Walker’s Manly Exercises And Rural Sports

About this eBook

Author

Walker, Donald

Title

Walker's manly exercises Containing rowing, sailing, riding, driving, racing, hunting, shooting, and other manly sports

Original Publication

United Kingdom: H. G. Bohn,1855.

Credits

Tim Lindell, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Athletics

Category

Text

eBook-No.

69080

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69080

Release Date

October 1, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WALKER’S MANLY EXERCISES AND RURAL SPORTS . EDITED BY “CRAVEN.”
2. 2.EDITOR’S PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF PLATES.
5. 5.IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES. — GENERAL DIRECTIONS. — TRAINING. — POSITION. — EXTENSION MOTIONS. — THE INDIAN CLUB EXERCISE.
6. 6.LOCOMOTIVE EXERCISES. — THE BALANCE STEP. — 1.—WITHOUT GAINING GROUND. — 2.—GAINING GROUND BY THE WORD “FORWARD.” — WALKING. — GENERAL MECHANISM OF WALKING. — THE SLOW WALK, OR MARCH. — THE MODERATE AND THE QUICK PACE. — THE MODERATE PACE. — THE QUICK PACE. — SLOW STEP. — QUICK STEP. — DOUBLE MARCH. — FEATS IN WALKING. — RUNNING. — POSITION IN RUNNING. — ACTION IN RUNNING. — RESPIRATION. — MODERATE RUNNING. — RAPID RUNNING. — FEATS IN RUNNING. — EFFECTS OF RUNNING. — LEAPING. — THE HIGH LEAP. — Feats in High Leaping. — THE LONG LEAP. — Feats in Long Leaping. — THE DEEP LEAP. — THE DEEP LEAP BACKWARDS, FROM A REST ON THE HANDS. — VAULTING. — OBLIQUE VAULTING. — STRAIGHT-FORWARD VAULTING. — LEAPING WITH A POLE. — THE HIGH LEAP WITH A POLE. — THE LONG LEAP WITH A POLE. — THE DEEP LEAP WITH A POLE. — BALANCING. — POSITION AND ACTION IN BALANCING. — TURNS IN BALANCING. — CARRYING WEIGHT. — THROWING THE DISCUS. — CLIMBING. — KINDS OF CLIMBING. — SKATING. — CONSTRUCTION OF THE SKATE. — DRESS OF THE SKATER. — PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL DIRECTIONS. — THE ORDINARY RUN, OR INSIDE EDGE FORWARD. — THE FORWARD ROLL, OR OUTSIDE EDGE. — FIGURE OF THREE, OR INSIDE EDGE BACKWARDS. — OUTSIDE EDGE BACKWARDS. — DANGERS IN SKATING. — TREATMENT RECOMMENDED IN THE CASE OF DROWNED PERSONS.
7. 7.AQUATIC EXERCISES — SWIMMING. — PREPARATORY INSTRUCTIONS AS TO ATTITUDE AND ACTION IN SWIMMING. — PLACE AND TIME OF SWIMMING. — PROCEDURE WHEN IN THE WATER, AND USUAL MODE OF FRONT SWIMMING. — UPRIGHT SWIMMING. — BACK SWIMMING. — FLOATING. — SIDE SWIMMING. — PLUNGING. — DIVING. — THRUSTING. — SPRINGING. — ONE-ARM SWIMMING. — FEATS IN SWIMMING. — ROWING. — RIVER ROWING, [9] WITH TWO SCULLS. — SEA-ROWING, OR ROWING IN A GALLEY ON THE RIVER. — SAILING. — BOATS, ETC. — COURSES, ETC. — GETTING UNDER WAY. — BEFORE THE WIND. [34] With the Main Boom over to Starboard. [35] — BRINGING THE VESSEL WITH THE WIND ON THE LARBOARD BEAM. [44] — CLOSE-HAULING THE VESSEL. [50] — TACKING. [53] — REEFING, TAKING IN SAIL, ETC. — PASSING OTHER VESSELS. — BRINGING THE VESSEL INTO HARBOUR. — DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXXI. — PLATE XXXII. fig. 1. — PLATE XXXII. fig. 2. — PLATE XXXIII. fig. 1. — PLATE XXXIII. fig. 2.
8. 8.RIDING. — THE HORSE AND EQUIPMENTS. — MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING. — THE SEAT. — THE BALANCE. — THE REIN-HOLD. — THE CORRESPONDENCE. — THE ACTION. — THE HAND. — THE GUIDANCE OR AIDS. — Aids of the Hand. — The five Positions when one Rein is held in each Hand. — The five Positions when the Reins are held in one Hand. — The Twistings of the Bridle Hand. — Aids of the Body. — Aids of the Legs. — ANIMATIONS, SOOTHINGS, AND CORRECTIONS. — THE WALK. — Turns in the Walk. — Stops in the Walk. — Going Backward in the Walk. — THE TROT. — Kinds of Trot. — The Trot in particular. — Turns, Stops, &c. in the Trot. — ROAD RIDING. — THE GALLOP. — The Canter in particular. — Turns, Changes, Stops, &c. in the Gallop. — LEAPING. — Standing Leap. — Flying Leap. — CRITICAL SITUATIONS. — Stumbling. — Rearing. — Kicking. — Plunging. — Shying. — Restiveness. — TREATMENT OF THE HORSE. — DRIVING. — THE ROADS. — CARRIAGES. — COACH-HORSES. — HARNESS. — RELATIVE PLACES OF HORSES. — COACHMEN. — MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING. — THE SEAT. — STARTING. — THE PACES. — THE TIME. — THE WHIP. — THOROUGHFARES, PASSING, &c. — ASCENDING AND DESCENDING. — THE TURNINGS. — THE RANKS IN TOWN. — STOPS. — ACCIDENTS, &c. TO HORSES. — ACCIDENTS TO COACHES, &c. — OBSTRUCTIONS, OFFENCES, AND INJURIES.
9. 9.THE TURF.
10. 10.HUNTING.
11. 11.SHOOTING.
12. 12.INDEX. — Transcriber’s Notes

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