Nor does the average Briton seem to run as great risks from rowing as the average American, though neither begins to seize upon the facilities he might have for either fitting himself for it, or knowing its rightful place in his physical education. The former early accustoms himself to the downright hard work of foot-ball, and hare-and-hounds, wrestling and running, and by the time he is fifteen he is not only well grown, but also well developed, and often shows himself up to hard racing while yet at school, and before he is old enough for the university at all, while in the next few years he broadens and ripens into the well-set, sturdy representative of his country, so well known all the world over.