Arizona republican., 1913-07-16
HEALTH ON A MOTORCYCLE

up in stuffy houses breathing tainted air over and over again. The bicycle did vast amount of good in the height of its popularity by taking it's devotees off into the country. Yet bicycling was too strenuous, especially in hot weather and in hilly country. But steep hills need no longer have terrors for the tourist; misleading of breaking his back pedaling, or Wearily pushing his mount to the summit, he simply opens the throttle trifle, and purrs smoothly up that hill, as easily as the bicyclfst coasts down the opposite side. Riding a motorcycle is in itself a mild form of exercise. just as horseback riding is so considered. As a flesh reducer it com pares favorably with the latter, for the gentle motion imparted through the springs is just as efficaciOus as the bouncing produced by the trot of d nag and far less uncomfOrtable-Lesl
 been replete with thrilling adventures. But she declares that adventures on land pale into insignificance when compared with catching whales
 Miss Leslie made her first voyage on a whaler last summer She was aboard ten days and caught seven whales Despite it's many draw backs and hardships she declares it gave her the most thrilling moments Of her life as a sports woman
 My brother and I were at Ham merfest on cruise to the North Cape last summer. said Miss Leslie to the writer. We saw several whalers in the harbdr, and, hearing some details of the yearly voyages. my brother thought it would be great sport to make short trip on one Of them He insisted that I ac- company him. and almost before was aware of it I found hyself on a little 100-tOn ship hardly bigger than Ia trawler, on the way to whaling grounds off Spitzbergen. It is not unusual for the whalers to take male passengers, but I was told that was the first girl to make a voyage on any of the whaling fleet
 "Of course, whales are no longer pitted against frail boats; Iumbering craft and human harpooners The old style of whale hunting has long since been abandoned. Whale hunting is d new science, and swift steamers, deadly projectiles and powerful ex- plosives have been brought into use But the actual whale hunt, though devoid of the perils of the former method, is not without it's element of danger. When the harpoon from the gun does not work effectively small boats often have to be lowered and the whale approached so that har- poons can be thrown by hand. made one trip in a small boat and threw a harpoOn in the most ap- proved old-fashioned style. don't suppose my harpoon had any effect, but il was an exciting two .Dr three minutes when we were almost on top of the monster in our cockleshen
 Sometimes a wounded whaie will turn and attack the ship, and it takes a cool head and quick judgment to avoid being destroyed. While we were off Spitzbergen a Norwegian whaler belonging to another fleet was de- stroyed by an infuriated whale It is not uncommon for a whale, when the harpoon fails to strike a vital ocean for hours. We were dragged for eight hours one day and the cap tain of our ship told us he was once dragged for twenty three hours before the whale was tired out. Sometimes the whale charges at the ship and tries to pull her under water, ana it takes the most skillful maneuvering to escape certain death.
 We had one thrilling experience on our last day out We harpOoned two whales with two shots, and as they bolted different ways they nearly tore the ship apart. We had to cut one of the lines and allow one of the prey to escape It took. us three hours to kill the other whale
 After the whale is killed a hollow lance is passed deep into the lower part of the body, and through flexible tube attached to the shaft air is rapidly pumped into the car cass, thereby enabling it to float easily and also preventing, to a cer- tain extent, decomposition. When it is sufficiently inflated the lance il withdrawn and the aperture plugged It is then attached to a buoy so as to permit the whale to go after other quarry. As these are killed the pro- cess is repeated until the ship makes her way back to port, picking up the yearly kill as she returns
 ''The chase is always exhiliarating and usually thrilling. It requires plucky women, but for them it is ir- resistible. New York World.