. Outing. ion, comprising as it does about thirty-five clubs, with a membership of some3,500 active skiers. The Americanrecords, too, are very satisfactory, prov-ing as they do that outside of Norwaythe most creditable performances in ski-ing take place in this country. Therecord of Cark Ek, of 103 feet, madehere in 1902, has been steadily increasedto 131 feet, made by John Evensen atDuluth, Minn., in the tournament of1908. But why should skiing be confined tothe Scandinavian population of theNorthwest? There are several monthsin the year when almost the entire Mid-dle Atlantic and Rocky Mount
. Outing. ion, comprising as it does about thirty-five clubs, with a membership of some3,500 active skiers. The Americanrecords, too, are very satisfactory, prov-ing as they do that outside of Norwaythe most creditable performances in ski-ing take place in this country. Therecord of Cark Ek, of 103 feet, madehere in 1902, has been steadily increasedto 131 feet, made by John Evensen atDuluth, Minn., in the tournament of1908. But why should skiing be confined tothe Scandinavian population of theNorthwest? There are several monthsin the year when almost the entire Mid-dle Atlantic and Rocky Mountain dis-tricts offer good weather conditions, andthough most of the dealers in sportinggoods have been unable to show a desir-able type of ski, this state of affairswould cease to exist as soon as a demandwas created for the right kind. Let ushope that the time when this shall beso is not far off, and that soon thesplendid sport of skating will be no morepopular than the even more splendidsport of the
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