Excerpt from A Guide to Artistic Skating The Champion Skater. (Dedicated to Mr. Geo. A, Meagher.) Behold the champion of the world appear, Equipped his feet with blades of gleaming steel; As Hermes light, he of the winged heel, Or, graceful as Apollo Belvedere, He skims the gelid surface of the mere; Swift as across the tarn the startled teal In noiseless flight he circles wheel on wheel. In sable garb upon the water frore. Is this we see a disembodied shade From some remotest planet earthly strayed, Thither escaped from the Stygian shore; Or creature of a more ethereal mould, And by terrestrial matter uncontrolled? 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.

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This beginners' guide to ice skating includes chapters on the first time on ice, ice safety, skating backward, curving, circles, figure skating, and other techniques.