SPORTSWOMEN TO-DAY.
Tho Queen is not an ardent sportswoman', but Princess Mary is becoming skilled in tho various games which fill up 60 many of the hours of a society girl's life, states an English correspondent. As a golfer slio is well boyond tho novioo Btago. On moro than one occasion" lately she has accompanicd tho fishing parties along Dee side, and to Lock Muich. The luncheon faro then included "trout cooked by tho Princess." A high standard of excellence in sport is domanded of most boys and girls nowadays. It is no uncommon thing for well-to-do parents to spend from £5 to £10 per child upon holiday lessons in such sports as swimming, golfing, or riding. At most of the links children are now found in virtual possession of the ladies' courso [ during August and September. Extra professionals have to bo secured during tho summe.Jiolidays, so anxious are tho | youthful novices for instruction. The swimming instructor of ito-day is quite unlike the middle-aged bathing woman who wns the terror of young swimmers in tho Victorian age. Ho dons a suit of light oilskins and spends tho morning in tho sea teaching children to swim. In the afternoon ho may give diving lessons to more advanced pupils. .As tilings are at present tho standard of sport attained by girls is little below that' roached by their brothers. The inquiry into the talont available for the Olympic Games in 1916 has shown that women athletes in England are reaching the very highest level. It is expected thait a very excellent team of women § swimmers will represent Great Britain at Berlin.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1885, 20 October 1913, Page 2
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269SPORTSWOMEN TO-DAY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1885, 20 October 1913, Page 2
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