Chapter I: Front Matter

_From the Drawing by Fleming Williams_]

WINTER SPORTS
IN SWITZERLAND

BY
E. F. BENSON

WITH 12 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY
C. FLEMING WILLIAMS

AND 47 REPRODUCTIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY
MRS. AUBREY LE BLOND

LONDON
GEORGE ALLEN & COMPANY, LTD.
44 & 45 RATHBONE PLACE
1913

[All rights reserved]

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE SUN-SEEKER 1

II. RINKS AND SKATERS 23

III. TEES AND CRAMPITS 79

IV. TOBOGGANING 115

V. ICE-HOCKEY 129

VI. SKI-ING 137

VII. NOTES ON WINTER RESORTS 167

VIII. FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS 191

ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE

THE EIGER (_colour_) _Frontispiece_

I. WINTER SUNLIGHT }

II. BY THE STREAM-SIDE }

III. HOAR-FROST }

IV. JEWELS OF THE FROST } _At end of_

V. BLACK ICE ON THE SILS LAKE } _Chap. I,_

VI. THE BUDDING ICE FLOWERS } _between_

VII. THE FULL-BLOWN ICE FLOWERS (twenty-four hours later)} _pp. 22 and 23_

VIII. ICE FLOWERS IN DETAIL }

IX. MAGNIFIED ICE FLOWERS }

X. WINTER MOONLIGHT }
SKATING, ENGLISH STYLE (_colour_) _Facing p. 32_
SKATING, CONTINENTAL STYLE (_colour_) _” 34_

XI. A WINTER HARVEST }

XII. CLEARING THE SNOW FROM THE RINK } _At end of_

XIII. SPRINKLING THE RINK, CHÂTEAU D’OEX } _Chap. II,_

XIV. PUBLIC RINK, DAVOS } _between_

XV. SKATING-RINK AT MÜRREN } _pp. 78 and 79_

XVI. SKATING-RINK AT CHÂTEAU D’OEX }
“SHE LIES” (_colour_) _Facing p. 98_

XVII. CURLING } _At end of_

XVIII. CURLING AT MÜRREN } _Chap. III,_

XIX. THE THREE KULM RINKS } _between_

XX. LADIES’ CURLING MATCH, ST. MORITZ } _pp. 114 and 115_
“ACHTUNG!” (_colour_) _Facing p. 116_
ON THE CRESTA RUN (_colour_) _” 122_
TAILING (_colour_) _” 126_

XXI. THE BUILDING OF THE CRESTA--“BATTLEDORE” }

XXII. THE TOP OF THE CRESTA, ST. MORITZ }

XXIII. STARTING ON THE CRESTA }

XXIV. CHURCH LEAP, CRESTA RUN }

XXV. CHURCH LEAP, CRESTA RUN }

XXVI. “BATTLEDORE” CORNER, CRESTA } _At end of_

XXVII. CROSSING THE ROAD, CRESTA } _Chap. IV,_

XXVIII. NEAR THE FINISH ON THE CRESTA } _between_

XXIX. BOB-RUN, ST. MORITZ: IN THE LARCH WOODS } _pp. 128 and 129_

XXX. ROUNDING SUNNY CORNER, ST. MORITZ BOB-RUN }

XXXI. BOB-RUN, ST. MORITZ }

XXXII. THE STRAIGHT FROM THE BRIDGE, ST. MORITZ BOB-RUN }

XXXIII. ST. MORITZ BOB-RUN }
ICE HOCKEY (_colour_) _ Facing p. 132_
THE TELEMARK TURN (_colour_) _” 156_
THE JUMP (_colour_) _” 164_
SKI-JORING (_colour_) _” 166_

XXXIV. AT ST. MORITZ }

XXXV. PRACTICE SLOPES, MONTANA, SWITZERLAND } _At end of_

XXXVI. A SLIGHT MISHAP } _Chap. VI,_

XXXVII. SKI-JUMPING } _between_

XXXVIII. SKI-JUMPING, MONTANA, SWITZERLAND } _pp. 166 and 167_

XXXIX. VETERANS OF THE ST. MORITZ SKI CLUB }

XL. A PRACTICE GROUND }

XLI. CROSSING THE ROAD ON THE CRESTA }

XLII. TOP OF KLOSTERS RUN, DAVOS } _At end of_

XLIII. THE START, SCHATZ ALP RUN, DAVOS } _Chap. VII,_

XLIV. BOBBING ON THE SCHATZ ALP RUN, DAVOS } _between_

XLV. SKATING-RINK AT VILLARS } _pp. 190 and 191_

XLVI. AT LA BRETAYE, VILLARS }

XLVII. “BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER WIND” }
THE ICE CARNIVAL (_colour_) _Facing p. 194_

WINTER SPORTS IN SWITZERLAND