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only fifty-four to the minute remarkably slow and strong, and 

 not easily quickened by exercise. The long thighs and " bicycle 

 stoop " are well shown in Fig. 4. Notice particularly the deep 

 chest. 



Adolph Norsing has skated since childhood on the rivers and 

 fiords of Norway. For the last five years he has met the cham- 

 pions in this sport both at home and throughout Europe, and has 

 visited America twice. He is a worthy representative of the land 

 of the Vikings, and he now holds the Canadian record for half 

 mile (1'24). His training methods are peculiar : two hours daily, 

 finishing with about three miles at top speed, is his quota of work 

 till the day of the race; his diet is principally oatmeal, eggs, and 

 meat. He allows himself one glass of ale daily at dinner, but 

 otherwise does not use alcohol and has never used tobacco. He is 



FIG. 5. NORSING. 



a typical skater ; his occupation, that of a carriage painter, is sed- 

 entary, and we find in him typical development. 



Although not above the forty-five-per-cent class in height, and 

 with his sitting height surpassed by over seventy per cent of 



