Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-30
FEMININE ATHLeT,cs

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A review Of the athletic sports and
pastinses in which women are becoming
prominent Is most interesting in review
and most encouraging in prophecy of
the new and stronger womanhOOd of the
future. There are women who stalk
and shoot and fish, and there are others
who make a profession of some particu-
lar game whose names at once remind
us Of tennis court or golf ground. Aft
er Mrs. Tyacke, the bravest Diana #
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-
quiring an unusual amount of endur-
ance, hut there are plenty of English wO-
men who possess the strength and de-
light in the brief stalking season. In
this country q well known huntswoman
Is Mrs. Will Allen DromgOole, a writer
well known to the Boston literary set,
who has q cabin in the Tennessee noun
tains, With portieres and window hang
ornaments Of antlers from the deer she
has shot herself. Many English wom-
en-, too. are as good with rod as with
a rife. and the list is headed by the
Princess Of Wales and her daughters.
all Of whom are good salmon fishers.
The Duchess of Fife has fished regular
" 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 50 that the fly shall
alight on the water within few inches
Of the desired spot require a great
amount Of strength as well as much
practice.
Lawn tennis 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. 80
ciety has ceased to flint with lawn ten
MIS-" 1t may see the century out. but
every year it will be played less by those
who have mo 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 not extremely fatiguing, and
in England can he 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 one hole in the ground to an
other is by no means SO easy as it looks,
but il is by no means impossible to the
woman who does not lose her temper
when the ball gets into bunker"
and has the good sense to wear suitable
and comfortable clothing. Golfing wo-
men are said to be more enthusiastic
over their favorite game than half the
men who play on the links
Hockey is another favoritc game, par
ticularly with English college girls,
though it is rather rough. 1t is played
on smooth, level rectangle, with the
players divided into groups occupying
the two ends of the grounds. A stick
with thick knotted end is used to
knock the ball from the opponents end
of the line. The Thames has ladies
EIGHT" too. which attracts considera-
BILE attention. The members of the crew
are all neatly attired in white, with ties
and hat bands of Leander cerise. tn y
pull light craft, and their rowing is
remarkably good, with the proper time
and body swing. Wellesley college
girls, too, have a crew, we'll trained and
doing pretty work with the oars, while
every class has its chosen eight in
training during the season. Intercol-
legiate boat races between the women
colleges may be feature of the TWEEN
tieth century SO near at hand and which
is already known as the woman's cen.
tury New York Sun.