The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . slopeis made from the ground to the top. If any difficulty is experienced in keeping the spring-board in place, it may be overcome by driving stakesinto the ground around the sides of the lower platform. After setting up your gymnasium apparatus, oil thebars of the horizontal bar and parallel bars with boiledlinseed-oil, and paint all the rest of the wood to keep itin good condition. Hurdles should be lightly constructed, so as to beeasily knocked over should a hurdler trip upon are made similar to carpenter
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . slopeis made from the ground to the top. If any difficulty is experienced in keeping the spring-board in place, it may be overcome by driving stakesinto the ground around the sides of the lower platform. After setting up your gymnasium apparatus, oil thebars of the horizontal bar and parallel bars with boiledlinseed-oil, and paint all the rest of the wood to keep itin good condition. Hurdles should be lightly constructed, so as to beeasily knocked over should a hurdler trip upon are made similar to carpenter horses, directionsfor the making of which are given in Chapter I. Theirheight will depend upon the skill of the hurdler. If the field is large enough, A Running Track can be made around it, by levelling 254 OUTDOOR PASTIMES off the ground, removing all stones and irregularities inits path, and banking up the corners to enable the run-ner to turn the curves readily. For Short Sprints the most common method of start-ing is upon all fours, as illustrated in Fig. 265. Make a. Fig. 265. depression in the ground for the toe of the rear footto press against in starting off. For Broad Jumping, a block of wood two feet longshould be sunk into the ground, as a mark from whichto leap. It is a good plan to organize An Athletic Club among the boys of the neighborhoodwith which to raise money necessary to buy the materialfor apparatus, and Athletic Meets may be held among the members andwith other clubs.
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