that they develop, but the development, to be of value, must be along
sensible lines.

Every healthy boy wants to be an athlete; wants to excel in some line,
and as this ambition is reasonable, it should not be discouraged. The
youth eager to win in his sports is not apt to be found lagging when
he takes up the more serious business of life.

Competition is said to be the life of trade, and it certainly adds
greatly to our interest in sports, but the boy who starts in to learn
by trying to compete is doomed to failure. There would be more success
in the end if we learned to go slower and so became more thorough in
the beginning.

There are certain exercises that every athlete must take to have a
good physique, and the very first, and by far the most useful of
these, is walking.

WALKING

Can you walk? I hear you laughing at the question; but let me change
it slightly and ask, "Can you walk properly?"

"Of course I can," you reply. "I walk just like other folks who are
not lame."

Now very few people walk properly, and no two people, unless it be
soldiers or others who have been drilled to the exercise, walk alike.
Just watch and see for yourself.