Instructions in All Kinds of Gymnastic Exercises (extract)

49 and the pole, come to the groundat the same moment. When the learner has overcome this difficulty, he can commence practising the exerciseover the leaping-staud. GYMNASTIC EXERCISES. In leapingwith a pole over the cord of the ieaping-stand, the learner takes the pole in both hands; makesa rather quick run, which concludeswith the spring and the fixing of the pole in the ground being made at the same moment; raiseshis whole body rapidly upward, by means of this spring and a powerful supportupon the pole; and swings over the cord, turninghis body round so that, at the descent, his face is directed to the placewhence he commenced the leap. This is a general descriptionof the high leapwith a pole; but it will be better to explain the distinct parts into which it may be divided, as follows;— 1. The handling of the pole, which has already been partly explained. See fig. 1. Plate VI. It is immaterial whether the thumbor the little finger of the lower hand lies uppermost: it may be left entirely to the E