The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-06-14
Home Athletics.

sarily an unhealthful one. Among the
boys in schools and colleges the craze
is especially strong, and maniiests il.
self In many ways, all OF them strenuous,
including gymnasium track, rowing,
baseball, and other avenues for the
escape OF supertiuous energy and the
cultivation OF the muscular tissues.
The boy who is out of reach Of these
particular forms of exercise is likely
to consider himself out of touch with
the athletic world. and his sense of
alosiness from these things have a
tendency to tinge all his views OF things
with an indigo tint. Such need not,
| however, be the case. There is much
in the way of athletics, inferior in no
measure to those forms from which he
is barred by conditions outside of his
control, within the reach of any manly
boy desirous of making the most of his
muscle and snew.
One form Of athletics available to
the boy SO situated and which requires
little in the way OF apparatus is this:
Take beam OF wood about five feet
long, to which another beam pointed
with sheet of steel appropriately
fashioned is firmly attached beneath
and two strips OF wood to serve as
handles are properly attached on the
opposite side. TO the end of this beam
opposite the handles attach a good
horse by suitable harness, then grasp
the handles and set the horse to going
in a steady but not too rapid walk
across n field which has been placed
In state Of cultivation. Keep the
horse going back and forward across
the field in parallel lines from eight to
ten hours day until the entire field
has been so covered, BY this time you
will find that every bone and muscle in
the body has been beautifully exercised,
impartng tone and toughness to fiber
and tissue, and the good result is in no
way compromised by the fact that you
find you have cultivated field of corn.
Perseverance in this form of exercise
will develop highly trained muscles,
capable of great endurance, and will
also provide the wherewith to procure
many good and desirable things in the
market which will add to your pleas
ure and independence.
Another form OF athletics within
reach of every boy and OF perhaps equal
merit, requires even less apparatus,
and no fancy county boy is situated
so unfavorably that he cannot avail
himself of it. Take fourplcces Of wood
Of suitable length and size, which
fasten together SO as to form Il pair OF
letter KS. Let these be securely fast
ened together about two or three feet
apart and placed on the ground 30 that
four feet rest on the ground and four
feet project upward into the air. Now
place piece Of wood of any convenient
dimension in the saddle formed by the
apparatus before described. Take u Hat
piece of steel carefully and regularly
notched on one side and tightly clampcd
in wooden frame. Place this ap.
paratus across the piece of wood re-
clining in the saddle as above, at right
angles to its longitudinal dimension,
and rub vigorously until the steel wears
its way into and through the wood.
Repeat this process indefinitely as
circumstances permit and the needs of
the kitchen range require. Asameans
OF exercising every muscle Of the body
| this exercise will be found to surpass
even rowing, and the growing pile of
stove.wood will give in addition the
comfortable exhileratiOn OF seeing the
tangible results OF your gymnastic
efforts.
There are many other ways in which
any bright boy reader of the Rcpubi-
can can secure invaluable muscular
training and still be in the line of use
full activity. If either OF the above
fail to fit his needs let him exercise
his "think- tank" which should not be
neglected in the thirst for athletics,
and something that suits his case will
surely be found.