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| a few moments, instead of drinking a
large quantity, and he will find that
very little need be absolutely swal-
lowed to relieve his thirst. No more
water than is absolutely necessary
should ever be taken, as it brings on
excessive perspiration, which is weak
enlng, and, as has been said above it
should be taken at mealtimes, never
Immediately before or during a game
or race 1t is not necessary for boy
10 drink beer or ale while training; in
fact, our American trainers are be-
ginning more and more to rule off ale
from their training tables. Tobacco.
especially cigarettes, should be forbid
den. 1t is possible for a man to smoke
pipe or cigar and succeed in athlet-
les, though he is considerably handi-
capped; but the boy that cannot go
without cigarettes had better keep him
sell entirely out of athletic sports.
The next factor in training-sleep-
is far more important than diet. Too
much emphasis, especially in the case
OIL boys, cannot be laid ON the necessity
OF obtaining all the sleep possible A
famous Splinter, who one wear utterly
disappointed all his friends and his
college by failing in most of his races
and who had become overturned said
| to the writer afterward that he at
tributed his poor showing entirely to
the fact that, because of certain extra
courses of study, he had not been able
TO obtain the necessary amount of
sleep. Every boy, when in training.
should be in bed by 10 O'Clock and rise
/ at Z. If he is not accustomed fo s11ch
| hours-and most boys, alas! are not
he will probably at first be troubled
| by not being able to fall asleep at
once, or, more commonly, by waking
In the morning an hour or so earlier
than usual. However. let him perse
we're in his well-doing, and gradually
the ability to put in nine solid hours
of good, refreshing sleep will come to
him. Ii the food builds up the mus
cles, it is sleep that steadies the nerves
and gives boy that feeling of conf
dence and GOODNESS at critical moments
which so often saves a game Under
no circumstances should an athlete do
any sleeping in the daytime: it tends
to make him logy and listless. and is
discouraged by all trainers.
In regard to the kind and amount of
exercise necessary in training, that de-
ponds too much on the kind Of ath-
letlcs Tor which a boy is training, and
on the boy himself. to admit of much
| generalization.
In any kind of athletics, however, the
greatest care should be taken not 10
overdo matters at first AS the trainer
at Yale used to say, you can't go too
easy the first week. Any over strain
Ing before the body is built up a little
may cause permanent injury. In
FOOTBALL full halves should not be play
ed during the first week; a track ath-
lete should indulge in sundry long, easy
joys; a tennis player should not play
more than one or two hard sets a day.
and like caution should be observed in
all the other branches of athletics. The
time of day when the exercise should
pe taken IS really matter of slight
importance The morning is probably
the best time to train. though nine ath-
letes out of ten do their work in the
AFTERNOON, and many noted English
athletes take their exercise after dark
NO haroer work than short brisk
walk should be undertaken before
breakfast Five mile walks and runs
IN the early morning are, fortunately
A'SS VI tiiC breakfast
the fires are banked, so to speak. and
no nard physical or mental work should
be taken before fresh fuel. in the shane
OF a hearty meal, be added. good
way to start the day is to drink a nint
VI llesh, cool water upon rising; this
washes out the stomach, stimulates the
olsestVe organs, and usually prevents
one from feeling thirsty between meals
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overturned, or STALE" as it is called
oue IL may sometimes happen that I'M
der the direction of a too enthusia site
captain or urged on by his own ambi-
ton, he may overwork himself and he
come overturned. The symptoms are
general feeling Of listlessness. loss of
appetlte ana weight and inability to
sleep The surest sign is the loss of
"eisht. A boys weight is the barome-
ter by Which he should keep track of
MS conultlon, and when in training he
should weigh himself, stripped. once 2
gay at the same hour. After he gets
into good condition his weight sbouId
NOT vary half pound. If, after he has
been in training for some weeks. his
weisnt suddenly commences to go down,
something is the matter, and proba blv
~ L d
10 get an overturned athlete back into
condrtlon again. In the first place. he
should stop all work and entirely
change his diet. Instead of working on
track and field, let him stay at home
and read. if he is SO Inclined and eat
anything that he wants. The writer
remembers one team on which a man
became overturned The trainer imme-
dlately inquired If there was any article
OF diet that he especially wanted The
overturned individual reflected for a
moment, and finally said simply. ice
cream!" And during about a. week that
athletic pet constantly RECALLED himself
on ice cream and ices of the most Inv.
urious description, to the disgust of his
heaitfy team mates, they being forced
to sustain life with a rice pudding as
their sole dessert.
Some few days change of this sort
VIII usually prove sufficient, and the
of