The morning times., 1896-06-07

several feet under water, and inclined ut
CouSide rable angle. The problem is to
dive 81 as 10 pass through me nGop with
out touching it, Every swimmer knows how
powerfully the re sistance oil the water de-
fleets the body from the direction in which
ii strikes. Hoop diving pre- badly takes rs
much practice as any trick the average
swimmers likely 10 attempt.
a hurdle race can easily be arranged IN
any water. II may be simply a swimming
race. IL Guiding diving under hurdles sunk
three 81 four feet in the water, CT If fun
is the main CbleCt-it may become an CD
Stacle race with hoops to dive through.
hurdles To dive undo +, ladders suspended over
the water to climb, and all manner of
stunts" to prolnote good humur IN the
spectators.
A game requiring great Draw ard en-
durance is the tank variation OF the tug.
of-war. Few tanks are large enough to
accommodate more than three men on
side In out door waters, even, four would
be as large a team as could conveniently
he handled. Tie rope IS attached to belt
around the waist of each man. ut such dis
tanCes as shall give each plenty OF room
10 kick without striking the man behind.
The anchor or heaviest man, IN eac'<
team is at the end Of the rope, and the
rules are precisely like those OF tug-Gf- wHr
upon terra firna.
saving i'll actual practice is an obstacle
race. where all the swimmers enter the
water fully clothed and must swim GER
tain distance. arriving at the goal stripped
OF all but their bathing trunks. This race
has never been tried in actual contest at
the \. Y. A. c.. though devised bs Capt.
Weeks and Mr.. Sundstrom. The rules
contemplate that each man shall wear on
entering the water an underShrt, StarChed
hitc shirt. buttoning behind; detachable
starched collar, bGttoned fore and aft, and
| q fourth hand necktie, tied ''by hand"
| a vesG with not less than five buttons, and
| a coat with notices. tina n four all buttuncd;
| stockings, drawers, trousers and bra ces, all
| buttoned. and high shoes laced all the way
| I'D and tied in n double bow knot. To get
rad of all this cncumbrancc before beginning
| the race takes some time. yet the ability
! to do this in case OF accident might easily
| save a swimmers life. When man falls
| INTO the water he is generally fully clothed.
Sometimes Mr.. Sundstrom sets his boys
| "reScuing' each other. If the drowning
| man, OF the one who pretends he is, is
| quiet and reasonable enough TO do what
| he is told TO do, he rests his hand lightly
on the TeScucr's shoulder While the latter
| swima forward to the tank edge or the
| float The sham drowning man, howeve
| usually prefers to make a great fuss, in
| which case there is no way but TO over
| power him first and then turn him over on
| his back so that his nose will stay out of
water The rescuer then turns ON his own
| back, with his left hand under the chin holds
the victims head firmly OH his own chest
and swims ashore thus with the use of both
| feet and one hand.
In case of real drowning, the person
| in the water can be made reasonable"
| either by being stunned by blow with
the fist or by being ducked until he Is
half drowned and insensible. Neither Of
these methods is favored by the sham
drownees, though the second is some
| times pTactised.
The methods Of resus citating half
| drowned persons taught in all the athletic
| clubs in New York, and in the first aid
TO the injured courses everywhere, are
| pretty much the same. The victim is
| first turned on his face and drained of what
water will run out of his nose and mouth.
Then he is turned Oh his back, his mouth
pried open, and, by hasty sweep of the
| finger, cleared of the froth and slime ii
the throat. The chest is then pressed to
| expel the air, then the arms are pulled high