. The encyclopaedia of sport. Plate II. Ultra-British or .clo-S\viss Style ofFigure-Skating, reader will note how the style of this very fineskater differs from that shown in Plate I. With regard to the non-British style of figure-. Plate III. Ultra-British, or Anglo-Swiss Style ofFigure-Skating. skating, no very definite rules of form have yetbeen laid down by its exponents, who, indeed,are not entirely agreed amongst themselves asto what is the correct way of skating the verydifficult and complicated figures performed bythem. There is, however, a unanimity of opinionwith regard to the employ
. The encyclopaedia of sport. Plate II. Ultra-British or .clo-S\viss Style ofFigure-Skating, reader will note how the style of this very fineskater differs from that shown in Plate I. With regard to the non-British style of figure-. Plate III. Ultra-British, or Anglo-Swiss Style ofFigure-Skating. skating, no very definite rules of form have yetbeen laid down by its exponents, who, indeed,are not entirely agreed amongst themselves asto what is the correct way of skating the verydifficult and complicated figures performed bythem. There is, however, a unanimity of opinionwith regard to the employed leg, the bending ofthe knee of which is not only permitted, butenjoined. The leg, too, which British skatersterm unemployed is as much employed as itsfellow, being constantly swung forwards or back-wards : indeed, it appears to contribute morethan anything else to the skaters balance. Some-what extensive excursions of the arms, also, arenot discouraged {see Plate IV.) The smallcircles and narrow curves which predominate inthe figures peculiar to this style of skating arebest performed in the way just described, whilethe British figure skaters rules of form are bestadapted to the large curves and bold turnswhich constitute
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