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AN INTERNATIONAL SKATE STYLE of American Manufacture.
Note:—The CHARLOTTE SKATE, designed and used by CHARLOTTE, is not as yet being manufactured in America, but it will be on the market next winter. Those who desire this skate should accept none as the genuine CHARLOTTE Skate unless stamped with her trade-mark on the side of the runner.
CHAPTER 2.
Correct Form in Skating.
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The tracing of certain set figures on the ice is by no means all there is to figure skating. The correct carriage of the head and body, the arms and the balance leg are not merely an important part of the sport; they are even the very basis on which good marks are given in all serious competitions. No skater wishes to look like a freak on the ice. To avoid it one must cultivate the right carriage and balance from the start. Certain accepted rules are in vogue among the European skaters which tend to make skating graceful. They should be memorized carefully and followed every time the skater goes on the ice.
The head should be carried erect. Momentary looking down at the ice to see where to place a figure is permitted but the habit of a drooping carriage of the head should be carefully avoided. It is as unnecessary as it is ungraceful.