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.

PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR RUNNING, WALKING, ROWING, WRESTLING, BOXING, JUMPING, AND ALL KINDS OF ATHLETIC FEATS; TOGETHER WITH TABLES OF PROPORTIONAL MEASUREMENTS FOR HEIGHT AND WEIGHT OF MEN IN AND OUT OF CONDITION; INCLUDING HINTS ON EXERCISE, DIET, CLOTHING, AND ADVICE TO TRAINERS; ALSO, BANTING’S SYSTEM OF REDUCING CORPULENCY, AND RECORD OF FAST ATHLETIC PERFORMANCES. BY ED. JAMES, AUTHOR OF “MANUAL OF SPORTING RULES,” “THE GAME COCK,” “TERRIER DOGS,” ETC., ETC. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY ED. JAMES, 88 & 90 CENTRE STREET, NEW YORK CLIPPER BUILDING. 1877. Price Fifty Cents.

Twenty-fourth Edition.

PREFACE.

PRACTICAL TRAINING.

PRELIMINARY REMARKS.

TRAINING FOR PEDESTRIANISM.

SLEEP.

CLOTHING.

TIME AND DURATION OF TRAINING FOR RUNNING.

SPRINT RUNNING.