TO KEEP JACK IN FIT CONDITION: SKIPPING DRILL ON BOARD A BRITISH MAN-O-WAR. As mast and yaids — and hence sail drill — have slowly but surely died out from a man-o-war. their beneficial effect on the agility and smartness of "Jack" has had to be siibstituted by otheT exercises, and these have taken the form of physical drills, such as bell-bar drill, horizontal and parallel bars, dumb-bells, high jump, and skipping. The latter drill presents an exceptionally pleasing and interesting sight when carried out by the ''watch on deck," and accompanied by the latest popular songs played by the band.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2689, 27 September 1905, Page 40
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99TO KEEP JACK IN FIT CONDITION: SKIPPING DRILL ON BOARD A BRITISH MAN-O-WAR. As mast and yaids—and hence sail drill—have slowly but surely died out from a man-o-war. their beneficial effect on the agility and smartness of "Jack" has had to be siibstituted by otheT exercises, and these have taken the form of physical drills, such as bell-bar drill, horizontal and parallel bars, dumb-bells, high jump, and skipping. The latter drill presents an exceptionally pleasing and interesting sight when carried out by the ''watch on deck," and accompanied by the latest popular songs played by the band. Otago Witness, Issue 2689, 27 September 1905, Page 40
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