Instructions in All Kinds of Gymnastic Exercises (extract)

19 paratory run is impetuous; when the legs are not closed in the leap; when the back and nape are bent down; when the feet do not descend together at the same time, &c. The teacher must endeavour to prevent these by making-his pupils repeat the exerciseover the cord at a moderate height, until they have completely mastered the proper posi­ tion. He must not allow them to leap over heights beyond their powers, but make them advance progressively. A good leaper will showhis power in the flexibility, and in the unforced command of the legs, rather than in a violent exertion of the whole body. GYMNASTIC EXERCISES. Order of the exercises in leaping with a run: 1. The height of the middle of the thighs, 2. The height of thehips. jS. Th eh e i gh t o f t h el ox v e r r i b s . 4. The height of the pit of the stomach. 5. The height of the breast. 6. The height of the chin. 7- The height of the eyes. 8 . The height of the crown of the head. Most boys will leap the height of the pit c 2