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

200 EXERCISES OF PROGRESSION. [SECT. II. passing by the right of the pole, the trunk of the body in the line of the pole when passing it, the lower limbs at a right Fig. 4. angle with it, the toes pointed to the front; continue the descent(Fig. 4),and when nearing the ground quit the grasp of the pole, throw it slightly to r ---·-------- -------- I , , . ... the left, and .:-~·-:~=_..=:E.~~~--==::;;;;:== descend yielding. --~- - This exercise to be repeated, passing by the left of the pole. Second Se'ries. Exercise 4. COURSE II. TO LEAP WIDTH. Position of attention twenty or thirty paces from the edge of the ditch, the pole at the balance, the right hand to the front. 1. Begin the advance with a short, light, and well-measured step, fixing the eye on the ditch and re- garding it steadily, quicken the pace when nearing it, select the spot and plant the pole without halt, springing by the left, the position of body and lower limbs as in first exercise, de cend yielding, bringing the pole to the balance.