Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30
ORR DAINTY ATHLET IC SUMMER GIRL
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The legs should be carried well up uhier
tho body and outward as much as posi-
bic at every stroke. The toes should be
pojnted upwards towards the shins before
each kick. The object of turning the
toes uD is TO get all tce advantage pos
sible from them, as it is in the stroke
that the power is applied with the nat OF
the solcs The feet ought 70 be turned
out tiH the toes are in line with the el-
bows lust before the kick. After a v.gor-
Gus kick. turn the toes downward ah9
close tie legs with a snap, again biingini
the soles in use. As the heels meet th'
strain which was put upon the feet |.
turn the toes down is taken off and must
be nut on again after the mex. KICK Is
made
When the hands and feet can each 90
their separate parts they shou.o De iha'e
10 work together in this fashion: AS inc
hands and arms supply the power, the
logs are being brought up for the KICK
All al the word zone" The kick is made
as the hands meet the chest and the
sveep, with the soles continues the rhythm
as the hands are brought 10 the front
in the recovery. BY these movements,
power is always being applied, elther py
hands o. feet. While the arms are work
ing. the legs are recovering, ana wee
versa. \ half second ought TO eiapse
before the hands are parted. TINS VIII
give confidence to the pupil ana Will keep
her from swimming too fast when she
makes her first attempt IN the water
So much for learning TO swim on cry
land.
IRON swimming to rowing IS natural
SION. and so IL is tina; tho summer siis
promises to become fairly proficient In
sculling. Now sculling is no Joke. IL
is not Ike sitting down with pair OF
oars which fit snugly into roWlockS ana
Will not go overheard II you drop thehi'
1t is performed by one person VINO s'ts
In the centre of the boat ana uses par
OF short oars, technically cG.lcd scuiIs'
holding one in each hand. In holding
the SOULS it Is mere matter OF fancy
whether the right hand or the left hand
Is uppermost. the SOULS overlapping
more or less. The great points to be
borne in mind are to Sit upright, to reach
out wen over the toes dropping the BODY
between the knees. which SHOULD open
out as the arm stretches forward. 10 get
firm hold OF the water at the moment OF
contact, and TO lift the boat over the
water with the first part OF the stroke.
The SOULS. when not IN use, should in
yariably be fiat on the water to preserve
the equilibrium OF the boat
The great art in sculling Is to pun equal
" and evenly with both hands. In order
TO balance the boat and TO maintain a
straight course, for there being no cox
swain. the sculler has 10 do her own
steering. This she accompilshes partly
by keeping the stern of her boat pointed
straight ct some fixed object astern anu
partly by turning her head, not her shoui-
ders and body, round to the right or 'eit'
to enable her to cast her right or iei'
eye as the case may be, as TAR along inc
water front as possible.
All these things must the summer CIR
Of 1887 ponder over. II she faithfully
carries out the promise Dame Fashion
will require her TO make, she VIII nave
far less time TO spend in Filtration Glen
or Engagement Grove.