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practical question to be considered by men 

 who wish to indulge in sport — how to €njoy 

 it without injuring health. It is evident that 

 the proper way to do this is not to rush out 

 of the office or study when you have a day 

 off and ride hard to hounds, play three ten- 

 minutes at polo, or drive a pulling team for 

 two stages. Nor even in the interest of your 

 own enjoyment of sport can you do this for 

 any length of years. Sooner or later the taste 

 for such active exercise will become less, and 

 above all your nerve will give way. When a 

 man says that he is losing his nerve, it generally 

 means that he has overtaxed his strength at 

 some time or another and is paying the penalty. 

 There are three things, then, that must be care- 

 fully regulated alike in the working periods of 

 life and the leisure days — exercise, food, sleep. 

 I think that most busy men take too little 

 exercise, eat too much, and sleep too little. 

 Let us take these matters in order. 



I. Exercise. — A very large amount of exer- 

 cise is not required to keep us fit, but there 

 must be some, and it must be regular. Directly 

 you are awake take a cup of tea and a biscuit 

 and go out for a short ride, or walk, or bicycle 

 ride. On coming in have five or ten minutes 

 with dumb-bells or Indian clubs, two to four 

 pounds is heavy enough for any one. A cold 



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