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Show I SKIING THE MOST FASCINATING WINTER SPORT FOR DWELLERS OF COLD CLIMES I "What is the most thrilling winter Hf ; sport?" Bl Aek the question an where in th H ' ;ast or south and you will hear a! JflB million questions iio: "Coasting, to-bognaning. to-bognaning. skating, ice. skating, rae B ing horses on ice, skate sailing!" Bur H in Minnosota, northern Wisconsin, in B the Rocky mountains, in Norway, nB Sweden northern Trance s.vitzer- land, Prussia. Denmark and Belgium ff millions more 'ill exclaim. "Skiing. ! Skiing is generally regarded as an infant sport in America, but that is I M not the case in all parts of th conn i ft try Stoughton. Wis., had a ski toum- ament In iSS at which Eleif Tveften I W ma'e .1 leap of eighty-four feet Th-- BBB town held another In 1 8Sf Torjin V Hemmcsf edr. who won th-- flral f tournament ever held in Europe, alco BBBj won the meet here. He is now a resi- V dent of Kau Claire. Wis. Since th.tr BBB time ski tournaments have been held so often in America that a record of r 'lie jumps over 125 feet long v-ould BBB r"RMTiliie an edition of the Congr g- BBfl .nnal Record. The long jumps did J not start though until 1909, When Ole BBff Feiring made 144 feel on the blc slcl- fffl hill at imi nth. Minn. OfMtar Gunder j son covered 138 feet off the steel J inH Ht Chippewa Falls un the sarm BJ day, but in 1911 the record went up fl another notch. Slgrud Hanson of j Chippewa Fells, competing against . am lh. Im-st i.mf Mainn l In ImartM nn the steel trestle In Stoughton. Wis., 3&m jumped 141 feet and stood Hnr'l wOk had the now supers stopped showiiif jSglsf pictures of the slider in the air than 3kK there came from Irouwood. Mich., the BhJ ropott of a 151' foot leap b Anders j Haugen and one of 154 feet by Barney i Wk'H Relley. competing as an amateur a PjtSl. the same contest James Presthu-i Bt leaped 156 feet, but fell, as did Rctlcy sHm also. Euro13 saw her first ski tourua-' tourua-' meni In 1179 on the Hnaeby bill Tor 'fe'-t u8 Heuirnet;lVf',t of u Claire. Wis , at tbat time n resident of Norwav won the meet. The world's record 'H w&b made on February 2i. 1910. when L-J Slgnid Brevlk leaped 163 feet on Ilia SfeJ Fram hill at Brumundaien. Klverui; ' Thirty Fnlted States ki clubi hav. S&jjfej organized the National Ski associa- BJ r tion of America, with clubs at Stough- rTsf ton, Milwaukee. Beloit, Chippewa Falls. Elan Claire. 8upcnor. Hudson. H Arcauia. Wis.; Chicago and Rockford. 111.; Virginia. Fergus Fall St Paul and Minneapolis, Mit.u . Ironwood rv and Isphemlnc. Mud The aaaocla itPa lion has a membership of l,2uo mem- ben r oneteuth thai of Hie Norwe 1 gian association in Norway Tourua I ments are b Kl in .i circle of cities In Minnesota Wisconsin, Michigan jnd Illinois, at which professionals, amateurs and youths compete for tho . aluahle prise Barney Reiley, a bow-Wgsed Irish-man Irish-man from Coleraiu-. Minn . won the amateur skiing championship rr America Am-erica in 1909 and held the title for thro- successive years by defeating I all competitors in the annual national I meet. Franci6 Kempe won the na tional tourr.ameni at Chippewa Falls in 1911 and for the first time in the lns'or;. of ski,nt in America placed I t he professional championship in the. i hands of a native born German-Am ericsjl- Becau there are no professional profes-sional events In ESurope, Kempe could also tack onto his title the new one, "world's provisional champion " Lars Hangen won the title bark for the i Norwegians in the meet at Carv. Ill jin 1913 ' Wliat probably is one of the most daring fats on skis is performed by John Rudd ol Duliith and A. 1 Hen-drickson Hen-drickson of Chicago, both of whom guarantee to make a 65-foot leap a ad a complete somersault on skis for 6Q a performance on any ski-hill In Am-eria. Am-eria. afelvln Hendrickspn, the 1 1 year-Old Eau Claire. Wis , lad leaped I.'" fei iii rhc national meet at Chie-pewa Chie-pewa Falls, Wis. in 1011, outdistanc- Ing iotlj the amateur and profession a ( liamnion, and winning his events with more points than the other two The great possibilities of covering ground on skis ar- shown by the time made In the annual ten-mile crosscountry cross-country run, which is one of the regular reg-ular events of the national ski tournament tourn-ament The race was made over hill and valiey at t'hlppewa Falls in l?ll in the remarkable time of 15 minutes and 30 seconds |