Physical culture . rity for the past 60 or 70 years, andis to-day firmly established in publicfavor in England. The pleasure of cross-country run- To the Editor : I enclose the accom-panying photographto show the result offollowing the practiceof physical culture forten years. I have succeeded asa cross-country runnerbecause of the study Ihave made of physicalculture. One of myambitions was to the value of physi-cal culture in the pop-ular winter sport ofcross-country 1899 I won the San-dow bronze medal forsymmetrical musculardevelopment, but I wasunable to secure thedesir
Physical culture . rity for the past 60 or 70 years, andis to-day firmly established in publicfavor in England. The pleasure of cross-country run- To the Editor : I enclose the accom-panying photographto show the result offollowing the practiceof physical culture forten years. I have succeeded asa cross-country runnerbecause of the study Ihave made of physicalculture. One of myambitions was to the value of physi-cal culture in the pop-ular winter sport ofcross-country 1899 I won the San-dow bronze medal forsymmetrical musculardevelopment, but I wasunable to secure thedesired increase in thedevelopment of thelegs. At this time Ibecame interested inrunning and other ex-ercises of value inbuilding muscularstrength of the four years I prac-ticed exercises regular-ly, using all .the mus-cles of the body. Istarted running againin 1903 and won prizesin races at all distances—hurdle, obstacle andflat races from 120yards to three then I have wonnearly $1,500 (£300) in. A. F. LEWIS prizes at sports meet-ings. At cross-country run-ning I was less successful. I was generallyconsidered by judgesof long distance run-ners to be a failure ina race over three is here that I wishto point out the valueof physical culture Byadopting a method oftraining that wouldbring out the highestdegree of endurancerequired in long dis-tance running, I secur-ed remarkable exercLes which Iused were especiallyfor developing vitalpower and it was but afew months before Ifelt a decided improve-ment in my powers ofendurance. I won allthree of my clubshandicaps in 1905. Iwon the senior cham-pionship medal of thesame reason and I wasin the team that beatthe pick of the Contin-ent in Paris in of the thirtymedals were won incross-country races andthis is certainly a re-markable proof of thevalue of physical cul-ture. A. F. Lewis. CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING 573 ning consists of running in congenialcompany in the midst of a variety ofcharmi
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