Walker's manly exercises: Containing rowing, sailing, riding, driving, racing, hunting, shooting, and other manly sports
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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Walker's manly exercises, by Donald Walker and “Craven”
LIST OF PLATES.
IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
TRAINING.
POSITION.
EXTENSION MOTIONS.
THE INDIAN CLUB EXERCISE.
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.
WALKER’S MANLY EXERCISES AND RURAL SPORTS. EDITED BY “CRAVEN.”
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.
THE TURF.
EDITOR’S PREFACE.
HUNTING.
SHOOTING.
INDEX.
Transcriber’s Notes
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LOCOMOTIVE EXERCISES.
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.
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.
LEAPING WITH A POLE.
THE HIGH LEAP WITH A POLE.
THE LONG LEAP WITH A POLE.
THE DEEP LEAP WITH A POLE.
OBLIQUE VAULTING.
STRAIGHT-FORWARD VAULTING.
CONTENTS.
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