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salts being lost, a man in training should eat every day, 

 so to obviate the necessity ot consuming a large bulk, 

 a small quantity of lettuces, raw tomatos, onions, celery, , 

 cucumber, radishes or cress, or in their place a little 

 fresh fruit, with the exception of plantains, custard 

 apples, and other fruits containing much sugar or fari- 

 naceous matter. 



When wasting, one should avoid eating large quan- 

 tities of meat, for doing so produces great languor arid 

 depression. " The first effect of an excessive meat 

 diet is not that of increased strength, but rather a feel- 

 ing of heaviness and weariness in the muscles, with 

 nervous excitation often rising to sleeplessness, which 

 he [Ranke] attributes to the accumulation in the blood 

 of the alkaline salts of the meat " (Carpenter). 



The drink should be rsstricted to water, weak tea 

 without milk or sugar, light claret and water, or very 

 weak spirits and water. The weaker these are taken 

 the better, for tea, coffee, and alcohol check waste of 

 tissue. A man in strict training should on no account 

 take aerated waters, for they are so refreshing that it is 

 hard to resist taking more than is advisable. As fluid 

 of any sort puts up weight, a man should only drink 

 that kind of which a little will quench thirst. I need 

 hardly say that the less spirits a man takes, the steadier 

 will be his nerves. If this regimen be strictly adhered 

 to, the jockey need do nothing further than to take, lots 

 of exercise. Riding four or five training gallops every 

 morning will get a man fitter than anything I know ; 

 but this is a luxury heavy weights cannot indulge in, so 

 they ought to walk, play racquets, cricket, and take all 



