All the girls were so excited about climbing into the big bobsled that they did not notice, and only Connie knew Veve did not have it.
So late one afternoon she reminded Grandfather Gordon that if they were to have a Christmas feast, he must take the bobsled and drive to Goshen.
Grandfather Gordon leaped into the bobsledand clucked to the horses.
She told the Brownies that Grandfather Gordon made a bobsled that would carry six persons at one time!
Safely back in the bobsled with the other Brownies, Connie and Jane related their adventure with Santa Claus Jeffert.
In the barn, the Brownies found three small sleds, the big bobsled Mr. Gordon had made, and Skip.
Then, utterly paralyzed with fright, she stood helpless in the path of the bobsled that was rushing toward her with the speed of an express train.
But gradually the weight on the level surface began to tell, and the bobsled slowed up as though it were as reluctant as its passengers to find itself at its journey's end.
And now let us go back to Nan and her chums and the poor woman who had brought the bobsled race to such an inglorious termination.
It may have been due to the more slippery condition of the hill caused by the sleds that had already passed over it, but there was no doubt in the minds of the girls that the bobsled was going even more swiftly than it had at first.
She took hold with a will, and the bobsled moved along rapidly until a little bridge that spanned the road over a small stream came into view.
While this talk was going on in low tones of voice, all of the Rovers had abandoned the bobsled and were moving toward the shore of the island.
And we'll have to hoist that bobsled up the best we know how.
That wind must have cleaned off some of the ice, and we can get along a good deal better by skating and by hauling the bobsled over the ice than we can trying to break our way through the woods in this heavy fall of snow.
The boys had unpacked the contents of the bobsled and brought forth a candle, which was lighted and placed in a rude holder on the wall.
Fred, as they got off thebobsled and dragged it behind them toward Mike O'Toole's house.
He had turned toward the island, and soon they were climbing up over the rough rocks and pulling the bobsled after them.
It was no easy matter to bring the bobsled along, and once Fred slipped on one of the smooth rocks and pitched headlong into a snowbank.
Fred, who had sat down on the bobsled load to rest.
Well, as you've got the bobsled and all those stores along, I should say the easiest way would be to climb down to the lake again," was the reply.
He led the way, and they followed, dragging the bobsled behind them.
Reaching the lake, they lost no time in putting on their skates, and then, with Uncle Barney leading the way, the four Rovers followed, dragging the loaded bobsled behind them.
He slued around to his own side of the road, but made such a short turn that in a twinkling the long bobsled was upset and the occupants hurled in all directions.
There isn't a bobsled anywhere around that can beat the Yellow Streak.
He was the first to gain the top of the nearest rise and he shot over this while Jack's bobsled was still climbing the slope.
On the Saturday following the bobsledcontest the boys assembled once more on the long Hill, and this time they were accompanied by many of the girls from Clearwater Hall.
Go ahead and show 'em what your new bobsledcan do.
As he finished Fred Rover, who was at the rear of the Blue Moon, gave that bobsled a quick push and leaped aboard.
The roll call and brief drill and march took place less than half an hour after the encounter on the hill following the finish of the bobsled race.
I was on the back of our bobsled and watched you nearly all the time.
He was seated at the front of a long bobsled holding six boys.
Each bobsled was to carry six cadets, and they were to start down the hill side by side, the Blue Moon keeping well to the right and the Yellow Streak well to the left.
They heard that Bill Glutts was openly boasting that the Yellow Streak could beat any bobsled in that vicinity and that the Blue Moon had won the contest by a foul.
The boys on this bobsled had stopped just before going over the track when the switchman at the crossing had lowered the gates.
When Bert went into the house, after putting away the bobsledand helping Flossie and Freddie store away their smaller sleds, he found his mother waiting for him.
There was nothing to do but to leave the bobsled and the other sleds in the shed attached to the garage.
They found Bert and Charlie busy making a bobsled in the back yard.
When they got them all in and packed upon the bobsled for transportation, the snow was a foot deep on the ice and it was snowing so fast that one could not see ten feet into the swirling heart of the storm.
He and the boys dragged a bobsled well laden with the paraphernalia considered necessary for fishing through the ice.
A Steering Sled [Illustration: The Extra Runner in Front is Pivoted, and When Turned, Guides the Sled] An ordinary hand sled can be easily converted into a sled that can be guided like a bobsled by the addition of one extra runner.
