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Identifier: encyclopaediaofs02suff Title: The encyclopaedia of sport Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898 Peek, Hedley Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 Subjects: Horses Sports Games Publisher: London : Lawrence and Bullen Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University
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Text Appearing After Image: Learning to Jump. hair stockings and strangely comfortable bootsthick gaiters are worn. It is necessary to keepthe feet and legs warm in such a cold land asNorway, where the mercury freezes in the ther-mometers, and snow six or seven feet deepcovers the land sometimes for months together.Such cold sounds appalling, but it is quite thereverse. The air is absolutely dry, and there isseldom any wind. The great annual competition at Christianialasts two days ; the first day is for distance,about twelve English miles ; the second forjumping. About a hundred competitors comefrom various parts ot the country to strive forthese blue ribbons of the ski-racing world. The snow a pole some six feet long which theskilober carries, to act as a kind of drag. Goingup hill—even to the initiated—is a trial of skill,as the general tendency of the ski is to slidebackwards. The clever performer stamps thesnow with his shoes so as to get a betterbite. The twelve English miles are generally ac-complishe
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