WHY SHORT MEN SUCCEED.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 633, 10 January 1914, Page 7

WHY SHORT MEN SUCCEED.

DOCTOR EXPLAINS HOW TIIEY GENERALLY BEAT TALL BROTHERS. Is there any connection between success and stature ? Have ta'.l nun to strive harder to make good than short .men ? According to a doctor who has carefully studied the question of size in relation to success they have. "Where the big man succeeds he succeeds in spite of his inches, not because of them," he said, discussing the subject. 'lt must have struck many people that the big men of th2 world have been—and often are—small men. Napoleon, Nelson, and Lord Roberts are the names of three abort men which occur to one at once. "Now there is a perfectly sound medical explanation of this. "For all practical purposes the small man has the same sized heart, lungs, and brain as the big man, or at least, to speak more accurately, the vital organs, although they are actually larger the larger the body, do not increase in size in anything like proportion. "For instance a five-foot-high mas has a heart weighing about 10J oz.', a Bis-i'oot man's heart weighs barely 12 oz., whereas in proportion it should weigh something like 12J oz. Proportionally the taller man has less heart power. "'Yet his heart has to do the harder work. It has to raise the blood higher. The result of this is frequently seen in everyday life. Tasks that tire out a big man and leave him limp are not likely to have the same effect upon a small man. The latter has a greater capacity for sustained energy because he has a proportionately greater heart power. "It should also be remembered that the little man scores in having less bulk to carry about. That is why short men so frequently excel in athletics."—London "Mirror."