December, 1921 
FOREST AND STREAM 
565 
ski now becomes apparent. Balance the 
ski on your forefinger and mark the 
place of balance. The frog or leather 
strip which holds the foot in place should 
be placed just in front of this balance 
point so that when the foot is placed in 
the frog the ski when lifted from the 
floor will just slowly tip backward. This 
point is important from the fact that 
when you are walking on the snow and 
obliged to lift the ski in taking a step 
the front end will raise itself, due to 
the greater weight of the ski back of the 
foot. This prevents the ski striking or 
digging into the snow when walking. 
A simple frog or leather strip to hold 
the foot in place can be made from a 
suitable length of two-inch wide leather 
of good thickness. The length of this 
strip will be determined by the measure 
of the wearer’s foot across the toe. The 
most effective way to make this frog is 
to tack the leather strip to the ski and 
bring the ends over the foot, leaving the 
ends one inch apart. Into these two 
ends place two or three leather rivets 
and through the rivet holes lace a strip 
of horsehide or any good rawhide lacing. 
This method will allow you to adjust the 
frog to fit the foot in the case of Stretch- 
ing- 
Experienced ski users sometimes have 
a strap running from the frog around 
back of the heel, but this is not recom- 
mended for the novice, because it is im- 
portant to be able to get the foot out 
of the frog in a hurry at times in order 
to avoid a bad spill, especially when 
coasting down hill. 
The cuts show the usual type of frog 
used. It is well to place a strip of rub- 
ber on the ski under the foot and tack it 
in place, as it will furnish more purchase 
for the foot than the wooden surface of 
the ski. Corrugated rubber is preferred. 
To get the smoothest-running ski wax 
the bottom or running surface from time 
to time, and you will find that it will 
prevent snow from sticking. Any good 
grade of wax will do. 
Winfield Kimball, Maine. 
RIFLE SHOTS THAT 
COUNT 
( Continued from page 551) 
a low-power bullet. If you hurled a 
high velocity missile into him right 
through the lungs I’ll bet he would go 
down. He might collect his wits and 
try to get up, maybe, but at least you 
would have given him a knock-out drop 
or have temporarily stopped him, and 
you could easily put in the finishing 
touches while he was at this disadvan- 
tage. 
The lung-shot happens very often 
when shooting running game for the 
reason that when a broadside target is 
presented one is pretty liable to forget 
that the bounding animal rises and falls 
so that an aim that would be correct for 
a heart-shot would result in a lung 
puncture because of the fact that the 
body of the animal fell a few inches 
during the time taken for the bullet to 
reach him after the trigger squeeze. If 
the animal was rising just as the bullet 
reached him the aim for the heart-shot 
might very likely be a clean miss, pass- 
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