| [Introductory] | PAGE 5 |
| [Advice to Trainers] | 7 |
| [Training for Pedestrianism] | 10 |
| [Sleep] | 14 |
| [Clothing] | 14 |
| [Time and Duration of Training for Running] | 15 |
| [Sprint Running] | 16 |
| [Quarter and Half Mile Running] | 18 |
| [One Mile Running and upwards] | 18 |
| [Hurdle Racing] | 18 |
| [Hints In, Before, and After the Race] | 19 |
| [Training Practice, Fair Walking, etc.] | 20 |
| [High Jumping] | 23 |
| [Broad Jumping] | 24 |
| [Hammer Throwing] | 25 |
| [Putting the Stone] | 26 |
| [Training for Rowing, etc.] | 27 |
| [Training for Long Distance Contests] | 36 |
| [Training for Base Ball] | 42 |
| [Advice to Business Men and others] | 43 |
| [The late John Morrissey’s Views] | 49 |
| [Training in Regard to Pugilism and Wrestling] | 51 |
| [Principal Muscles used by the Athlete] | 52 |
| [Temperament] | 54 |
| [Growth and Decay] | 55 |
| [Meats, etc., to be Avoided] | 57 |
| [Natural Sweating] | 58 |
| [Artificial Sweating] | 58 |
| [Sweating Liquors] | 58 |
| [Treatment of the Feet, Hands, Sinews, etc.] | 58 |
| [Soft Corns] | 60 |
| [Hard Corns] | 60 |
| [Hardening the Flesh] | 60 |
| [Bunions] | 60 |
| [Boils] | 60 |
| [Strains] | 60 |
| [Sprains] | 60 |
| [Chapped Hands, etc.] | 60 |
| [Blisters] | 60 |
| [Exercise, Sun Baths, etc.] | 61 |
| [Baths—Hot, Cold, etc.] | 62 |
| [Thirst, Medicine, etc.] | 64 |
| [Weight as Proportional to Height] | 64 |
| [Weight when in Condition for Athletic Feats] | 65 |
| [Banting on Corpulency] | 65 |
| [Record of Best Athletic Performances] | 68 |