Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-31 | Page 9 | Scenes in Switzerland, Where Annual Championship Bob Sleighing Races Are to be Held New Year's Day

r SCENES IN SWITZERLAND WH ERE ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP BOB SLEIGHING RACES ARE TO TOBE TOBE TOBE BE HELD NEW YEARS DAY i I I I e ett tt i W I II I 1 L I I t I 1 vi q i iM M i r f 11 r it i Jl 4 i i i lt k 2 r t t i 3 5 1 q Coasting Is ono of or the lie joys of or winter which are not for Cor the tho thIckly thIck populated l tOd American A city man or boy bo In Inmany Inman many man municipalities It IK Is limited to tumbling over Oel a terrace grinding across a walk and shooting over O r an nn another another other terrace Into the tho gutter glitter The rho chil children children dren then get Jet a n great deal of or fun tun out of their sleds In this way but fortunately for Cor their happiness they th y know nothing of the possibilities po of the lie sport It Is not until one gets over oer In Switzerland In ono one of tIle the valleys alleys of or that mountainous land that one finds the sport of ot coast coastIng Ing III carried carded to the he highest point of per perfection faction It Is there In the valley alle with the poetical name nune at St that coasting becomes an artS art artvIn artIn In Iii this lila valley valle Its floor an as high above the tho level leel of ot the tho sea Bea us tho the crest cret of or Mount Washington where winter reigns for tor half halt a year and find people go goto goto goto to regain health there is a slide nearly a 0 mile long lone which hats has a t descent of feet At some points In the tho course tho the sleds travel at the rate rota of ot SO miles an nn hour There Thero Is sport Skill has hIlS greatly reduced the time In which tho timo courso course can be covered In tho the early days the average e speed was about 30 3 miles an tn hour Recent winners of oC the contest have averaged r however more bore than 40 miles On the straight run at the foot toot of tho the course a II speed s ed verging on 80 miles has haa b been cn attained The Tue same kind of sport may ma be bo had bati with bob sleds but the single racing sled Is the tho favorite for tor coasting at St S1 Moritz Morits Tho sweep of ot a 0 bobsled loaded with several persons around one of ot tho the curves Is an exciting spectacle The man at tho ho helm with eyes eos fixed ahead l and mus mua muscles muscles cles ales at high tension keeps the tho front bob In Its course Those behind lean Iron toward the of or tho curve curvo two or three of ot them digging Into the tho snow with sticks which throws up the snow mow behind liko a II cloud of or dust Like Liko an lID express train It sweeps around tho ho curvo and Is IB gone Illustration No Nol 10 1 shows show time the Grindelwald holder of ot tho the challenge cup of or Switzerland which they will defend on New Years day dayNo dayNo dayNo No 2 shows finish of ot last lam years race raceNe Ne 3 I the start