ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Evening Star, Issue 3837, 11 June 1875, Page 2

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

the Editor. '£ -f Sie,—l am very glad to find that my lettor has been the means of arousing on interest in athletics in Dunedin. I perused ’s w letter in Saturday’s issue with great interest as it evidently emanates from amin, and one who has given the subject due Joasideratidu. As “ A. J.*V stales, IV‘isho doubt requisite and absolutely necessary fur Vteam to be in .good condition tp run a mild lb tatt time, and in doing thfe work neeafisary tobtink about the desired form, a mah teust ® weight, I can speak experienc'd, 1h trarning for- spqrts. Iu my own case f joK 71b. or Sib. weight, without icaortin- tbliSE cial sweating at all, by riietetV t iUiWiKs not do anything grofl ably more than a stone or a atone a

half in weight. No doubt there are some men who can run without. losing many pounds, but these are exceptions, and are always men who increase very little in weight after going out of training. As a rule, however, men increase in size after going out of training owing to the change in their diet and to their increased appetite and generally improved state of health. As to athletes fainting at the post, there is as much likelihood of that being caused by insufficient training as by overtraining. As to theplenty of straights near Dunedin,” I should like to know where they are to be found. In reference to “A. J.’s” statement that the Lambeth Baths are used exclusively as a gymnasium, I think that in this instance he is writing-.without his book, as J hate myself taken part in sports held there. “A- J.” also states that “no form 7 eati be shown” round a small circle, but in my opinion it is just the very place that would require good form if the paoq.was madefast. = Of .course a quarter-mile, course is far , more" desirable.} but, as there is none such obtainable here, we . must make best of .what we can get. to laying dowh tan, such a thing is unheces3ary,_ as a little, chalk on. the floor is all that is required to make the floor fit for running on. 1 also think thata.pubUchouse is the very worst place to fix on for meeting in, as young men would there be exposed to temptations which go very far to neutralise the benefit derived from the exercise. Before closing this letter I'should like to notice a letter from another correspondent who states that because there is a gymnasium here there should be no athletic sports. I must say that I am at a loss to discover what connection there is between the two, or what amusement could be afforded to lovers of sport by witnessing a squad of boys and young men going through the dumb-bell exercise.—l am. &c., Old Sfobt. Dunedin, June 9. .