Instructions in All Kinds of Gymnastic Exercises (extract)

11 ercise, the teacher should, on the following day, form his pupils into two or three divi­ sions, in such a manner, that each may be composed of such as are of nearly equal strength. The divisionsmove on alternately, by a signal or wordof command. Faults. —Too long and slow, as also too short and quick steps, are faults which fre­ quently happen, and ought to be noticed to the pupils. Some boys are often observed to breathe very quick when running, and even before they commence, as if it were neces­ sarily combinedwith this exercise: this error must be carefullyavoided. The Long Run, —This exercise is particu­ larly useful in strengthening the legs and the breast; and is very soon accomplished by those who have gone regularly through the preceding exercises. A distance of three hundred feet is measured, as before. The pupils place themselves in a rank at one ex­ tremity of this distance, and proceed, in a slow trot, at the rate of about seven feet in a second, towards the opposite one, where they immediately turn round, and continue run­ ning until they reach the spot from whence they first started. A frequent repetitionof this exercise is sufficient, at first: on the