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Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 489
th screw heels andbroad toe- and heel-straps. These wereusually about an inch or one-half of aninch longer than the foot, to allow for theboys growth. On the screw-heels theboy learned plain forward skating suffi-ciently well to be able to play tag and shin-ny on the canal, river, or pond. The… … Fig. 407. — The OldBrass Acorn Skate. On the Ice 463 his ambition began to grow and he was soon to be seenexperimenting on the more difficult feats in skating. Hisefforts were now directed to Cutting a Circle. This is one of the first figures learned by beginners, andalthough it requires a small…
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