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Show A WONDERFUL CANADIAN SKATER. In nn nrtlile on "Jumping on Rkales." In Pearsons ror lebrinrv. Mr Msrrus WocHlnard se)s tor speetncillir e rfect of all stjlcs of skiillng (iiinmeiul mo to Hint of die crick Vinerlciiti or Canndl in Hkiire skaters The Canadian skiilers liliike a spec laltv of ton spins pirouettes, nnd lvnt movements In (heir p. rform-aners rform-aners lliej go much further thin the hu-riiinn hu-riiinn prorrssors ixeciltlng proillglneis feats which sometimes border on the 111 rolmtlc "Vniong tho exponents of the CinjilHn slsle of figure skating Urn nnmo of Cleorge A Meagher stamls supn me Ills tours through the states nnd through Can nil hnvo caused profound sensttions, and he bus evir) where held Ids own lignllist all romers lie hns visited at different dif-ferent tlims some of the principal skating skat-ing centers of I urno nnd his marvellous fonts of Jumilng on sknles, tne-splnnlng and pirouetting astounded even tho continent con-tinent il experts ' Meagher holds the record for hlgh-Jliniplng hlgh-Jliniplng on skntis Tho grentest exponents expon-ents nf this s ort ure to bo reiunel on tho American continent Meagher has Jumped throe feet four nnel a luir Inches clearing a height or nctuallv three root seven nnd n qilniter Inches above the Ice '.Mciighi r s hlgli-Jlinipliig Is 1111 extrnnr-dlmrj extrnnr-dlmrj sight As he approaches the jiiinn nt rull speed he sits well back on his heels, then su Idenlv rises up Intn the nlr, with Ids bodj upright, throwing out his feet slilennvs to his left, so that thev nre almost pirnllel with the bir, landing with tenth feet together, chest thrown far forward, arms outstretched and held well luck He Jumps us ilean-1) ilean-1) and . nsllv as 11 race horse might tako a hurdle "nolher nr Mengher s specialties Is toe-circling In his quaint original toe-clnllng toe-clnllng figures he spins him. elf nroun 1 on the toe or one skate, standing upright with Ills arms outstretched at such a speed thnt It turns one gill) to look at blni-niiiklng nillinlli one hundred and t went J Hie re mint! ins In a inlnutei He Is 1 pest minder too In vvhnt Is known 11s the Itussian spin' 11 llgure In Willi 11 the perrortner sqtleeis d wn almost on Ills heels and si Ins hlmseir on the blade of one skate, holding the t ther skate In his hands for all the world like 11 tiov spinning spin-ning lop Vs he spins Meagher s cap files from his head nnel his hulr stunda nn end wlih the vclncllv or his movement,' |