ICE SKATINGThere can be no doubt that skating began in earliest times when necessity forced man to acquire some means of travel over ice and snow. What is more he had to be able to move over them at speed weather he was engaged in escaping his enemies, in hunting for food, or merely moving from place to place. Skating by origin belong to the North, to the Scandinavians and Germans for there is no record that the Romans or Greeks knew anything about it, nor is there any word or term in their languages to express skates or skating. The skate in its most primitive form was most probably made of wood and was used on both snow and ice. In the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge and in the British Museum, however, there are found the bones of deer which have been ground down to be used as sledge runners and for the purpose of binding on to the feet. In April, 1869, during excavations at London Wall some of these were found with two Roman sandal shoes and are now exhibited at Guildhall London.。。。