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...largest bob sleigh in existence is the "Brooklyn Bridge" of Albany. The plank is 45 feet long, and 3 inches thick...
...enjoyable movement is the second, "A summer evening on the fiord," one of the features of which is a beautiful love song, given out by the clarinet and interrupted by the distant notes of the horns. The third movement is also pleasing, and may be supposed to represent a sleigh ride, as the prevailing figure suggests the sound of horses' feet and the triangle the sleigh-bells. The other two movements are exceedingly gloomy in character. In the first a lovely second subject gives some relief which is wanting in the last. As a whole the symphony is exceedingly interesting...
...generally pursued if gymnastics were not compulsory or took less time. Mr. Blaikie roused much enthusiasm for running last year, but it has gradually died out, and the nightly run of a quarter of a mile, required from the evening gymnastic classes, satisfies most of us. Class and club sleigh-rides, candy-pulls and 'spreads' make up the sum of our more informal winter festivities. Hallowe'en is celebrated as a time-honored custom. No amount of opposition has ever been able to do away with its mystic rites...
...college of the city of New York has a "Winter Sports Society" devoted to the encouragement of sleigh-rider, skating parties...
...road machine for all seasons of the year. The writer gave his experience in winter riding, an asserted that he found very little difficulty in making fair time on the snow. Winter riding on a bicycle may be enjoyable to some, but we must confess a weakness for a sleigh. Numb fingers, slippery going, and frequent and unavoidable falls and dismounts do not seem to us the most enjoyable features of bicycling. Winter, in our opinion, is the time to give the bicycle a rest and to be contented with the old-fashioned sleigh. Bicycling in the proper seasons...