Physical culture . the public press that reference tothem at the present time is uncalled it is that, if one were to judgefrom the reports sent to this side of thewater, the management of the Gamesleft much to be desired in the way ofjustice to visiting athletes, particularlythe Americans. Then too, the Italianswill perhaps always hold to the beliefthat their runner would have been ableto finish the Marathon unaided, if left to his own resources. Although thisseems doubtful. Be this as it may, it seems deplorablethat these international contests, whichare capable of so much good if
Physical culture . the public press that reference tothem at the present time is uncalled it is that, if one were to judgefrom the reports sent to this side of thewater, the management of the Gamesleft much to be desired in the way ofjustice to visiting athletes, particularlythe Americans. Then too, the Italianswill perhaps always hold to the beliefthat their runner would have been ableto finish the Marathon unaided, if left to his own resources. Although thisseems doubtful. Be this as it may, it seems deplorablethat these international contests, whichare capable of so much good ifapproached in the right spirit, shouldhave their effectiveness discounted bysuch inconsiderate rivalry as marredthe meet recently concluded. Let ushope that when the next Olvmpic Gamesare held they will be free from suchunfortunate occurrences, and that loversof physical perfection the world overwill be granted the pleasure of knowingthe events are so conducted as to securethe greatest good to the greatest John Flanagan, Worlds Champion Hammer-Thrower, throwing the 56-pound weight. Prize Competition for Perfect Men and Women AS previously announced, our prizecompetition to determine themost perfect men, women andchildren will remain open untilJanuary ist, 1909. From time to time,we will reproduce in these columns thephotographs of those contestants whopossess a notable degree of develop-ment. The competition has been ex-tended to this length of time in orderto enable all readers who desire to enterthe contest to get into the best possiblephysical condition before being photo-graphed, in order to do full justice to theirdevelopment and symetry. While we have published the rules ofthis prize competition a number of time,we take this opportunity of placingthem before our readers again in orderthat there may be no misunderstandingof the conditions which govern the con-test. We propose to give one hundreddollars in gold to the most perfectlyformed man. There will also be tw
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