. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . t opportunity for thebuilding of a skating pond, and it is amatter of much less work than one wouldsuppose. .\ few hours time, and the as-sistance of a half dozen small boys, willgenerally suffice to lay the foundation forwhat may furnish a whole winters sportto a considerable number. If a brook is available, no matter howsmall, the building of a rf)Ugh dam. acouple of feet in height, will be sutTicientto flood a large area to a depth of five orsix inches. Xo better skating groundco
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . t opportunity for thebuilding of a skating pond, and it is amatter of much less work than one wouldsuppose. .\ few hours time, and the as-sistance of a half dozen small boys, willgenerally suffice to lay the foundation forwhat may furnish a whole winters sportto a considerable number. If a brook is available, no matter howsmall, the building of a rf)Ugh dam. acouple of feet in height, will be sutTicientto flood a large area to a depth of five orsix inches. Xo better skating groundcould ]X)Ssiblv be found, since there is nodanger of the ice breaking, and it will lastlonger than it would over water. A floodgate shoidd be i)ut into the dam. so that the water may be raised and theskating-gTound fli^ided occasionally. Thisis generally the (juickest and easiest wayto get rid of snow on the ice. If a brook is not available methods arenot lacking by whicli good skating pondsmay be created. Even a hillside willdrain sufficient water into a hnjlow tomake a goo(! pdud if th, .luilii i- . Mr. tning Itfokaw Executing The Oul> RuU Fuiwird Up. Tennis courts, flooded, make excel-lent skating ponds, the only disadvantagebeing that after such use the gmund re-mains damp and soft late iti the S])ring. When a skating surface has once lieen(ibtained it is astonishing Imw small anamount of lal)or will keep it in good con-dition. ()ccasional flooding |o the tiejifhof one-half, or even one-<|uarter inch, will
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