The morning times., 1895-12-01
eayest Of Sport
In Winter Time
FLIGHTS IN SN0WSHOES OVER
THE FROZEN SURFACES
Experimentalists Brag of the Fun
They Have When Shod in
This Way.

Society IS going nO'y-shoeing this win
ter.
N"hody is exactly able To say why, this
year OF ali others. this species OF snort
should have so suddenly appealed to pom
uiar taste, bat one Is led 30 believe tie hi
cycle has something to do with it, The
wheel encouraged outdoor exercise, and
wiep the snow sent the bicycle under
cover, somebody proposed an experiment in
snow shoes just to keep in the open air
ana turn The snow and the winter moon
light nights to account.
To the credit of the bicycles was due
the enthusiasm with whic,, this proposi-
ton was received, for the wheels have
taught women the beauties of muscular
exertion. and neither s!ciyhlng nor rink
skating seemed the proper substitute for
pedaling up hill and down dale.
1t was just here that the sno shoes fitted
right In, and the capcrinientaiists who
came back from their first tramp not only
Dragged outrageousy Of The fun they had
but the amazing number OF miles they had
covered, and that settled II for the bicyclists
MAKING RECORDS.
To build up record is the dream of
every sportswonian of the hour, and it's
no uncommon thing, now the season for
steady, weli-packcd snowfalis has set in,
TO meet a slim. langnid damscl at lunch
con who casually mentions that she took
little promenade OF thirty miles before
bed time last night. or hints that she
proposes 10 trip down to the Country
Club tomorrow evening for u dance. The
Country Club may De an hour and a half
by rail- out OF the city, but she will do it,
undoubtedly. unless "A tilaw sets in. and
be on hand rosy, light of foot and un-
rufried for the first figure in the cotiilion
at IL O'Clock. Get n drop beside her
among the diyan pillows where she IL
lounging- and she VIII tell you how IL is
done, though she only wears IA No. slip
per. In her opinion. the snUw-shoes are
only little less admirable than her wheel
The exercise they give her Is even more ex-
hilarating ana beneficial and She was per-
suaded into trying them because all her
women friends had been suddenly n reused
TO the Importance Of this Indian sport.
CORRECT OUTFIT.
II only costs about ten or twelve dol
lars to fit yourself oui." she explains, for
ones bicycle dress Is the very thing to
wear. a cap. a pair OF noccasins and
the big shoes are about the list of extras
necessary, and all Of those you can get at
any shop where they keep sporting out
fits.
The cap can lee anything you like, n
regular Canadian tcque. made like n
risherman's, with a hanging tassci, or il
Is very nice to tie ones bead up in a
great silk murflcr, making a ciiignun OF il
as the Southern negro women wear their
head laBtll.erchicfs. For yCu sec the
prime object is 10 cover your hair close
and neatly, in defiance Of the wind and
cold. l wear a sweater with a coat, my
short bicycle coat. doEsEn gloves, the
stoutest longest golf stockings over my
ordinary hose. flannel knickerbockers
and lastly the moccnsins. large. unoIna-
mentcd and made OF soft, thick deer skin.
a good pair of mpccas.ns cost about q
dollar and han; they must be OF grn-