The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11
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around ~n. doe. not go g. school IA the
afternoon, hut trains her horses instead.
She = her own gT,'n'n and spends every
possible moment with her mounts. This
schoolgirl has wonderful strength. not
merely flashes II strength but gTea {
muscles. While weighing only Ioi pounds
81" can pick up a hundred pou nd keg
~ nails with her finger ends
And speaking Il riding Theodore
Roosevelt achieved some fame hy setting
the army officers Iac~ and riding 100
miles IN day And the President got
+ no little pleasure out - referring To- u
Then on" fine morning Mrs. Herbert
Nadswor'h -Iarted ont for a pleasant
little r't" She changed horses several
times 80 much did she enjoy riding and
when she drew rein that evening. sixteen
hpur- later. she had made Just i59 miles
hen there VAS an Omluou- silence on the
TART " the cavalry officers who had com
tia med al ninety miles and the President
teGiu talking about shooting ing game
-if All the contest places IN which
woman meets man the taIrest - the water
Every day practice do'-- not ~ one better
than the other And here u II that woma n
40 pr'Siominately cNC'l- Man tor man.
woman tor woman. woman = Nv far the
hotter swimmer Their" are more good
swimmers propprtlOuatrlv among women
three women m tho water stand ont A.
almost unbelievable Unbelievable until
one begins To- look INTO the n1utAprv #
the phri-" the weaker -aN
Last September forty contestants set
out ~ swim He'll Gate New York Nearly
all N" contestants wer" members ~ the
Life Saving Corps and Weatherheatan
\ slender. nymphlike glrl ~ II kept IN
the background ~ far ~ po~~ bile Whilc
IN" "a WINNERS w"r" lining up. Nh" seemed
80 % ~ ~ pace among IN" thick -hovld"r"d
deep Che-ted life savers that ~" crowd
gap''d AT her m astonI-hm"ni
It's a sham" 10 lef = girl F>" that 60
into old He'll Gate" sad "A -Enr"man n
will Just play with her
The race began and the slender girl
set ont with long oy"r~t roke- that sent
up ripple of applause seven miles she
fought her way. with ~" launches IN the
rear picking up IN" ~pent swimmers
The mill race ~ Wari Island caught her
and buff-t"d her A. { she were an sgg-h"ll
Hundreds Of yeupl" wrr" awaiting her on
shore ThrI-'Iug l-ld" pru1"T,'t hands
-hs ran asiiuf. aud shoot; oY, her hair =
h.roln. Thus Misc Ni"la,d" Trap a
teacher N ~" BruoAivn public -Ch,Ol-.
bscam" m" first woman 20 swim He'll
Gate
often gtr.s e a very tender age de-
v"lop -uryrr-iuE natatorIal endurance
A. BOSTON ~ ~" ~IbIIh ~ Dorchester
ly,-- Ru-.. PI'uuuT Nh"u only n years
old Ru-'. pl'puuT SWAIN ou" and three-
quarter miles In Just furty-four minutes
For mere child -" has wonderful en-
iuranc- and scarcely a week passes
during tho swimming season that she
,lO..- not make an endurance swim
Woman ha- always hesn minCIng NJ
step ~ accepted thinking tells ~. hut
with an that she has established records
that make the greatest male pedestrians
nervous Mrs Frank Savil" VII" n the
British sports rnan. - typical Her father
vas A celebrated alpine climber and
taught her the art ~ walking Sh" - the
only woman Who has ever walked across
Montenegro And 49," CarTIsi = pararDl
Her Longest tay.- walk ou 'hI~ Trip was
from Nors.h4 Monastery 10 Lhuh. Dis.
. p. % - 'hfr'y -'hre" va - over suoS AMI
-..Igl ground IN" r0.!" = which would
'tuuf an av"fts :" man
iy-u .r mot ring woman hA- shown
-r..r c..-aga and strength MN" "a
r. .. q. Cast e Psrt- - = great alto
.....r rrrr.'otrng with The t"st drivers
.. l-tr," iui U'rrIrg 81" carries
. .... bang A. al faD"-- Do. hui ~" u~N-
f. ... ..r|N when y - ats rlIt"iv no. e~@arv
-. .-rs.- q Is b $50 r'v"r car and
. f',.. makes -o~or'v-"y'. miles IN hour
. 90 -- n4r'ry ,u'Ir-"- 10 t"ld IN"
..... " zee. pr Az mobiles t"1ring
along '.-'.r r.lu ~ press tram de-
u no .r",' -'r"1gth In rae" from
Paris o.. r"r|lr Vr'h ,,''.'. los -" fntsh"t
my. .'".a'. tuG with 'iI' ~" - PIP" IN
3D." y,av p. a-..s' q friend whn~s rnachln"
htd flr-.' .'tyIuE with HIM Intll help
arr1E..l
Faw wears ago. rl'h"r -'"u,l"r oman
CAV" .u '"tchIuE LATIN ~ Pur'iu" NJ
y.r-ity o. Indiana and began climbing
rusUrfrIu- She now nl- 'W"utv noun
toms % her rr,.iIf Misc Annie P''nk.
alt. ugh rclriv ~ wears 4 age. -caleS
I.t,- wI"r" trIur n foot I- Unknown
g.. M.r...-', Mass Nys- woman
v.N. .- r..'sI fer ts~ gent" manners and
u,.- ul.II.frIu climbing ~h"l- - daughter
~ frru',.- q r'r-r.I K'IIiH"N 4 that ~ ~"
IN .lulv IpI7. IN" -..i IA" woman record
fpr mountain climbing hv An aS'"nt On
Tho Nun Nun -tug. ru ~" Himalivaz
.tt.- '...tf u.k 'rr ,s.. " s..'K- NJ tho TIM"
70 r.. We vu,!"~ 'H' gr" t'.'-i strain. both
fr UIu 'I., h"lgh' AMI from 'n" "ph IN"
|4if. rIb -. ~ uu h"r feet Keep them
70 .ru long r. -tbl't'u aud - sirik" them
-f4rily with h"r I," ~" - ind whether
~ o.. 'l"v rotllv Yer" bitten hy ~" cold
So struggled pu rIntIl -h" had r't"h"i an
, La. atm. Z feet