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There may be a penalty decided on in the game of jack stones, but it

is not usual, and so may be placed among those contests of skill in
which success is its own reward
There may be a penalty decided on in the game of jack stones, but it
is not usual, and so may be placed among those contests of skill in
which success is its own reward.

The ski is a strip of ash or spruce wood, turned up in front like a

sled runner, and smooth and straight grained
The ski is a strip of ash or spruce wood, turned up in front like a
sled runner, and smooth and straight grained. The length varies from
six to ten feet, the width from three to four inches, and the
thickness from. a third to three-fourths of an inch.

The dingey, shaped like the bottom of a flatiron, with a blunt stern

and a sharp nose, is the boat with which the boy in the country first
makes acquaintance
The dingey, shaped like the bottom of a flatiron, with a blunt stern
and a sharp nose, is the boat with which the boy in the country first
makes acquaintance. It is propelled by two oars, usually fastened to
the sides by pivot row-locks. This is a handy boat for getting about
in, but it is quite impossible to learn the art of rowing from such a
mechanical contrivance.

I note that some books on skating advise the beginner to take a chair

to the ice and learn on this till confidence is gained
I note that some books on skating advise the beginner to take a chair
to the ice and learn on this till confidence is gained. Now confidence
is never gained by leaning on anything or depending on any person.
Start in to win by having confidence in yourself. This applies to your
life work as well as to skating.

Individual uniforms should be considered where clubs are formed, and

let me say it is better to start with a club
Individual uniforms should be considered where clubs are formed, and
let me say it is better to start with a club. Uniforms for boys need
not be expensive; shirts of one color will do with the addition of a
home cap. Pads on the knees and along the thighs, as well as rough
mitts are of use in sliding.

To walk into the water and ‘duck’ is rather an ignominious proceeding,

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A ring can be made without lifting your skates from the ice

A ring can be made without lifting your skates from the ice. This is
called a spread-eagle circle, and it is cut by spreading the feet. The
skater must learn to keep his feet moving, first the right foot
forward and the left foot back, then the left foot forward and right
foot back, always with toes turned out spread-eagle fashion. When
properly done, this motion will cause the skater to glide around in a
circle, his feet moving in a most bewildering manner, while they weave
a pretty grape-vine pattern on the ice.

While the arm movements can be greatly varied, there can be, in the

nature of things, no such variation in the action of the legs
While the arm movements can be greatly varied, there can be, in the
nature of things, no such variation in the action of the legs. It is
said, and truthfully, that the motion of the legs of a human swimmer
are much like the motion of a frog”s hind legs when swimming. That is,
the boy draws his legs up simultaneously and kicks them out in the
same way, but in so doing he is not imitating a frog, for if he works
the limbs together there is no other possible way in which he can do
it under water. The frog”s breast stroke is another story. A man
swims very much as does a frog, though he cannot do so well under
water as the amphibian. The legs are kicked in the same way and there
is the same motion of the arms of one as of the forelegs of the other.

Up to twenty years ago ‘Cat,’ as it is generally called, was unknown

to the boys of this country
Up to twenty years ago ‘Cat,’ as it is generally called, was unknown
to the boys of this country. Now it is played from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf.