A System of Physical Education, Theoretical and Practical (extract)

'· 192 EXERCISES OF PROGRESSION. TO LEAP HEIGHT AND WIDTH COMBINED. Second Series. Position as in fourteenth exercise. Exercise 18. COURSE III. 1. The preliminary run as in fourteenth exercise ; the spring as in fourteenth exer- cise ; the effort should be to divide the momentum of the run, and that given by the propulsion of the spring, so that the obstacle in both aspects, height and width, shall be cleared ; descend yielding.