Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-01
Fancy Skating Dying held at
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Canadians still practice the more difficult
feats W. G. Finlayson Of Montreal was
first. Fred Robson Of Toronto second, and
w. III. Jackson Of Montreal third in the
o2o-yard hurdles at Saranac lake last
year. The time was twenty-five seconds,
faster than that made by runners. The
half-mile backwards went to A. Mason
OF Montreal in minutes, Al seconds.
fancy stunt attempted mostly by PROBES
SIGNALS is jumping over barrels. Morris
Wood of New York claims the record
for this by having cleared ten barrels
at one mighty jump.
The open worlds championships for
1910 were held at Helsingfors, Finland.
and the winners were Russians and Nor
wegians. The point trophy was carried
off by Strunnikow, Russian. The Euro
pean championships were held at Davos,
Switzerland. Being on their own ice did
not help the Swiss to any appreciable
extent The best they got out of the
entire meeting was r. Weibel's third in
the OOO-meter All the other distance
prizes were taken by Norwegians. NJ
Sachow. Swede. won the figure skating
honors, and a German was second. A
Hungarian was third. Curiously enough,
the Hollanders, among the earliest users
of skates, If not their inventors. are
not strong in competition. They did not
get a place in the worlds or European
championships last year. Their most
notable feat in the records was the es-
tablishing Of a worlds record for 5000
meters by J. j. Eden. He did this dis
lance g miles 1896 YARDS at Hamar,
onds. The Norwegians hold all the other
records from 500 to 10000 meters.
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It is interesting to compare the speed OF
skaters with runners. At some distances
they are
Speed Of Skaters taste
Compared With Runners. f aver on
the cinder path, but in others they are
slower Skaters do not get as good a
start as runners, but when once under
way they move faster. The American
running record for fifty yards is 2-5 Sec
onds; for skating, & seconds. For 100
yards the American record on the GIN
ders is 8 3-5 seconds; on the ice, 8 40
seconds After that the skaters are I'M
der full sail and forge ahead. The Amer
lean running marks for quarter OF a
mile is 81 LIS seconds on straightaway
track, but Leroy A. See, the skater, has
covered the distance in 10 40 seconds.
The record for mile is minutes p 20
seconds on tho path. and minutes SO
seconds on the ice. At five miles the
skater is nearly twice as fast as his
rival.
skating is said to have become popu-
Jar in Holland as convenience In travel
ing over the frozen canals In winter, and
is still put to practical use there. The
sport first attracted general attention in
England about the time Samuel Pepys
noted it in his diary, December /, 1862.
He saw a crowd of skaters on lake In
ondon. Another Of the spectators on
that occasion was King Charles H.
been made of bone. Then came
those of steel with curving points and
wooden soles. The modern article, with
steel runners and steel sole, is late de-
yelopnlent, and the old wooden soles are
still seen occasionally.
Another modern development Of the
skating principle is that OF using rollers
on in o r
Mania for Rollers floors. TIL
at Regular Intervals. snort s. seems
to occur in regular periods and affects
persons Of all ages and conditions. The
craze now on, and which is thought to be
declining, got into full swing about Ave
years ago. 1t spread from this country
to t,ngIand and the colonies. Skating
rinHs were erected everywhere on the
SMALLEST provocation. They are not ex-
penstye to operate. and many small for
fune4 have been made by those enterpris'
ing enough to grasp the psy yhoI
hardJr nv the skating mania than the
Nationai Capital. With it's many miles
Of asbhalt streets. roller skating became
largely an outdoor as well as an indoor
adjustment. At times the erewd hso o. s KAT
SO large that they have necessitated po-
lice Interference in order to protect Pc
destrihns.
The worlds mile record for roller skat-
Ing was lowered last year to minutes