Dinner, 12 M. |Meat, beef or mutton (broiled).
|Egg pudding, with currants in it if desired, or other light
| farinaceous pudding.
|Ale, one glass.
|Wine, one glass (port), or
|Ale, two glasses, without wine.
Exercise. |Rest for an hour, and then on the river again for a hard row.
| "Rowing exercise should be taken twice every day."
Tea. |"Tea, with toasted bread sparingly buttered, with one egg
| only--more has a tendency to choke the system."
Supper. |Not recommended. When taken, to consist of new milk and
| bread, or gruel, with raisins and currants and a glass
| of port wine in it.
Bed about 10.
C. WESTHALL'S SYSTEM. For Amateurs.
A DAY'S TRAINING.
Rise at 6 A.M., | Cold bath and rub down.
or earlier in the summer. |
Exercise. | Sharp walk about a mile out, and run home; or a
| row of a couple of miles at three-parts speed.
| A dry rub-down.
Breakfast (time not stated). | Meat, mutton-chop or steak (broiled).
| Bread, stale or toast.
| Tea, half a pint.
Exercise. | (Not stated.)
Dinner, 2 P.M. | Meat (as at breakfast).
| Vegetables, none; "except a mealy potato."
| Bread, stale.
| Beer, one pint.
Exercise (afternoon). | Rowing.
If dinner be late, luncheon to be taken to consist of
Meat, beef or mutton, hot or cold. Bread. Beer, one glass.
(If dinner be early, "tea with viands and liquids as at breakfast" to be
taken.)
Supper. | Half a pint of thin gruel, or dry toast
| and a glass of ale.
Bed. | Time not stated.
N.B.--It is added "that the above rules are of course open to alteration
according to circumstances, and the diet varied successfully by the
introduction of fowls, either roast or boiled--the latter preferred;"
and "it must never be lost sight of that sharp work, regularity, and
cleanliness are the chief if not the only rules to be followed to
produce thorough good condition."
McLAREN'S SYSTEM.
A DAY'S TRAINING.
Rise at about 7 A.M. (Glass of cold water recommended.)
Exercise. | The crew meet at 7, walk and run for four or five
| miles; or, in later practice, quick run of two
| miles.
| Wash and dress.
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