MR. TAFT'S WEIGHT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 1 October 1909, Page 9

MR. TAFT'S WEIGHT.

Mr. Taft promises to eqnnl Mr. Roosevelt as ■' , an exponent ,of physical culture. Horse-riding',. 1 and. golf. have. kept, him fit.at .Washington, »nq .' V. ; ; now ho has set up a gymnasium at .his summer < - homo in Beverley. Ho weighs nearly twenty. ." ■■■(.■ two stofwstill,,\but, Dr. ,Bi>.rk<jr,;. his- adviser,' ' says ho has nd sunerlluous flesh. 'He is natur- « ally a .big roan, all 'b'oae and'musclo, and can wrestle gamely.' '•■ : -'v> ' . Boxing is Mr, Taft's "latest 'diversion,- with i Dr. Birker; for his' partner, ''Wo • o pound eaoh othor," 6aia Dr. Barker, "on' tho * lungs for the most part,'and do not try much for othor parts of tho body, but' there aro no' light tapv and ovcry effort'.to get: a ■ good punon'oyer on'tha Presiderit whenever I can. Ho does ;!the same with nle, and; thero . is never any. doubt in ray mind when we havo ; . finished that ho has been pounding me. His • •' pnnch is a qorker." Besides vrrostlinj ,and boxing tho President has . scientific exorcises'nlannoil to strengthen 1 all the musclcs of his body and develop th# .: circulation; Dr. B&rkor says it'is'the'boxing. •» that has much to do with the President's clear! • eye, elastib step, and good .colour. 1 Every morni,, :" ■ tag before breakfast tho'doctor and tho Presl. ' ' dont go thtough their exercises for' an' hour,' ' winding up by Exchanging oompliments' 4 ;, with , ■ the gloves. , Mr. ; Roosov«lt made pliysicayiul.; turo fashionable in tho States, and Americans v , 1 generally applaud-Mr. Tnft's efforts in the i, ■ ' eanie direction.—"Daily Telegraph," V. ! i '