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Show AMERICAN PHYSIQUE. In connection with the Olympic games, It has boen brought out that four years ago an Investigation was made of the pedigree of the athletes who made up the American team, with a view to finding out how far they were the descendants of tho early settlers set-tlers and how far they were foreign born cr ot foreign-born parents The result of the investigation showed that while some of tho athletes could trace their ancestry back from tho beginning of tho republic, the great majority belonged to the families of those who had come more recently to this country, and some athletes had been born under other flags. Having thiB in view, the eagle has been cautioned cau-tioned not to scream too loudly at its crop of 'world beaters. This line of argument, which points to the conclusion that the American of long standing can not hold his own with the children of more recent comers has a fallacy. The American family, which has Its roots deep down ; In the soil and, at the same time, has shown vigor, makes a trenmendous ;; deal of education. The boys usually find their way to college. While they are working for their degrees, those who are best endowed physically carry the ro.lege colors on track and field, but, hen they settle down to the serious work of their business or profession they do not have the time to keep themselves as fit for athletics ath-letics as they did when they were In college. How well they might do In the events In which they have won ( prizes and medals I3 nover known, for ; they stop training and competition some years before they come to the lime of greatest physical perfection. The athletes who are most prominent on the Olympic clubs oven more than ; on the Olympic teams are recruited ; ( from the athletic clubs oven more f than from the college graduates. I "Were there any way in which to $ measure the physical ability of the age of 25 or 26, there can be little doubt that their records would, show ; them to be the physical equals, If not j the superiors, of any men in America. It is foolish to declare that the Ameri- I, can cllmato or the American conditions condi-tions or life do not produce men as ' i vigorous as any in the world, until : j some way is found of testing the ' young men who are two or three years out of college and hard at wck. What Indications there are to be lia.1 i point to the superb physical endow- j ment of that part of the human race, which may be truly called a product ' I of the United States. Boston Advertiser, Adver-tiser, j |