The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-01

FEMININE ArHLETIcs.
Dsanas who Hunt, Fair Fisher Women, and
Players Of Golf. Tennis ana Hockey


Dsauas who Hunt, Fair Fisher Women, and
Players Of Golf, Tennis ana Hockey
"A review Of the athletic sports and
pastimes ia which women are becoming
prominent Is most interesting in review
and most encouraging in prophecy Of
the new and stronger Won anho0d of the
future. There are women who stalk
and shoot and fish, and there are others
who make a profession of some partlcu-
lar game whose names at once remind
MS of q tennis court or golf ground. Aft
en- Mrs. Tyacke, the bravest Diana 1t
modern date, and one or two other Eng
lish women who have shot the bears IN
the woodland, come the women who
have stalked and killed the red deer.
Stalking may be hard, rough work, re-
curing an unusual amount Of enCur-
ance, but there are plenty Of English vO-
men who possess the strength and de-
light i'll the brief stalking season. In
this country a we'll known huntswoIlan
Is Mrs. viii Allen Dromgoole, a writer
well known to the Boston literary set
who has IA cabin in the Tennessee mcun-
tains, with p0rtieres and window hang
ings of fox and coon and bear skins and
ornam - 3 of antlers from the deer she
has shot herself. Many English 7v0m-
en-, too, are as good with a rod as with
a
Princess of Wales and her daughters,
all of whom are good salmon fishers
The Duchess Of Fife has hshed regular
ly on the Dee all the autumn with much
success, having caught between 30 and
40 salmon To handle heavy salmon
rod well and TO make cast of some 40
or so feet Of line SO that the hy shall
aEght on the water within a few inches
of tho desired spot require a great
amount of strength as well as much
practice.
Lawn tennis a dozen years ago was
the resource Of every summer girl, but
now in many country places in England
the most deserted corner of the pleasure
grounds is the lawn tennis court. So
ciety has ceased to dirt with lawn ten
mis- 1t may see the century out. but
every year it Will be played less by those
who have no particular facility for it
and given over to the champions.
Golf has taken the place Of tennis.
and It is capital exercise for sinews and
muscles, is mot extremely fatiguing, and
in England can be played both in winter
and summer The game is played in a
large grass covered space with tiny balls
and odd little hooks or clubs, by means of
which the ball is propelled over the
ground. The art of driving these little
balls from enc hole IN the ground to am
other is by no means so easy as it looks,
but it IN nv mo means impossible tc the
woman who does not lose her temper
when the ball gets into a bunker
and has the good sense to wear suitable
and comfortable clothing. Golhng w0-
men are said to be more enthusiastic
over their Eavorite game than half the
men who play on the links.
Hockey lis another favorita game, par
ticularly witn English college girls,
though it is rather rough. 1T is played
on a smooth. level rectangle. with the
players divided into groups Occupying
the two ends of the grounds a suck
with thick lznotted END is used to
knock the ball from the opponent end
Of the line. The Thames has a ladies
eight, n too, which attracts considera-
ble attention. The members of the crew
are all neatly attired ia white. with ties
and hat bands of Leander cerise- They
pull a light craft, and their rowing is
remarkably good, with the proper time
and body swing. Wellesley college
girls, too, have a crew, well trained and
doing pretty work with the oars. while
every class has its chosen eight ia
training during the season Intercol-
legIate boat races between the women S
colleges may be a feature OF the TWEEN
tieth century SO near at hand and which
is already known as the woman 3 CEN
tury.=New York sun