Miller, Claude Harris, 1875- [from old catalog] · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 238
Then across the toe with both ends and under the loop lengths are used from four to eight or nine feet long,but for a beginner the shorter ones will be better. I WINTER SPORTS 219 Ski-running is simply coasting down steep inclineson the snow with the skis used in much the same way … Draw the ends tightly forward to fasten down the toe as a sled. The longer they are the greater thespeed obtained, but the longer ones are also corre-spondingly hard to manage.
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