Transcriber’s Notes Texts between _underscores_, between =equal signs= and between ~tildes~ were printed as italicised, bold face and blackletter text in the source document. Small capitals have been replaced with ALL CAPITALS. More Transcriber’s Notes may be found at the end of this text. WALKER’S MANLY EXERCISES AND RURAL SPORTS. EDITED BY “CRAVEN.” [Illustration] [Illustration: MANLY EXERCISES, SAILING, ROWING, DRIVING, RIDING, HUNTING, RACING, SEATING, SWIMMING, VAULTING, CLIMBING, RUNNING, &c. &c. _HENRY G. BOHN, LONDON._] WALKER’S MANLY EXERCISES; CONTAINING ~=Rowing, Sailing, Riding, Driving, Racing, Hunting, Shooting,=~ AND OTHER MANLY SPORTS. THE WHOLE CAREFULLY REVISED, OR WRITTEN, BY “CRAVEN.” =NINTH EDITION.= LONDON: H. G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. MDCCCLV. EDITOR’S PREFACE. The publishers of the present Edition of this popular little volume had a double purpose in entering upon the undertaking,--namely, to offer a carefully-revised copy of WALKER’S MANLY EXERCISES, and an outline of RURAL SPORTS, to which they serve as the best elementary introduction. As the execution of that design was committed to me, I can only allude to the nature of the task, and hope that I have not quite failed in the enterprise. This I _may_ be permitted to say,--that if the publishers’ desire to make the work a source of instructive and rational amusement be realized, even to the tithe of its extent and earnestness, the labour of his Editor will not have been wholly without success. CRAVEN. CONTENTS. IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES. PAGE GENERAL DIRECTIONS 6 Training 8 Position 18 Extension Motions 20 The Indian Club Exercises 22 LOCOMOTIVE EXERCISES. THE BALANCE STEP 28 WALKING 29 General Mechanism of Walking 31 The Slow Walk or March 32 The Moderate and the Quick Pace 32 The Moderate Pace 33 The Quick Pace 33 Slow Step 35 Quick Step 35 Double March 35 Feats in Walking 36