PHYSICAL CULTURE COMPETITION.

Evening Star, Issue 11889, 18 May 1903, Page 6

PHYSICAL CULTURE COMPETITION.

The first of a series of bi-yearly competitions in physical cultinje took place at the Dunedin Sandow School on Saturday afternoon. The prizes, which consisted of one gold and two silver medals, were to go to those who were judged to be the most per-, lect physically, the main qualities on which the judging was to be based being the general shape of the body and limbs, lung expansion, the shape, condition, and symmetrical development of al' the voluntary muscles, and the individual’s general appearance. Dr Coughtrey and Dr Scott (professor of anatomy, Otago .University) acted as judges, and put each competitor through an exhaustive examination, while the instructor (Mr J. P. Guy) put’ the men through a series of poses. Eventually L. Myers, a finely-developed young fellow, was awarded the first prize. W. Spence came second, and J. C. Fea third, while F. II . Jamison, H. Gregory, and S. H. Crawford were highly commended. There was little to choose between Myers, Spence, and Fea, but a slight inequality between the development of the right and left sides of the body put Fea out of the front rank, and Spence, though of great strength and muscular development, had scarcely the symmetry and balance of physique that characterised tie winner. Jamison was specially commended by the judges on account of Ms clean, hard development; in fact, all the competitors were good examples of physical culture scientifically applied.