Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13

ment. Practice is the only prescrip-
ton for success.
When he has become sufficiently ex-
pert the whole country and part of the
air are his. He will forget his early
embarrassments, for he can now COM
mand the most remote spots where ma
ture amaZes. The jumper may take
his fier where gaping crowds congre-
gate to witness his feat. There is
warning shout from an official, giving
the signal at the take-off, and stimuli
taneously a blue clad figure flashes
athwart the view. With arms out
spread and swinging windmill fashion
the jumper launches out into space and
bears himself along. landing a long
way down the steep incline, the ski
striking the snow with thud. At the
bottom. of the hill the jumper. still
travelling at immense speed, will either
come to a dead stop with a swing or
glide on for a distance and end with
turn that is not easily acquired. Many
ski jumpers can clear eighty feet.
while fifty feet is quite meritorious
performance.
The method of ascending a snow
slope on skis is thus described: In 60
ing upward the hill should be taken at
such an angle as to insure the maxi
mum amount of possible progress with
a minimum chance of slipping back.
Long sliding strides and a press of the
foot should be sufficient to make the
ski adhere to the snow. but if at times
there is a tendency to slide backward
the front of the ski should be raised
i nd oh Wit SIa l.
In going downhill the ski runner
should be as Hssom as possible, par
ticularly from the knees. and should
lean forward or backward as the pace
increases or declines. The skis should
be kept close together.
FIGURE SKATING
In many resorts of Switzerland the
| hotels have their own private skating
Kinks, flooded at night to furnish a
crystal floor in the morning, and over
these many seek their skating thrills.
but the large public Kinks furnish the
| arena for the spectacular exhibitions
not only of speed, but of the poetry of
motion in figure skating and ice waltz
| ing.
| The sports are perfectly organized,
and elaborate programs are arranged
both for experts and novices. There
are clubs that look after the interests
of all the sports and provide instruc-
/ tors for beginners. Prizes and trophies
are put up for competition, and healthy
rivalry is encouraged, and all respond
faithfully to the lure of the tryst.
| Figure skating is an enticing form
of the sport, the fundamental princi-
pie of the international style, which is
universally approved, being the. per-
| feet ordering Of the various members
| of the body in manner best calculat-
ed to develop a carriage that is easy,
airy and graceful, while at the same
time upright and erect. The move
ments are swinging and supple, yet
designed and controlled. stiff, an
gular or affected movement or cramp-
ed, spasmodic or exaggerated actions
| are Objectionable Free, skating is 8
variety in which the elements of fig
ure skating are combined with such
dance steps, pirouettes and other move
ments as can be executed by the skat-
ers and which may be adapted to mu-
steal accompaniment
All the forms of skating are well
adapted to women. free skating and
pair skating being much cultivated by
them As result waltz skating has
become one of the destinations of the
ice
4 Curling. Scotia's ancient and royal
game. has become naturalized in
Switzerland, where it can be played
daily all winter.
The Kinks are set in such gorgeous
glittering surroundings and amid such
cloudless sunshine that they appeal
forcibly to Scotia's brigades, which
have journeyed thither to the great
curling Kinks where the international
bonspiels have been held.