Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1914 — Fore and Aft Team Race. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Fore and Aft Team Race.

It is a long time since brooms came into use. Their invention was of great benefit to the world In aiding to keep it clean—but have you ever considered another phase of their Since brooms have been in use, just so long have broomsticks ever had a peculiar charm to boys. The average boy can extract more amusement from the broomstick than almost anything else with which he comes in contact.

Divide the players In pairs of teams of two, providing as many broomsticks as there happen to be teams. Then direct them to grasp their respective broomsticks as show.n in the accompanying illustration, each facing in the opposite direction. Then line them all up at the starting point ready to run the race. They’re off! But don’t think they are going to do a 100 yard dash in record time. The funny part of the fore and aft race Is that chap who faces the front invariably tries to carry the boy facing the rear off his feet in his efforts to make good. He forgets that it is impossible for his team mate to run backward half as fast as he runs forward, so the chances are there will be a good many trip-ups and the race will be won by the pair who can best adapt their irregular gait to each other in-

stead of the swiftest contestants. Now, as you will see, headwork is more apt to win when It is coupled with the footwork than speedy footwork alone. So use your heads to regulate your feet; In other words, use good “teamwork,” as they say In athletics, and you’ll be successful in this broomstick pastime of the fore gnd aft race.”