GEORGE SEWARD, THE AMERICAN WONDER, who ran 100 yards in 9¼secs.

PRACTICAL TRAINING
FOR
RUNNING, WALKING, ROWING,
WRESTLING,
BOXING, JUMPING,
AND
ALL KINDS OF ATHLETIC FEATS;
TOGETHER WITH
TABLES OF PROPORTIONAL MEASUREMENTS
FOR HEIGHT AND WEIGHT OF MEN
IN AND OUT OF CONDITION;
INCLUDING
HINTS ON EXERCISE, DIET, CLOTHING, AND
ADVICE TO TRAINERS;
ALSO,
BANTING’S SYSTEM OF REDUCING CORPULENCY,
AND
RECORD OF FAST ATHLETIC PERFORMANCES.
BY
ED. JAMES,
AUTHOR OF “MANUAL OF SPORTING RULES,” “THE GAME COCK,”
“TERRIER DOGS,” ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY ED. JAMES, 88 & 90 CENTRE STREET,
NEW YORK CLIPPER BUILDING.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878,
BY ED. JAMES,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.