SWIMMING

SCIENTIFICALLY TAUGHT

FRANK EUGEN DALTON

SWIMMING
SCIENTIFICALLY
TAUGHT

A PRACTICAL MANUAL FOR
YOUNG AND OLD

By

PROF. FRANK EUGEN DALTON, P.S.A.

Instructor in Scientific Swimming at the Dalton Swimming
School, and Originator of the Dalton Method

and

A Chapter on Advanced Strokes

By
LOUIS C. DALTON
Of the Dalton Swimming School

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

FIFTH EDITION

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

NEW YORK AND LONDON

Copyright, 1912 and 1918, by
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
(Printed in the United States of America)
Revised Edition, Published May, 1918

Copyright under the Articles of the Copyright Convention of the
Pan-American Republics and the United States, August 11, 1910

TO MY FATHER

The Late Capt. Davis Dalton

who swam the English Channel from Cape Grisnez near Boulogne, France, to Folkestone, England, August 16-17, 1890; whose enthusiasm and unflagging interest in all matters pertaining to swimming and life-saving have been excelled by none, and who was a faithful practitioner of the methods herein set forth, this book is affectionately dedicated by his son,

THE AUTHOR

Transcriber's Note:

Part I—Introduction
page
[The Importance of Swimming]15
[Learning by the Book]22
Part II—Various Kinds of Strokes
[The Back Stroke]27
[The Dalton Stroke]37
[The Back and Dalton Stroke]39
[The Breast Stroke]41
[Changing from Back to Breast Stroke]53
New Part II—Advanced Strokes
By Louis C. Dalton
[The Side Strokes]56
[The Trudgeon Stroke]60
[The Single Over-Arm Strokes]62
[The English Racing Stroke]66
[The Double Over-Arm Stroke]68
[The Crawl Stroke]70
Part III—Floating, Diving and Scientific Swimming
[Treading Water]81
[Floating]84
[Diving]89
[Swimming Like a Dog]106
[Plunging]107
[Sculling]109
[Swimming Backward on the Chest]110
[The Washing Tub]112
[The Propeller]113
[The Torpedo]115
[The Catherine Wheel]117
[Rolling]119
[Swimming Like a Porpoise]121
[The Pendulum]124
[Somersaults]127
[Double Somersaults]129
[With One Leg Out of Water]131
[Swimming With Clothes On]132
[With Hands and Feet Tied]134
[Over and Under]136
[Swimming Under Water]139
[Monte Cristo Sack Trick]142
[Notable Feats by Celebrated Swimmers]144
Part IV—Water Polo
[Water Polo]153
Part V—Cramps, How to Save Life, Resuscitation, Etc.
[Cramps]181
[How to Save Life]182
[Resuscitation After Rescue]187
[Hall's Method of Resuscitation]189
[Sylvester's Method]191