FLESH DIET NOT NECESSARY FOR ATHLETES.
MR. CARL MANN, of Germany, excludes flesh, fowl, alcohol, tea, coffee, and coco from his diet. In 1902 he beat the world's record in long-distance walking, covering a distance of 127 1/2 miles in twenty-six hours, fifty-two minutes. Mr. George Allen, of England, a year later beat Carl Mann's record. This was said to have been the greatest walking feat ever performed. Mr. Allen is also a strict vegetarian. On his journey, his diet was breads and fresh fruits. Mr. Eustace Miles, England's champion amateur lawn tennis and racquet player, is a food reformer and a non-flesh eater. The Japanese wrestlers, who are almost gigantic in size, possess marvelous strength, and have for ages subsisted upon a non-flesh dietary. Cases might be multiplied proving beyond dispute that flesh is not essential for athletes,15but that, other things being equal, the athlete who keeps his blood the most free from uric acid and other wastes, must excel.