. Official rules for ice hockey, speed skating, figure skating and curling. r a barrel three hundred yards downthe mountain. Foolin, was the reply. Be juuns smokin ? Yeum. Be yuuns chawin twist and smokin cob-pipe? Yeum. Thets aright. But if yo let me kotch yo smokin them cigareets, Ill gi yothe wust lammin yo ever hed in yo lives. Yo heah yo ma ? Yeum. As smoking even in ordinary life is, to a certain extent, an injuryto a man, it is not necessary to further mention it. Alcoholic drinks, with the possible exception of an occasionalglass of porter, should be strictly eschewed. Warm baths taken
. Official rules for ice hockey, speed skating, figure skating and curling. r a barrel three hundred yards downthe mountain. Foolin, was the reply. Be juuns smokin ? Yeum. Be yuuns chawin twist and smokin cob-pipe? Yeum. Thets aright. But if yo let me kotch yo smokin them cigareets, Ill gi yothe wust lammin yo ever hed in yo lives. Yo heah yo ma ? Yeum. As smoking even in ordinary life is, to a certain extent, an injuryto a man, it is not necessary to further mention it. Alcoholic drinks, with the possible exception of an occasionalglass of porter, should be strictly eschewed. Warm baths taken too often, or indulged in for too long a time,have a strong tendency to render a man weak and slow, and even adip every morning in cold water is injurious to a man in training. It is said that more graves are dug with the teeth than with thespade, li this be true, a hockey player should be careful to eat onlydigestible foods, and in a manner that will not injure his digestion. A hockey player who wishes to put himself into the pink of condi- SPALDING S ATHLETIC A DREAM OF THE FUTURE. SPALDING S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 39 tion .should, diftkult as it may Ije, avoid eating pies and pastry ofany description. All trainers advise against the use of these. Practice makes perfect. The rule that is applied to other things stands good in hockey. It is wrong to imagine that a great deal of practice will make aperfect player out of any man, but careful, assiduous work will enablea person to approach the degree of perfection to which his powers, asa physical and a thinking athlete, will allow him to attain, and willmake perfect that man w ho has the qualities necessary to a perfectathlete. Besides strengthening his muscles, increasing his wind,helping him in his confidence, sharpening his eye, training his judg-ment, adding to his speed, practice assists a player, on each occasion,to become proficient in the necessary art of stick-handling, and toregard himself and the other members o
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