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lie took up. He would make a splendid high, or broad jumper, 

 and would be a success as a gymnast. 



Fig. 7 shows a typical speed skater Olaf Nortwedt, a profes- 

 sional, aged twenty- four, who has been on skates almost since he 

 could walk. He has taken no other form of exercise, and his best 

 distances are under three miles. This photo, taken on the eve of a 

 race, shows the fine condition of his skating muscles. Here again 

 the body is short the length of the leg and thigh in the one- 



FlG. 6. McCULLOCH. 



hundred-per-cent class (Chart A, 3), while the arms are not long 

 in proportion. The feet are long and flat, and as a rule his other 

 bone girths and lengths are large, with small muscle girths. The 

 rather small thigh girths are due to their great length in conjunc- 

 tion with very narrow hips ; his' chest is deep and round, although 

 not mobile. His strength tests show weak, poorly developed 

 arms, but the breadth of neck in him, as in Johnson and Norsing 

 shows good development in the upper muscles of the back. His 



