Rules of brist and instructions for throwing the brist boomerang, 1903 . Fig. 3. it travels around the circle, gradually turn itselfinto a horizontal position, thus keeping it fromfalling to the ground, but the thrower must nottry to make it turn over,— just throw straight (13) ahead (Figure 3), diagonally across and againstthe wind. If, when returning, the Boomerang-should pass to your left, you should throw moreto your right or more nearly against the wind;and if it passes in front of you and to your right,throw to the left or more nearly against thewind. Remember that the Boomerang when ac-
Rules of brist and instructions for throwing the brist boomerang, 1903 . Fig. 3. it travels around the circle, gradually turn itselfinto a horizontal position, thus keeping it fromfalling to the ground, but the thrower must nottry to make it turn over,— just throw straight (13) ahead (Figure 3), diagonally across and againstthe wind. If, when returning, the Boomerang-should pass to your left, you should throw moreto your right or more nearly against the wind;and if it passes in front of you and to your right,throw to the left or more nearly against thewind. Remember that the Boomerang when ac-curately thrown should encompass the circlewithout rising higher than your head. TheBoomerang should be started off in an uprightposition, whirling end over end, and fast enoughto cause stripes to blend together and appearlike a series of rings revolving in the air, asshown in Figure Fig. 4. (14) IV. To throw the TTp-Shoot, throw the Boomerangthe same as for the horizontal circle., except yonmnst tnrn it over in the flat position with thecarved side down and throw it directly againstthe wind. It will cnrve upward, and, passingsback over your head to some distance in the rear?,when it then falls toward you, as shown in Fig-ure 5 — dotted lines indicating path it few trials will tell you how hard to throw. V. To throw the Straight Return, hold the Boom-erang with carved side down, as shown in Figure6, back of the hand being held slightly forwardof the body so the thrower can make a back-handed throw. Then by a quick movement ofthe wrist and forearm give Boomerang a rapidwhirl from left to right in an upright slantingposition, directly against the wind, as shown in (15) Figure 7—dotted lines indicating path. Dontthrow too hard. If properly thrown, the Boom-erang will sail out and upward some sixty or
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