the opposite side tries to stop it, and the contest is on.

When the ball is sent over the opponent's goal line, the game is won.





WINTER




CHAPTER XXII

ON THE ICE AND SNOW--THE ROYAL SPORT OF SKATING, WITH SOME HINTS ON
SKIING, AND SNOWSHOES


Outdoor sports in winter are necessarily restricted to the thing that
can be done in the snow or on the ice. But what glorious, health-
giving, strength-making things they are! It is from the land of the
stern winter that the world's greatest men have come.

Usually the frost comes before the snow, and with what joy the boys
and the girls hear the news, brought by a rosy, eager comrade: "The
ice is strong enough to bear."

Of course, our first experience on the ice was when we tried our first
slide guided by the hand of a stronger and more expert companion. How