. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . The Finish Line on th- North Shrewsbury at %ej Sank THE SUb R B A M T K. Reads M the Start er is the accepted sailing craft heavyand bulky. Rather, it is built on slimlines, fine and slender and trig, and al-together beautiful. So the ice boat hasmolded her fashion from the newerstyle, and the up-to-date ice yacht is asdelicately built, as slenderly fashioned,and as surely constructed for speed,as her sister of the waterways. Thefirst lumbering boats that sailed overthe ice fields o
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . The Finish Line on th- North Shrewsbury at %ej Sank THE SUb R B A M T K. Reads M the Start er is the accepted sailing craft heavyand bulky. Rather, it is built on slimlines, fine and slender and trig, and al-together beautiful. So the ice boat hasmolded her fashion from the newerstyle, and the up-to-date ice yacht is asdelicately built, as slenderly fashioned,and as surely constructed for speed,as her sister of the waterways. Thefirst lumbering boats that sailed overthe ice fields of the North Shrewsburyfifty years ago were considered ade-quately successful if they merely keptupright and moved some. But today,the ice boats must of all things be swift—and so they are built to sail before the wind with the least possible wonder, then, that they have at-tained a speed of about a mile in twominutes. There are thrills of all sorts to be en-countered in the enjoyment of out ofdoor sports in winter, but the thrill thatis derived from riding behind the tautcanvas of an ice boat, flying before astiff winter wind on a long stretch ofsmooth ice riv
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