Show PERSIANS FOND FOND OF ATHLETICS Peculiar Pecullar Methods of Training Seem to Produce Good Results Amusements are are re scarce in Persia according accor ing to an explorer who reports reports' that there there here are no theaters there i t The Persians h however weer delight In and and their athletes s are mep men of superb physique Their Their method of training for for f feats ats of at strength would v hardly hard ly Iy commend itself itsell to western trainers Before Before- fore giving their thelt displays in public Persian athletes lie Ile in In bed bed for several days to store store- up tip their strength Queer as the custom Is Is however r. r there Is no question that the Persian erslan San and show snow enormous enormous strength an and l endurance In the arenas In which they perform th they y will go o. o h t their eh exer exercise Lse ID i 3 the way of swinging heavy clubs to the accompaniment nt of music for two h hours urs at t a lime limb I In fact there Is' Is a club swinging c competition the athlete out the long longest at winning the prize it In wrestling they rest too perform ex extraordinary ex feats ca cases ases es having be been n known of J Persian c champions have wr wrestled d with and overcome more than tV twenty nty powerful owe rul antagonists during a single athletic display Such performances performances' inces arp arp r AS as popular IE it Persia as as' as sare s' s are arts are fights bull In Spain Montreal l Herald 4 j s |