The Meeker herald., 1891-04-04
TRICKS OF AcRoeATs.
An Oid-TtMs Tuasi~v Tells Ho~ 10 Turn
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An Old-rtn.s rusabi~v Tells Ho~ To Turn
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what man or boy ever went to a cir
Gus or variety show, wh.re trouIle Of
Acrubsta were on the bills, without hnv-
ing . vague sort OF Numbering 70 be able
to throw pretty soinersault ar series
Of ncut 'hips'? II his blood ever does
dow through his veins at times faster
than 1T others, II Ii when he hres q n.a,
brother act wound up with the roll
over accompanied by the familiar Iii
"a! Hi-ya!' of tho performers, and the
, band playing A. II crazy"
Tisess remarks were delivered BIZ .
! short, stout It'll. man, Is he sAt at
table In the bar of one Of the pui-t-r 81
the uptown hotels Molten y-ars ago hls
name appeared on thrcc-,h.c, posters
In letter. . foot high, says the Scy.
York Sun.
"liari Ia learn Why. b,.ss you. no.
/, All the talk about having 10 sc double
jointcd and without u backbone is bosh
OF the worst kind. AMMAN certainly
wants the eilIest kind Of back, and -
good strong pair OF legs, or lie will never
BIZ = tumbler or lcaprr.
Mind you, I don't allId. u this con.
| tortion business: that's different. Whol
I Say the .tifY,st Kind Of back I don't
mean one that can't bc bent To reason
able extent, bu, one ret up with god
strong mu.c.o.- muscles which. when
called upon Tor n ii,ti, extra cHor., wiil
respond with some vim. We hay. of.sn
heard tina, Il requires constant practise
I FOR years. dating almost from III, cradle.
7 ,p become n finished acrobat, Why, 1
never did dip In my lie until was
eighteen year, old. and u ,hcr, wsa
anybody In III. ring who gJT.ii throw d.
higher >omersault, or pr' over NOR. ,in-
7 plants than ! could when I Wa twenty.
Z I never ran AGREES linn.
! ''How did learn Il ALP Easy enough.
All you need u = 70, of 'lunscs' aud
mattress.
May i- you don't know ~ha, 'lungrs
are. Simplest arrangement you ever
Jaw Just broad leather belt. with n
! ring -, each side. from which ,w" Hight
rnAnllln con!s run up through couplrof
/ puil-y-blo-ss screwed Into the ceiling,
The ends OF the cori, arr held by tome.
body VIII, knows wha, lac Is about,
and that's NIL. With this ringing you
can learn all ,hcr- IL Ia know about
, tuinbiing, from plain handspring TO
the thr-c-hish homrr,auit down To the
bottom mans shoulders, aud not risk
I your meek nearly a. much ~ you do ~
I Ing down n toho9Han-alLd-. Give mo o
man who l. ordinarily scsivr. who In. a
little pluck and I-,rr-vesAacs. and will
teach HIN Ia jump up AMI turn over b.
| forr b. Il tso days older.
| you src. q man Il heavier from his
wni,, down than hc il up above. When
lie get, into tic 'lunsri.,' 10 matter how
awkward his a''~ssp: II, he i bound u
hop around right side MP, providing tho
man who holds the rpp-s don't .ac up
on them IN much Why. Il. M simple
Ind ,n'. y, eating your dinner
I Tho ni,i'it- to throw , .pm-r I,N'I!t
forward or backward IL IA. Foundation
On which all tumblinI nr'A nfr built
ana sh's " now ''.'"''' "and sIuurV'',
on your feet Don't keep them 10 loo,
together. ari l., narr you hav. q gU-. /
balance. Then r'.ck forward q It'll ,
until yoar weigh, rests on the balls
your feet, then CIV" n sharp spring ~ Z.
v'ar,i, u, the s,r,- time lifting with ~
arms aud Shoni.,r->. Practice this li!i'
I u few times until Won SGT tho i'l-n You
! will 'inh /, wiii rdd loot 'n the hri.h,
81 your jump. So'' you .rc ready 'n
turn over. The mex. tlm- you jump up
'hr"v your hands high over your head
and give your head n quick j~ris bnc!s.
ward NJ the same time. II the instant
YOU feel your feet leave the ground. 10y
drawing them mp under you you will
find that they will swing around AZ ~
To meet your hands, " you wnnt Ia
reach for them. Jus. catch hold Of your
knees aud give little pull and you .r-
over.
That's the back The forward I,
on the ,amc principle, only .he head
and arms ar thrown forward after tho
lift The only hard psrt 81 Il Is TO
make neat landing and not. after &C.
complaining the tofnrrssult, strife on
your feet, and, pitching forward, fall NIL
over yourself. 4 little practice will en-.
able you 90 know Jus, when ~ expect
to land, and then you can begin TO put
.om. style into your work. You are
now In y fair way - brcnmc sryfnnaSt.
All the rest Is easy when you once get
command Of yourself"