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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780364044704

Excerpt from How to Become a Skater: Containing Full Instructions for Excelling at Figure and Speed Skating; Illustrated In 1878 George Smart, otherwise known as Fish Smart, com menced a string of victories which made him famous at home and abroad. During '79, '80 and '81 he won no less than fifty five races, never once suffering defeat, although meeting such cracks as Harrison, Carter, Hawes and G. See. But the most memorable race ever held was brought off at Mepal, on Decem ber 18, 1878. Among the competitors were William Smart and G. (gutta Percha) See, with two other young skaters, who subsequently became prominent, George Smart, Turkey's nephew, and George See, Gutta Percha's son. In the first heat the veterans, Turkey and 'gutta Per cha, succeeded in defeating their opponents, but by a singular stroke of luck, were pitted against each other in the second round. Gutta Percha won this event by a close shave. This was followed by another sensational contest, for in the third round Gutta Percha had to run against his own son. A scene of indescribable excitement prevailed when, in spite of Gutta Percha's greatest efforts, his son brought him home the oft repeated adage, Youth will be served. In the meantime George Smart, Turkey's nephew, had vanquished all his opponents, which made him.entitled to meet young See in the final. He won easily, and thereby commenced the rank which he was to hold among skaters for more than a decade afterward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.