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Show i Lindon Exposition Shots? I 1 Evolution of the Skate. j One f moil Interesting sections at the"1"'! of the National Skating aaaoi'ltllt'lln l-omlon la that which la devotis 'sine evolution of the akate Iteolt Ttihe flgure aknter of to day who? customed to the flue ateel biailai gnnd to an exact radios, the medlr"1 kne akate dug up near Moor-fields Moor-fields apaam to be of a particularly lneiB design. These skatea, of whlc ersl are on view, were mad.i from thirannon bone of a horae or eow, inire the rarlliat akatei known. Kor abler who wore them to atrlke out wna prnrtlcally ImpotHlttle, and plkea with iMine heada wore used aa an aid to progreaalon. and of theae, again, exaniplea are exhtblteil. The bone akate muat have had Ita dtaad-vantaaea dtaad-vantaaea and ao wooden akatee ahod with flat strips of Iron came Into being, be-ing, cumbrous enough to our eyes, but still used by children In northern Nor-wsy. Nor-wsy. Kroni these the evolution of the bladrd aknte wn a comparatively simple sim-ple matter, and with the -rip of the exhlblia their growth to the latest I development. Bitch aa llerr Balrhow'a ateel akate with a Jagged toe for plr- f Duelling, or the long racing skate, may ( ' be easily traced. t i here are alao aome good example r of the atrange and wonderful Inven- f tlnna of enlhualaala. There Is. fof ' Instance, a skate with a spring In th4 heel, used by Mr. Kicks, a fast akalei ' In hla day; there la also a wonderful ' and complicated Inatrument wit springe hetween tne footstock and ths . hlaile, apparently for counteracting t: . the Jnrrlngeipertenced while traveling over rough Ice. ' - -.- -.r.'ZVCf'i'i "."jS ff ror 5 VXJSE?9" r PZ. .r Vvv' eWJn i Mr mHKiej nefr - ...a |