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gorged with insufficiently aerated blood, while, if this be 

 continued much further, its action will become more and 

 more feeble, till at last faintness occurs. By persisting 

 in these sweacs, the heart is very liable to become 

 permanently injured. 



I have described wasting and Banting from a jockey's 

 point of view, though I am well aware how injurious 

 they are to health, which cannot be maintained, under 

 ordinary conditions, without a due proportion of fat or 

 oil, and starch or sugar in the food, along with an 

 adequate supply of fresh vegetables. I would strongly 

 advise any of my readers who, being inclined to put up 

 weight, may wish to keep it permanently down, on no 

 account to Bant, but to take lots of hard exercise, and 

 to substitute for dinner, a light meal consisting of a 

 little cold lean meat and seme plain vegetables. This, 

 with an ordinary breakfast at about 11 A. M., and a cup 

 of tea and a slice of toast first thing in the morning, 

 will be enough for any healthy man to keep " fit" on. 

 Beer, butter, stews, and pastry should be avoided. 



I need hardly say that, any mode of wasting, however 

 good, must prove injurious if carried to excess or con- 

 tinued for any time. The quicker weight is got off 

 tinder judicious conditions, and the sooner the system is 

 allowed to return to its healthy normal state, the less 

 strain will it experience from wasting. 



The more a man trusts to hard exercise and self- 

 denial the "fitter" will he be to ride; while Banting, 

 sweats, and physic should only be employed when "time 

 is limited, or the amount to be got off is considerable. 



A man in training should weigh himself every day to 



