FOR GRASSY SLOPES

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 17, 20 January 1934, Page 10

FOR GRASSY SLOPES

• In the summer ; the grass on hillf and! slopes becomes so dry and slippery; ; that it is often almost impossible to climb up and down them in; ordinary; shoes and boots. This is the time when; with the use of the little toboggan shown in the picture, you can have just as must fun as you' could on. a. sno'wTCOvered- slope. Obtain two staves from a small barrel, and a piece, of wood for, a seat will also be required. This' should be about fifteen: inches' long, and seven inches wide. Also -get V narrow strip of wood for 'a : footrest. Place the barrel staves on the ■ground, and then nail the seat across the inner side abont sih from the end. :The. foot-rest is placed at the other end of the staves a similar distance away and fixed securely. At the ends of the foot-rest holes are bored, through which a strong piece of cord is knotted to play the part of reins for th« toboggan.j Make the. undersides of the 'runners of ths toboggan as smooth *s possible' by rubbing them first with coarse, and afterwards with fine, sandpaper, and you will find that the more you u*e your / toboggan the mort polished and slippery the under-snr-face; becomes. Those of you who lln near grassy elopes mnst be sure to har* one of these fnn-provlding sleds for th^ summ«f iolidajn^ ■>.-..