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Compares the running and jumping abilities of several different species of animal. Speeds humans, greyhounds, and cheetahs can reach.

The article features skier Arthur Brenden Devlin. He began to master the art of ski jumping at the age of five. He was ruled out of the U.S. Olympic team and the 1948 Winter Olympics due to a crash landing. He executed two perfect jumps of 211 and 220 feet on a smaller hill in Banff, Alberta and won the North American and Canadian championships. His performance in Alberta made him the best ski jumper in the U.S. and one of the best in the world.

The article focuses on the career of Sam Patch of Passaic Falls, New Jersey who became famous for his leaps. He started his career by jumping the Pawtucket Falls in Rhode Island before the admiring townspeople. His first public jump was when a covered bridge was being laid across the scenic Passaic Falls. He was invited by a group of Buffalo citizens in New York to jump over Niagara Falls.

Focuses on skiing experience of the author over the White Mountains between New Hampshire and Maine. Route of skiing taken by the author; Problems faced by the author during skiing; Steps for learning ski jumping.

Profiles U.S. jumper John Thomas. Family background; Inception of his participation in the Olympics; Awards won by Thomas.

The author relates his experience of joining a frog-jumping contest at Stockton Air Field in California. He cites the rules of the contest. He states that the efforts that frogs will exert in the contest purely depends on luck.

Focuses on skis and skiing. Technique used in changing direction while in flight; Problem with doing a slalom; Instruction on executing a herringbone ski technique.

The article presents the portrait of athlete Bill Pierce, a pre-flight cadet at the University of Pennsylvania. He is causing a crash landing in the pole jump trials of the Middle Atlantic Amateur Athletic Association meet at Franklin Field, Philadelphia. He bulged of the sawdust, made a few choice remarks to his broken pole and placed third in the tough competition.