. Ski-running . ch is to be said infavour of such advice, especially in the case of a young andactive pupil. When, however, it is argued that anybody whocan go on ski without a stick will not have any difficulty insubsequently taking to one, we venture to differ. Perhaps inrare cases it may be so, but we have had a somewhat extensiveexperience of beginners of all ages, and we have always found itothervvise. The novice who has learnt without a stick seems tobe greatly embarrassed when one is first placed in his , we have met not a few ski-runneiS, no longer novices,who make veiy pr
. Ski-running . ch is to be said infavour of such advice, especially in the case of a young andactive pupil. When, however, it is argued that anybody whocan go on ski without a stick will not have any difficulty insubsequently taking to one, we venture to differ. Perhaps inrare cases it may be so, but we have had a somewhat extensiveexperience of beginners of all ages, and we have always found itothervvise. The novice who has learnt without a stick seems tobe greatly embarrassed when one is first placed in his , we have met not a few ski-runneiS, no longer novices,who make veiy pretty Telemark and Christiania swings on thepractice ground with hands free, but who break down hojDelesslyon tour when encumbered with a stick. But everybody is agreedthat a stick of some sort or other should be taken on tour, andwe fail tO see the use of these pretty manoeuvres if they cannotbe accomplished when really most required. This, however, isfar fiom being the whole case for the pole. What is your poor. Thorwald Hansen. Kings Prizeman, Norway, )„j Th. The Elements of Sl-i-Bunniiif/ 45 elderly friend to do when lie tuinbles in deep snow? It fre-quently requires considerable activity to get up under suchcircumstances, and what is here mentioned half in jest mightreally be an ugly matter. Besides, nobody over twentj-five canbe expected to enjoy continual struggling head get exhausted, people begin to think that it is impossibleto leam, and people take to some inferior sport which they findeasier, and therefore more amusing. Did you mutter Let themOQ 1 Nay; but there w© touch the very root of the matter. Isski-running merely a pretty form of athletics for the few, or is ita noble sport for the people, leading them forth from stuffy housesand narrow roads to the glories of the winter landscape ? Surelythe latter; and we would rather the runner sat on his pole atevery hill and visited the woods and mountains than that he wasthe clever
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