THE BOYS' TUG-OF-WAR.
To the Editor, Sir,—l was surprised on scanning tiiia morning's issue to find that tlie management of tlie boys' tug-oi'-war have decided to allot fivo-vniuute pulls. Anyone who lias bad experience of these contests must know that, iti order, in tlio first place, to stand the strain of a contest, only thoroughly healthy contestants should take part; secondly, it is only after a. course of hard training that the ordinary Samson is able to stand the strain of a pull; thirdly, in the case of, say, three pulls to decide a contest, the contestants must be sound in limb and wind and trained absolutely to the day. Ido not infer that the committee are going to ask the boys to overtax themselves, but I certainly do thijik—• and from experience know—that Svfminute pulls would tax a, teafov'jof the strongest men. In 'Bime&iji,. f olu ' years njo, when the Dominion cliMnpioßship tug-.of-war was won by tl||'famous Hornibrook (Chvistchnrch) team, it was amply demonstrated that three-minute pulls with a five-miuul.final was all the strong men asked for. They won because they had been lmjlily trained by their physical culture specialist.—T .nil. etc, " REFEREE. Oct. 81'.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 October 1918, Page 2
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196THE BOYS' TUG-OF-WAR. Taranaki Daily News, 22 October 1918, Page 2
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