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March 11, 1885
Mower County Transcript
Austin, Lansing, Mower County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
New York Times article introduces the toboggan slide: a fast, iced wooden incline for nighttime sport, safer than sleds, already in Saratoga, predicted to supplant roller skating as the future thrill.
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The Coming Toboggan.
[From the New York Times.]
The toboggan slide is a steep inclined plane built of wood and covered with ice. Down this plane the toboggan shoots at a speed of three times that of the old-fashioned sled. The sides of the track are guarded in such a way that the toboggan cannot leave it, and stairs are built by its side so that the ascent can be made with comparative ease. As it is the correct thing to toboggan at night, the track is illuminated with torches, and the sport is held to be refined from its separation from the prosaic light of day. Already a toboggan slide has been constructed at Saratoga, and by next winter the country will be covered with toboggan slides. Every man will be glad to renew in an improved form the early delights of sliding down hill, and every girl will long to take part in the now fashionable and exhilarating sport. Ministers need no longer preach against roller skating. The rink has had its day, and its new rival, the toboggan slide, will ruin the roller skate trade. Tobogganing is the sport of the future, and it will be useless for any man to try and resist it.
[From the New York Times.]
The toboggan slide is a steep inclined plane built of wood and covered with ice. Down this plane the toboggan shoots at a speed of three times that of the old-fashioned sled. The sides of the track are guarded in such a way that the toboggan cannot leave it, and stairs are built by its side so that the ascent can be made with comparative ease. As it is the correct thing to toboggan at night, the track is illuminated with torches, and the sport is held to be refined from its separation from the prosaic light of day. Already a toboggan slide has been constructed at Saratoga, and by next winter the country will be covered with toboggan slides. Every man will be glad to renew in an improved form the early delights of sliding down hill, and every girl will long to take part in the now fashionable and exhilarating sport. Ministers need no longer preach against roller skating. The rink has had its day, and its new rival, the toboggan slide, will ruin the roller skate trade. Tobogganing is the sport of the future, and it will be useless for any man to try and resist it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Toboggan Slide
New Sport
Roller Skating
Saratoga
Winter Recreation
Where did it happen?
Saratoga
Story Details
Location
Saratoga
Event Date
Next Winter
Story Details
Description of the toboggan slide as a steep iced wooden incline for fast sliding, safer and more refined than sledding or roller skating, with one already built at Saratoga and predicted to become the dominant sport, ruining roller skating.