The Interscholastic Tennis Tournament at Newport has been postponed until August 19, and will therefore not be treated in this Department until the issue of August 25.
R. W. NEAL, Salem, Mass.--1. The price of _Track Athletics in Detail_ has been printed conspicuously at the bottom of the second page of this Department for the past six weeks. 2. I do not know the book you mention. 3. _Track Athletics in Detail_ is the only volume so far published in the HARPER'S ROUND TABLE Library. 4. Other good books on athletics are Walter Camp's _Book of College Sports_ (Century Company), and Blaikie's _How to Get Strong_.
F. F. SMITH, Cumberland, Md.--The articles on canoe-building appeared in the ROUND TABLE, August 13 and 20, 1895.
F. E. D., New York.--You will find the advice you seek in Blaikie's _How to Get Strong_ (Harper and Brothers, $1); and _Sound Bodies for Boys and Girls_ (Harper and Brothers, 40c.).
V. W. HALL, Portland, Me.--See answer to F. E. D.
C. W. GILLESPIE, Terre Haute, Ind.--It was assumed, in writing the article on "Hammer-throwing," that the athlete was more or less familiar with the various track-athletic events now practised, and consequently it was thought unnecessary to go into various specific details concerning the "turn" which puzzles you. In throwing the hammer you only turn once. The act is merely that of jumping about and facing the other direction. If you are confused at the start, practise this turn without a hammer. The shoes should have spikes both in the toes and the heels.
"TRACK ATHLETICS IN DETAIL."--ILLUSTRATED.--8VO, CLOTH, ORNAMENTAL, $1.25.
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A cream-of-tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.--_Latest United States Government Food Report._
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