Walker's manly exercises: Containing rowing, sailing, riding, driving, racing, hunting, shooting, and other manly sportsWalker, Donald
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Walker's manly exercises: Containing rowing, sailing, riding, driving, racing, hunting, shooting, and other manly sports
Walker, Donald
Athletics; Sports
Discus, Throwing the, 62.
Dragging Wheels, 221.
Driving, Historical Sketch of, 170-175; Mounting and Dismounting,
198; the Seat, 199; Starting, 199; the Paces, 200; the Time, 201;
the Whip, 202; Thoroughfares, Passing, &c., in, 207; Ascending and
Descending, 208; Comparison of English and German Modes of Harnessing
and, 211, 212; Turnings, 213; Slips, 215; Accidents in, 215-217;
Obstructions in, 221.
Drowned Persons, Treatment of apparently, 80.
Epsom Races, Notice of, 227.
Extension Motions used in the Sword Exercise, 20.
Fox Hunting, the Qualifications required in, 243-245; the Huntsman
not to be unnecessarily interrupted, 245; Keep with the Pack, 246;
Rules for finding the Hounds if out of Sight, 247; the “Tally Ho!”
248; Signal in Drawing a Cover, 248; Movements of the Fox may be
foreseen, 250; a Day with the Shropshire, 250.
Gig, the Safest Posture when in a, 217.
Guards on Mail Coaches, 197.
Gun: Cleaning, 255; Loading, 259; Management of the, in the Field,
260.
Gymnasia of the Greeks and Romans, 5.
Harnessing, on English and German Modes of, 211.
Head, Sir Francis, on Harnessing Horses in England, 210-212.
Horse, The, and Equipments, 122; Animations, Soothings, and
Corrections, 142; Treatment of, 165; Restiveness, 163; Relative
Places of, 189; Accidents, &c., to, 215.
Hounds, Following, 241; “Quick Eye to Hounds” essential in the
Sportsman, 241.
Hunting: how Proficiency may be acquired, 239, 240; Riding at Fences
in, 241; Brook Jumping in, 242; Drawing a Cover in, 248.
Indian Club Exercise, as practised in the Army, 22; New Portion, from
Indian Practice, 23-26.
Leaping: how performed, 42; Management of the Breath, 42; the High
Leap with a Run, 42; the High Leap without a Run, 43; the Long Leap,
44; the Deep Leap, 46; General Instructions in Leaping, 43-48; Feats
in, 44, 45.
Leaping with a Pole: the High Leap, 50; the Long Leap, 54; the Deep
Leap, 55.
Locomotive Exercises, 2; the best Position of the Body in, 27.
Manly Exercises and Recreations: their Utility in perfecting and
maturing the Frame, 240.
Mariner’s Compass described, 119.
Olympic Games, 224.
Partridge Shooting, 263.
Percussion Caps, 258.
Physical Exercises: their importance in regard to Health, 1-5; a
Medium to be observed, 5; Opinion of Aristotle and Plato on, 5;
General Directions, 6; Belts useful in, 7.
Position of the Body in Standing, 18; and of the Feet in Standing, 19.
Powder, Col. Hawker’s Recipe for Drying, 256; Flask, the, 259.
Racing in the Reign of Athelstan, 224; a Popular Pastime in Reign of
Richard I. and Henry VIII., 225; James I. the Founder of Legitimate
English, 226; the First Arabian introduced into England, 226; the
Breed of Horses improved by, 236.
Race Course at Newmarket, 226.
Race Horse: Question of Origin discussed, 228; derived from Arabian,
229; Exploits of, 230-232.
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