New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-22

and 50 keep their mouths too far above The sur
face Nobody will ever swim well or with any ease
his neck like a strangled giraffe. This strained
attitude upsets the balance. You VIII see eNer ;
mouth under water till the arms separate mis-
body will thus he straight very high IN the water
and he will he balanced properly.
To learn to breathe properly means TO learn 70
swim quickly and well II IS very simple: al mar
the tyro need remember Is to breathe outward as
his hands go forward. and TO breathe inward
! directly his hands separate. which is the momenl
when teaching tell boys TO blow their hands
from them" a sort Of mem9ria technic2 OF me
moment 10 breathe outward. ! am sorry Tor lads
whom I learning 10 swim when they become
apparently much distressed about me proper noord
sol, IS distressed really by the amount OF PAIN
water they are swall9wing OF when the instructor
vsr~t hat the hands in breast stroke swimming
should work in the same horizontal plane as the
body and not downward working them downward
is a waste OF strength; they are then only lifting
the water We used 10 notice this tault very mucn
among swimmers from Eton when was at
Cambridge 1t IS important that boys should be
taught the breast stroke properly All boys thlhH
they can swim quicker their sides because
when on their sides they the water pass by
their faces and fancy that they are going as IasI
proper Side stroke now adopted by all amateurs
and professionals for racing is very different from
what boys call side stroke" and ought to be
carefully learned after good breast stroke has
been mastered. Nothing hut a good breast stroke
can save you I'm trouble. nor can YOU save drown
| ing man by any fancy swimming am almost
afraid TO point to tho ume-honored frog as an
exampl. Of the best breast-stroke swimmer In
T.. gland. bur. nevertheless writer's Of certain
class say when their descriptive vocabulary is
running short. and they have already used me tx
preston face princops than once. he Is the
best exponent Of the art Of the present day as 10
What the frog to ne 9rsasl-s' I 1 sw, rGTo
beaten since his first championship win IN ~,
when he was in his tS ,cr ana m
/ record Efforts were made to send him 10 the
recent olympic contests ~ Athens but IN
| fortunately. owing TO the late arrival or an m
formaon the proe foll hr2nsh Ha aG- ne n,f gope
got by a wonderfHl screv-likc motion OF his legs
below the knees. Most swimmers before him have
p pis hod literally never seems TO stop AZ
all between the strokes as is the case with the
Now for the second part Of my text. Can there
be a more hideous danger than that Of swimming mp
| 10 rescue drowning and struggling man who,
fighting for his life and in the agony OF sufocati9n
viii seize you and clutch YOU and take YOU with him
20 the bottom? Drowning mon are said to c. Hi
more substantial summer after sumner we read
and drowned and two lives lost. ore or mem Ger
tanly being that Of brave man ~. II Is mere
with bur Very lille danger to the re-cuer.
probably seize you by the wrists II you turn your
wrist round against his humns ne r. nn2t h2lI you
YOU will probably swing him round. 50 that YOU can
hen catch hG DO. Of NON lo, ropfrY ana 'fS MIN To
| Nv readers should be q fttlr careful how they
practise this because II they try 10 hold ON when
10 wrists are turned against their thumbs the re-
suit may probably be dislocauon. 49,. .o..,,os
II Is not safe. however TO assume ina 'ir rcsc!rn
man will remain quiet. nor VIII he. II any water
srlashcs or his face. the best way 10 hod MN Is
~ pIacc your arms under his and your hands ON his
| chest he cannot then turn round ON you. ana ms
head is higher out of water than when SIMPLY held
by the head ,,. T., a.. 49,.
most likely part to he Crashed. YOU must do what
RUGBY football players would call 'scrag him one
an behind his back hand under his chin. the
arm behind pulls him toward YOU the hand under
the chin pushes his mead backward anc uhaer
water He will let 20 NJ necessity II he seizes
Won lower down YOU mus put your knee up rs high
as n will 20. and YOU can easily free Yourself .
~ the drowning man has sunk you VIII generally
coo h1 the bubbles in still water whereabouts he
is Dive down and be il noted that the common
I idea that YOU cannot open your eyes under water
INT must 20 down with them open Is utter non
errse Get the body one knee and Kick
from the other leg will bring YOU and him 10 the
eurfacc 4 man Will not clutch or struggle If he
RS once sunk but that Is reason for letting him
ink \ man who has sunk is very nearly dead.
Rn il noted also that it is utter nonsense TO say
ma, a man rises three times and II is Difficult; 10
nov how slDh very common belief be so
vyjdcsprcad If you determine to walt till Nour
sunkcn man rises again YOU Will have 10 wait TIL
the resurrection dhy.
II NAV happen to many Of us to be swimming
win a friend who gets cramps, or 10 soldiers 10
have TO get Il wounded cOmrade across stream.
o;brr man who will keep quiet and has his wits
about him. II ne will turn on his back ana place
his hands on your shoulders YOU can swim any
distance with him without being In the least in
! commodcd am no one VIII believe how easy
this is till they have tried H.