Instructions in All Kinds of Gymnastic Exercises (extract)

1 7 distance in front of the cord; makesa little spring- one pace forward, upon the balls of the toes, and then leaps over the cord. The preparatory spring is made in order to excite the elastic forceof the feet, and great care should be taken to remainas little time as possible upon the ground after it, as its objectwould otherwisebe lost. The motions of the body ought to be altogetherso light, that scarcely any thing of the leap should be heard, when it is performed upon hard ground. The exercises in the high leap without a run, follow one another in this order: 1. Not quite the height of the knees. 2. The height of the knees. 3. The height of the middle of the thighs. A. The height of the hips. 5. The height of the lower ribs. THE HIGH LEAP WITH A RUN. Position of the Leaper. —There are only two correct positions in leaping with a run ; the one bent, and the other stretched out. In the former,the leaperimmediately closesthe foot with which he has made the spring to c