Girl Athletes in Action

\\. KL. (1) \YALKI c properly done i the be ba i for all f rm · of athletic becau e walkin bring. into play practically every mu cle of the body. Racing walkin~ ~ ryle i· far more an acquire than a natural pro uct. If he continuity of heel-and-toe contact with the rack i broken or he front knee i not l de the rule o walkin are infringed. Full tridc-lcn th can only e ecurcd b, a Ii ht \\ in of the body fr m ide to ide enerate by the partial r tation le air of hip . Race walking impo e ma. ·imum train on e\'er~– nerve mu cle and inew uch a i· ne, er felt by he runner who rogre ~ with knee bent and body well inclined orn•ard . I n c ntradi tinction to the erie -of-fall yle of he runner the walker may e aid to get her pro re ion by mean of a erie of jerk . The picture eh en t illu tratc the \\'alkina text are of :\1 i J. Probbekk, En Ji h 16co metre cham ion 19 \\ho i one of the very ft.:,\ ,,omen I have ever ~cen \\ho uccee ed in 1 okin~ ~raceful when takin art in a walki race . . \ :\Ii Proh ekk ro,·c the crfection o walkin form lie in the maintenance o an alm carria }e with ut lit le rollin of the hip ; a wm which rai e the forwar -mm ina arm to a p ition almo ·quarely aero the brea t ombincd , ·ith a , ell-balanced backward ,, ing the other arm in counter oi e an a ride of the natural length , ·hen (, ced. '] he track o unfair w lh:r tri e-lcngth in ·. e o the i t. nee te JU t , ·hen both foet re on the