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or tepid bath and a rub down with rough 

 towels. Dress and have breakfast. If a polo 

 player can manag-e ten minutes or a quarter 

 of an hour with stick and ball, that is a capital 

 form of work and could take the place of those 

 mentioned above. If you can ride or walk to 

 business, so much the better. When you come 

 back at night and have done your work, a dry 

 rub over and a complete change of clothes is 

 a good thing. This should be carried out 

 regularly all the year round. 



2. Food and drink. — Should be plain and 

 taken not at too distant intervals. Every one 

 is the better for some lunch ; dinner should 

 not be too heavy a meal. A man who wishes 

 to keep down flesh should try to do so by 

 dieting rather than by violent means, such as 

 sweating. No rules can be laid down for the 

 ordinary man's food and drink, except that each 

 one should observe for himself the hints which 

 nature gives as to what is or is not suitable 

 for him. As to drink, the less the better. 

 Tea is very pleasant and can be rendered 

 quite harmless by pouring it off the leaves after 

 standing for three or four minutes. Some 

 alcohol is desired by most busy men. I prefer 

 light table beer and claret, and dry port after 

 dinner when I desire to keep in condition, but 

 a little champagne does no harm. I am not 



