. The encyclopaedia of sport. way down the straighter sections of thecourse. The runners, also, of the toboggan mustbe exactly parallel, and every part of the machinemust be most carefully put together. The bestrider upon a good machine ought to win ; he will probably lose it if his toboggandoes not suit him in every respect. The type of toboggan now used upon theCresta and other ice runs is known as the steelske/etoit. This will be best described by theengraving with its accompanying letterpress,which I borrow from Mr. T. A. Cooks bookon toboganning :— Length over all on thetop, incl
. The encyclopaedia of sport. way down the straighter sections of thecourse. The runners, also, of the toboggan mustbe exactly parallel, and every part of the machinemust be most carefully put together. The bestrider upon a good machine ought to win ; he will probably lose it if his toboggandoes not suit him in every respect. The type of toboggan now used upon theCresta and other ice runs is known as the steelske/etoit. This will be best described by theengraving with its accompanying letterpress,which I borrow from Mr. T. A. Cooks bookon toboganning :— Length over all on thetop, including centre-board and 2 inches of tobooganingJ THE ENCVCLOP.^^DIA OF SPORT 47; counter-board at the back, is 4 feet i of runner on the ground, 3 feet6 inches, 7mth a spring of about 10 milli-metres. Height of machine (without cushion oncentre-board), 5 inches. Diameter of runners,18 miUimetres. These are the measurementswhich, after many trials, have produced thehighest average of success, and are properly pro-. =K B A Plan and Elevation of Steel Skeleton. A to B, 3 feet 6 inches; total length, 4 feet i inch ; C^ to C-, 12inches: F, wooden centreboard; K, counterboard ; X X*, bar^holding F and riveting runners. portioned to a man of 5 feet 11 inches. Nar-rower machines may certainly be said to havefailed. Lower ones are very ditificult to runners are very hard to steer. The counter-board mentioned in this descrip-tion is a device for the purpose of affording tothe rider a greater power of leverage over hismachine. The toboggan is constructed entirely of keepers have therefore merely to read off theresults as given tiy the clock upon the circuit. A good average run down the Cresta coursetakes 75 seconds, but during the winter of1896-97 the record was made of 69-2 seconds. Over the last 210 yards (and these contain atleast two corners) the pace has been timed elec-trically at a fraction over 68 miles per hour. The pace obtained upon a snow course or aro
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