Photograph by International Film Service 



the newest sport: aerial acrobatics 



Standing on the top plane of one "ship," a very military aviator is seen here waiting 

 lo grasp the rope ladder suspended from another machine — a feat which he successfully 

 accomplished recently after several attempts. Transferring from one airplane to another 

 while both are speeding a hundred miles an hour should furnish "the thrill that comes once 

 in a lifetime." 



and he, like Grover Cleveland, enjoyed 

 fishing. 



Most great Americans have played. 

 Benjamin Franklin, who prized his min- 

 utes and his pennies, was as enthusiastic 

 a sportsman as that other versatile Amer- 

 ican, Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin was 

 an expert swimmer, as well as a pioneer 



fresh-air advocate, and once seriousl) 

 considered an offer to become a swim- 

 ming instructor. Lincoln has been widely 

 acclaimed for burning the midnight pine 

 knots ; but he has received too scant 

 credit for his daily practice of wrestling 

 and running which developed his mar- 

 velous endurance and capacity for work. 



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