Exercise. |A short walk or run. | Not compulsory. Breakfast, 9. |As for summer races. | Exercise (forenoon). | None. | Luncheon about 1 P.M.|Bread, or a sandwich. | |Beer, half a pint. | Exercise. |About 2 o'clock start | | for the river, and row | | twice over the course. | Dinner, 5. |Meat, as for summer races.| |Bread. | |Vegetables, as for summer | | races. | |Pudding (rice), or jelly. | |Beer, half a pint. | Bed, 10.30. THE CAMBRIDGE SYSTEM. Summer Races (1866). A DAY'S TRAINING. Rise at 7 A.M. Exercise. |Run 100 or 200 yards as |"The old system of running a | fast as possible. | mile or so before breakfast is | | fast going out, except | | in the case of men who | | want to get a good deal of | | flesh off." Breakfast, 8.30. |Meat, beef or mutton. |Toast, dry. |Tea, two cups, or towards the end of training a |cup and a half only. Watercresses occasionally. Exercise (forenoon).| None. Dinner about 2 P.M. |Meat, beef or mutton. | |Bread. | |Vegetables--potatoes, |Some colleges have baked apples, |greens |or jellies, or rice puddings. |Beer, one pint. | |Dessert--oranges, or | | biscuits, or figs; | | wine, two glasses. | Exercise. |About 5.30 start for the river, | "Most men get out for a | and row to the starting-post | little time before | and back | rowing back." |Meat, cold. Supper about 8.30 |Bread. or 9. |Vegetables--lettuce or watercresses. Bed at 10. |Beer, one pint. H. CLASPER'S SYSTEM. A DAY'S TRAINING. Rise between 6 and 7 A.M. Exercise. A country walk of four or five miles. |Meat, chop or Breakfast, 8. |Couple of eggs. |Bread. |Tea. ("We never drink coffee.") Exercise. |Rest for half an hour, and then a brisk walk | or run. If morning exercise has not been heavy, | a row on the river, terminating about 11 A.M.