WEBB'S TRAINER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 8

WEBB'S TRAINER.

Webb has proved himself a champion, but he owes a lot to his trainer, D. Barnett, foi ... the splendid condition in wheh he has gone v to the post in his recent big. matches. 1 ( Dennie" is Well known in Wellington— quite as well as hi Wancanui. He was. one 1 of - the. founders of • the';-Wellington ..Physical Training., School, a ■.member'' of ..the Star. Boating Club, ah enthusiastic footballer— and,many otner things in i the athletic ■world."He'* has 'quite original! ideas od ; "training;'' and is said l .to have staggered-' tV i' Sydney experts in his handling of W<" Boxing : : as' an exerciso for a rowing "c! ' was'scoffed at, =b'ut only by thosS { do not know its beneficial effects■; on (t j wind' and as;' an exercisevfor all-round ';', yelopmont. "Dennie" is a great , belie , in breathing exercises also, and . ho also 1' lieves in : living in a natural way in the matter of dieting. When a DpMijfiON representative called at Webb's camp at Kaiwhaike last week, just " about the dinner hour, the champion was dining solidly off roast beef, and plum pudding .and the. usual etceteras, supplemented' with a small bottle,. of beer and an, ample supply" of ripe fruit. - Webb's condition; was. amply demonstrated ; by the manner in which, lie -finished -up his race, and n large sharo of-the credjt-for this rests with'his trainer. " Dennie " hopes 'some''day tp briiig "pntl'a, book on "How to . Train,", but for ..the, present Ihis methods .'are, his ' own,'personal , property—and , .they are something, to be proud of. .'. '