St Nicholas [serial] . DOWN INTO THE VALLEY. Photographs by Paul Thompson 420 WINTER SPORTS IN THE ALPS [Mar.,. BOBBING OVER A TOBOGGAN KL )N THE OBERALP. parties toward the end of the season, when the iceruns may begin to melt. The frosty nights, fol-lowing days when the growing power of the sunhas moistened the surface snows on the lower-pass mountains, leave a crust upon the deepdrifts which is strong enough to bear the weightof three or four persons seated on this long-wooden machine with its curved front. The bob is built of iron with tempered steelrunners, of various lengths to
St Nicholas [serial] . DOWN INTO THE VALLEY. Photographs by Paul Thompson 420 WINTER SPORTS IN THE ALPS [Mar.,. BOBBING OVER A TOBOGGAN KL )N THE OBERALP. parties toward the end of the season, when the iceruns may begin to melt. The frosty nights, fol-lowing days when the growing power of the sunhas moistened the surface snows on the lower-pass mountains, leave a crust upon the deepdrifts which is strong enough to bear the weightof three or four persons seated on this long-wooden machine with its curved front. The bob is built of iron with tempered steelrunners, of various lengths to take four, five, or thus is able to move the front of the two runnerson which the frame is mounted. Bob races are the popular afternoon occupa-tion of the majority of those who are youngenough to take the risks, while the older ones turnout to watch. Each crew has a name and wearsits emblem embroidered on its sweaters—men andwomen alike —and the intense rivalry betweenthe crews has made the practice of running a bobvery scientific. Every bob is furnished with apair of handles manipulated by the last r
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