. Official rules for ice hockey, speed skating, figure skating and curling. of anold shape and the birth of a new. A hundred shapes and patternshave faded into the past, and a hundred new ones have risen to suc-ceed them. The hockey skate should be just high enough to prevent the plateor the sole of the boot from touching the ice when turning or cuttingcorners, because a low skate is not so straining on the ankle as ahigh one. The blade should be long enough and sufficiently Hat onthe ice to admit of great speed, but should not project at the toe orheel so much as to trip the skater on any occ
. Official rules for ice hockey, speed skating, figure skating and curling. of anold shape and the birth of a new. A hundred shapes and patternshave faded into the past, and a hundred new ones have risen to suc-ceed them. The hockey skate should be just high enough to prevent the plateor the sole of the boot from touching the ice when turning or cuttingcorners, because a low skate is not so straining on the ankle as ahigh one. The blade should be long enough and sufficiently Hat onthe ice to admit of great speed, but should not project at the toe orheel so much as to trip the skater on any occasion, and should becurved slightly in front and behind in order to allow cf quick turn-ing. Although it should be so pointed as to enable a player to begina rush by running on the toes, these should not have a distinct, pro-jecting point, but should be so shaped that they will admit of thisstart, because a sharp projection is often the cause of a nasty fall andalso of a dangerous cut to the wearer of the skates or to one of hisopponents. 30 SPALDING S ATHLETIC > w uo w Q w w O SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 3I A good hockey skate should be a combination of great strength andlightness of weight. It should be strong because the thousand twist-ings and turnings of a player strain every inch of the blade, eachplate and every rivet; it should be light because the lightness of theskate adds to the swiftness of the skater, and because a heavy skateis tiring. To again refer to the length of the skate, the blade shouldproject about an inch in front of the toe of the boot and an inch or alittle more behind the heel, and the width of the bottom of the bladeshould retain the same thickness from toe to heel, or rather on thatpart of blade that touches the ice when a skater maintains a standingposition. The two ends back and front should taper slightly inwidth, becoming thinner toward the points. A players clothes should be light enough to be of no perceptibleweight, and warm enou
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