Instructions in All Kinds of Gymnastic Exercises (extract)

10 changed by the teacher. They may also run in pairs, thus:—two, of nearly equal strength, start together at a, the one taking the directionof a, e,f to d, the other, that of a, c, b ; he that reaches d first is the winner. The distance from f to h, should be about fifty feet, and that of a, d, about twenty-five feet. GYMNASTIC EXERCISES. The QuickRun. —The teacher paces a dis­ tance of about three hundredfeet, upon some open plain, or upon the exercise-ground, should it admit of it. This distance will not, generally, be found too great: it may, however,be shortenedby the teacher,accord­ ing to the strength and expertness of the pupils; with which he ought, by this time, to be well acquainted. A line is drawn across the ground, at each end of this dis­ tance ; the pupils arrange themselves in a rank, along one line, while the teacher places himself at the other ; he then gives a signal, at which they all commencerunning, and he who first passes the line at the oppositeex­ tremity is the conqueror. After having frequently repeatedthis ex-