Outing . t ahead and disappeared in the dis-tance. These races are not heard of so oftennow, partly because they have become anold story and partly because the discour-aged engmeers try no more with widenedthrottles and raging fires to hold theirplaces in the van of all earthly things ofspeed. I fancy, however, that the engi-neer would like to take part in a race be-tween a crack ice yacht and a fleet loco-motive unencumbered by cars. Owing tothe uncertainties of the weather this maynever be done, but for my part I shouldlike very much to see it. I would not feeljustified in placing a very gre
Outing . t ahead and disappeared in the dis-tance. These races are not heard of so oftennow, partly because they have become anold story and partly because the discour-aged engmeers try no more with widenedthrottles and raging fires to hold theirplaces in the van of all earthly things ofspeed. I fancy, however, that the engi-neer would like to take part in a race be-tween a crack ice yacht and a fleet loco-motive unencumbered by cars. Owing tothe uncertainties of the weather this maynever be done, but for my part I shouldlike very much to see it. I would not feeljustified in placing a very great amountof confidence in either contestant, for atbest the issue would be uncertain. Thehonors now rest with the ice yacht, andare likely to remain so for all time tocome, unless some new invention in rail-roading shall drive trains at the rate ofa hundred miles or more an hour. It isunlikely that ice yachts will attain thatvelocity, although the constant trend ofbuilder and sailor is toward PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR WOMEN. BY W. G. ANDERSON, M. D.
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