. Harper's young people . are picking themselves up andin a moment pressing hard upon the heels of their moreagile companion. But number one holds the lead. Whenhe drops again he seems to aim directly for the on his back as his head shoots through the open-ing, and using his feet and arms to push away the incum-brance, it is not a moment before he is free and the barrelleft spinning around on the ice. Others, however, areless skillful, and one small boy, whose wild struggles haveturned the barrel completely around, starts off, when re-leased, in the opposite direction from that
. Harper's young people . are picking themselves up andin a moment pressing hard upon the heels of their moreagile companion. But number one holds the lead. Whenhe drops again he seems to aim directly for the on his back as his head shoots through the open-ing, and using his feet and arms to push away the incum-brance, it is not a moment before he is free and the barrelleft spinning around on the ice. Others, however, areless skillful, and one small boy, whose wild struggles haveturned the barrel completely around, starts off, when re-leased, in the opposite direction from that which he waspreviously taking. It is needless to say that he does notwin the race; nor do any of the rest succeed in out-stripping the one who beat them at the start. Indeed,while they are still engaged in kicking off the last bar- FEBRUARY JT. 1883. HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. 269 rels, amid the laugh-ter and applause ofthespi-e-tators, lioailsquite easily up to thegoal. Another race ofthe same kind fol-lows in which small- I. THE |!\I:I;EI. i; • er boys enirage, and which is not less funny. The smallliipys. indeed. look even more like tadpoles as they sprawlon the ice. and are even less expert in wriggling out ofthe imprisoning staves. When this has heen run. thewinner—a little fellow not more than ten is matchedagainst the larger hoy who had won the previous race;hut here the Superior Strength and of the elder enable him to gain an easy vic|or\ . After this comes a hurdle race. Sections of fence, each ahoul three feet hii;h. are set lip at interxaU across thetrack. o\er which the skaters are expected to jump. Illa running .jump the momentum which one gains is ahelp, but in skating it is rather a hinderance. .since itcarries the feet along the ice when the\ onuht to he-inthe air. To one who is only looking on. and has nevertried it himself, it seems quite, improliahle thai, witliso little as the iceatlords. the- skater can sliddc-nly convert a rapid for-ward mo
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