. The encyclopaedia of sport. the initiated—is a trial of skill,as the general tendency of the ski is to slidebackwards. The clever performer stamps thesnow with his shoes so as to get a betterbite. The twelve English miles are generally ac-complished in about an hour and three-quarters,but, though that is amazing, it is nothing to thesecond days competition, which is for jumping,an act which strikes terror into the heart of anonlooker. A very steep hill side is chosen forthe purpose, half way up which a small platformbuilt out in the snow enables the competitor to XbO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPOR
. The encyclopaedia of sport. the initiated—is a trial of skill,as the general tendency of the ski is to slidebackwards. The clever performer stamps thesnow with his shoes so as to get a betterbite. The twelve English miles are generally ac-complished in about an hour and three-quarters,but, though that is amazing, it is nothing to thesecond days competition, which is for jumping,an act which strikes terror into the heart of anonlooker. A very steep hill side is chosen forthe purpose, half way up which a small platformbuilt out in the snow enables the competitor to XbO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORT [ski spring from its edge, eighty or ninety feet on tothe sloping hill below. The winter saw a hundred and five competi-tors at Holmentollcn ; at the given word a manrushed from the plateau on the hill top. Down whirling like windmills in the air to keep hisbalance, he jumped. Out of those competitors over sixty managed toregain their footing and complete their descent ofthe hill. The longest jump was nearly ninety feet!. A Ninety Foot Jump. the hill he tore, the pace in consequence ofthe steepness being tremendous. On he cametill he reached the little platform built outfrom the mountain side; then, making a hugeeffort, his legs doubled up and his arms A man once sprang 120 feet, but he fell afterlanding in the snow ; therefore 103J feet is therecord for a clean jump on ski. Ethfi. B. Tweedie(J//S. Alec Tweedie). sledgingJ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORT ,81 SKITTLES—This is probably one of the•oldest games on record, and used to be farcommoner a couple of decades ago than it Even now many village inns have a placeset apart for skittles. I have seen it played in three different consists of but four large pins, arranged on
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