weight, and runs his dis
lance about two or three times in the day, gen.
orally little short Of top speed. He especially
practices starts for half the battle lies I'm get
ting we'll away when the word Is given. A
quarter. mile man runs distances Of $50 yards
TO 200 at IS per cent OF his pace On the majority
OF days. besides taking walking exercise; he
does not try his best against time more than
about once week. A mile runner tries him.
self even less often, but gets accustomed to his
distance, and runs It, or the greater part OF 1t,
daily at fatr pace. a three mile man, while
reducing himself fully, does not run over his
distance within at least a week Of his race, as
he would not regain his full powers In time.
Nevertheless, though men thus refrain from
OVERRIDING themselves before the day OF the
race, they take care so far to extend them
selves as to clear their wind" and also to learn
where their forte nes-whether to make their
best pace early, late, or all through the dis
lance for which they train. And, Just as an
oarsman studies style, 80 runner pays atten.
ton TO his gait and to his stride, to make his
action as effective and as little laborious as
possible.