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Stretching: 20th Anniversary (Stretching).

publisher: Shelter Publications
, released: June, 2000

price: $11.53 (new), $7.00 (used)

affords some fun
is a good philosophical toy, for it illustrates air pressure and
affords some fun. If you don”t know how to make one, this is the way:
Get a piece of thin sole leather, about four inches square. Trim off
the corners till the shape is nearly round; next lay the leather on a
flat substance and bevel off the edges until they are as thin as you
can make them.

can hardly be called a game. It is played by two boys–usually when
they have more important business on hand; the first boy shoots in
the direction both are traveling; the second follows, and whenever one
chances to be hit it counts one for the shooter.

that carry their thousands with as much comfort as if they were on
shore, is the rude canoe or raft of our own forefathers
The ancestor of the graceful yacht and of the great ocean steamers,
that carry their thousands with as much comfort as if they were on
shore, is the rude canoe or raft of our own forefathers.

to fancy skating
The spread eagle is one of the first steps in the advance from plain
to fancy skating. Even when well done, it lacks the elements of grace,
but it is most excellent practice to render the limbs supple, and make
other more graceful tricks possible; and it is a favorite performance
of boy skaters.

_Worth Remembering_. It is not well for a lot of boys, no matter how
strong and intelligent, to go off camping unless one of their number
has had practical experience in that kind of life. It would be better
to have a man in the party and to follow his instructions, as a
soldier obeys his superior.

of men
The two selected captains toss up in the usual manner for first choice
of men. Then alternately, as in a spelling bee, each chooses a soldier
until all are taken. The taw lines are then drawn, about thirty feet
apart, and two flag staffs with colored handkerchiefs for flags are
erected in each camp. To bear the enemy”s flag to your own camp, that
is, over the taw line, wins the victory for your side. Tackling is
allowed, as in football, and is limited by the same rules. No boy
bearing the mark of a snowball on chest or back is allowed to take
further part in the game, as he is considered to be a dead soldier,
but the dead soldiers may coach their comrades as often as they
please. No tripping, no striking, no ice balls, and no ’soakers’ (wet
snowballs) are allowed.

does not require an ‘it’ to start with. As soon as it is decided to
try the game, each player hurries to secure a good sized stone, or
where this cannot be had, a club or a half brick will do. As each
grasps his weapon he shouts, ‘My Duck.’ The last boy to find a stone
is ‘It’ and must call out, ‘My drake.’

boy who has ridden a wheel knows
The pathway of the biker is not always straight and smooth, as every
boy who has ridden a wheel knows. The collision can always be avoided
by good eyes and reasonable speed, but no eyes are keen enough to
note, and no skill alert enough to avoid the broken glass, or the bits
of scrap iron that beset the path and puncture the tire.

The jog trot is the thing to start in with. Try it for a week or two,
and you will be surprised at the ease with which you can do it. At
first a mile is long enough for a run. After a month you can do two
miles without as much fatigue. Finally, if the gait be not too fast,
you can keep it up for hours.