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training". To go through a day's hunting, to 

 play a hard game of polo, or to ride a race 

 without due preparation is equally foolish and 

 unreasonable, though people do not seem to 

 think so. A man of business, or other person 

 who has much brain work, is, while he i^ deeply 

 engaged, naturally disinclined to take much exer- 

 cise, and I have known many cases in which 

 people so engaged have given up all active 

 sports, as they became more and more immersed 

 in the serious work of life. If they dieted 

 themselves accordingly, and if they took a 

 very moderate constitutional, there would be 

 little harm in this, for it is not improbable that 

 this disinclination is a real hint on the part of 

 nature that she cannot spare blood for the 

 brain and for the muscles as well. It is not 

 unlikely that very busy men who work hard 

 with their brains do not need a great deal of 

 exercise for their bodily well-being. 



But there is another side to the question : 

 bodily well-being counts for much. '*Good 

 'ealth next to personal appearance," as the 

 lady's maid said, " is the greatest of bless- 

 ings," but it is not everything. Sport is, for 

 those who have the passion for it — an over- 

 mastering desire, and a life in which no form 

 of sport could be enjoyed would be con- 

 sidered hardly worth living. This is the 



