Telegram-herald., 1888-12-17

Kingsley lnzy p. e. IS te tazsn rs the tvf.s,
says T. Turner ln ollnE Yea e. lf ~as
they famed INTO A.e tie sla1ers in ahlca
stlA burnt ths hiddea TIRE, 49, Ersladlsa tDs
dormant passion TOR rural spoTfs into more
than is old vigor with = nesl purity md
With q force which. ere hali lentlry had
passel. Wa % restore ataletisn b its legiti
mate sphere throu.- -yat tss anglo saxon
word
To Oxford belongs TIE honor q initia
ton iu the Athletic Cmb ~ Eretsr collere
founded in l650 Five years later the SISTER
university followed Cxfords example. bat
a. Is Der habit. though slower a the influence
OF innovation than OxfOri 4 ben once she
has acceptei al ieea she reases more rapid
progress s.. Johns College led the van
Emmanuel. and one by ono tAe rest. follows
So rapid, inceed, was the Development that
within two years tho who.s OF the seventeen
colleges and halls were reaey FOR fedora
ton" and ia 1851 the first intercollegate
sports were held
Naturally, the existence Of these two
friendly yet rival corporations led 10 a trial
OF strength between them. Cambridge chal-
lenged Oxford % "a friendly tournament.
and in lSG4 tie Grst Of those since famous
meetings Of the students Of the two uuiver-
sites wac held
Emulation and imitation. that sincerat
form Of hartery, quickly produced followers,
the fame which the universities had lit
raisel 20 a beacon's height by The Times re-
ports spread ike a wildnre. Nor wus the
agitation confined q one side Of tAe Atlantic
for within an extremely short period. the
foundation of that now world renowned as
soc,atioa, the New York Athletic club, was
l4id
Is Il 20 b wondered az that this sudden
simultaneous and widespread movement
should have raised grave apprchersions, and
anxious, IL not bite. cr.icsf NliAle Col
hns IA his Man and Ni.en caricalurei tn.
athlete Mr Leslie Stephen also RANGED
against atheism; the Hon Edward Lyttle-
ton followed his lead Meaical mon pre-
dicted for athletes premature decay, but
atheism rose triumphant over these. as over
many oLLer o&ugers surrounding It's early
path.
Cambridge which bv It's early example
did so much 10 popularize athletics, has mad
a long succession of faithful, loyal and pa
triotic sons to carry her coiors through many
hard won tiy1t and many Stubborn fray.
Who that has seen hcr career through the
past quarter OF century cannot recall, with
III JHc gov CT l-lltl4.-A ss.Llal.icl Ion, llEr-
champions, from the d..y, ia 1850. when +
K. Webster now the learned attorney gen
eraN twice lowered Oxioras colors by de-
festinS the Earl Of Jersey for tho milo IN 4
minutes 4t,A seconds ION a slow, wet groundl,
and for the two miles IN 10 minutes SSls sec
onds down u u. c. Keada.is exciting odd
eveat' jump this springl Bctween these
dates what memories crowd the sccnel
And who that has seen thirty generations
for eacn year brings It's new gcnoration-
Of under graduates strip can hare failed to
recognize a distinct. general Improvement in
the average physique, in build, IN carriage,
and even in the quality and condition of the
flesh II is undoubted and pelpable even TO
the casual eye, and it has singuiarly enough,
within the past fow months, received con
frmation from an authority anything but
casual DR. Sargent, of Harvard, in his
Physical Proportions Of the Typical Man."
has proved with mathematical accuracy and
from reliable and exhaustive measurements,
that imam cultivated both in mind and body
along the lines of least resistance shows that
the tendency # tho race IS 20 attain the per-
feet type. the order Of growth Is regular
towards it.n