_I have much pleasure in enclosing a copy of my measurements taken at the end of last December. I am a pupil attending your Manchester School, and cannot speak too highly of your system, or the manner in which it is taught by your instructors._ _Wishing you every success_, _Believe me_, _Yours very sincerely_, J. A. SINCLAIR. OXFORD STREET SCHOOL (MANCHESTER). ——————————————— COPY OF MEASUREMENT SHEET. ——————————————— _Name_:—J. A. SINCLAIR. _Address_:--York Place, Manchester. After Before 3 Months’ Increases. Training. Course. Sept. 18th, Dec. 28th, 1898. 1898. Neck 14½ 15⅞ 1⅜ Chest Contracted[3] 35½ 35 ½ ” Expanded 37 41¼ 4¼ Upper Arm, Right 14 16⅜ 2⅜ ” Left 14 16¼ 2¼ Fore Arm, Right 11⅞ 14 2⅛ ” Left 11⅝ 13¾ 2⅛ Waist 31 31 — Thigh, Right 22¼ 24¾ 2½ ” Left 21¾ 24¼ 2½ Calf, Right 14 14⅞ ⅞ ” Left 13¾ 14¾ 1 Height 5ft. 5¼in. 5ft. 5½in. ⅜ Weight 11st. 6½lbs. 12st. 0lbs. 7½ Lung Capacity 240 275 35 Chest Expansion 1½ 6¼ 4¾ [3] It will be noted that the size of the Chest when contracted is slightly smaller than before training; this is not unusual, and denotes that more control has been obtained over the muscles of the chest, and consequently its walls can be drawn closer together. [Illustration: HAROLD L. BUTLER.] HIGH LAWN, BOLTON-LE-MOORS, _March 16th, 1899_. DEAR MR. SANDOW, _After six months training as a pupil at your School of Physical Culture (Manchester), I now feel qualified to judge as to the merits of your system._ _For the perfect and symmetrical development of the human form I can conceive of nothing which rivals the dumb-bell and rubber exercises as taught and practised in your gymnasia._ _For the promotion of lost health, due to bodily neglect; as a cure for insomnia, and many abdominal disorders, it needs no recommendation._ _Concerning my personal improvement, little need be said, sufficient to say I never felt better in my life, and recent weight-lifting tests have proved me to be possessed of nearly double my former strength._ _Nor has my speed or activity suffered in the least (which so many, erroneously, consider to be the inevitable result of such training). On the contrary, I feel as capable of doing my 10⅖ for the 100 as ever I did._