Illustration: A Notched Board Provides a Way to Hang All the Tools Used about a Barn] Guide Ropes on a Bobsled The sketch shows the front end of a bobsled or double runner made of a plank bolted upon two sleds.
An Inexpensive Bobsled [Illustration: A Bobsledof Simple Construction Using Ordinary Barrel Staves for the Runners] Any boy who can drive a nail and bore a hole can have a bobsled on short notice.
Illustration: A bobsled or double runner] Coasting, especially with a bob, is somewhat dangerous sport, especially in cities or where the turns are sharp and there is danger of upsetting.
A bobsled should not cost over ten dollars complete with steering wheel, bell, and necessary iron work, which should be made at the blacksmith's.
He turned the steering wheel suddenly, the bobsled slewed to one side, and, in another instant, had upset.
The next day was clear and calm, just right for taking pictures, and after breakfast the entire company went out on the hill where the bobsled race was to take place.
Frank’s bobsled was similarly equipped, and Bill Hamilton was to be the brakesman.
Getting up a party for the fine, big bobsled was easy.
Just outside the college grounds was a long hill, most excellent for coasting, and it was the custom at Boxwood Hall to have impromptubobsled races for class and school championships.
The bobsled of our heroes and that of Frank Watson were about evenly weighted, but, as Jerry had said, the steering gear of theirs was a little stiff, while their rival had a new sled in excellent condition.
For a moment later the bottom of the slope was reached with Ned’s bobsled well in advance, and as there was only a straight course left on which to bring up, there was no chance for Frank to acquire further speed.
Jerry jammed down the brakes, and only just in time, for their bobsled seemed suddenly to acquire new speed, and it almost crashed into the one ahead.
Ned, Bob and Jerry had bought a big bobsled from a former student, and they had done some coasting earlier in the season.
He wanted to come back to her service, and it was with a satisfied security that he helped prepare the bobsled for the trip to town.
Almost at the same instant she looked up and saw a bobsled coming into the side lane.
The next morning Silas came with his bobsled and they helped Luther into a chair and carried him in it to the sled and so to his home.
This was to be the last trip of the bobsled before supper, and Dave packed on his passengers with extra care, desirous that they should each one have a final perfect trip.
You've noticed, haven't you, how every one on a bobsled just naturally screams when it is flying down a steep hill?
Now, you don't tell me that bobsled made them marks," interposed the old man.
When they finally reached the summit of the road, where the young people had started the bobsledfor the long slide that forenoon, they had found no sign of Sammy and the little girls.
The bobsledbumped over these, gathering speed, and finally began to leave the snow and fairly fly into the air when it struck a ridge.
On and on the bobsled flew, its pace increasing with, every length.
There, fast as the snow was gathering, they could see where the other coasters had turned the bobsled around and prepared to launch themselves from the top of the hill.
Illustration: "The bobsled bumped over these hammocks, gathering speed.
The first bobsled ran almost to the Isle of Hope before it stopped.
The overturned crew hauled their bobsled out of the drift.
The fat man dived head-first into a soft snow bank on one side of the slide; the bobsled plunged into another soft bank on the other side, and all the girls were buried, some of them over their heads, in the snow.
They could hear only the delighted screams of the girls until, with a loud ring of metal on crystal, the runners clashed upon the ice and the bobsleddarted into view again upon the frozen strait.
Bess, as the bobsled slipped over the brow of the descent and started down the slippery slide with a rush.
A fourth bobsled rushed past them, the girls screaming and laughing; and then a fifth flew by.
The bobsledcourse was down the hill and across the icy track to the shore of the island.
Each one wanted the honor of pulling the big bobsled first.
And when he painted the runners yellow with a little blue edge running around them, and the seat bright red, with a white star on it, they decided it was the finest bobsled in the world.
Then they happened to think the bobsled was ready, but something else was missing--something very necessary, too.
When they dragged the bobsledback to the rest of the crowd, Spink had already gone home.
The heavy bobsled was plunging toward the obstruction, and there was neither time nor space to steer clear of the branch.
Their bobsled was tailing on behind the pung and Billy didn’t want to see it smashed.
But the boys and girls on the bobsled did not notice that.
Billy was looking for Lettie Parker, and he saw her now on a brand-new bobsled which was being drawn by Barry Spink and the biggest Greene boy.
But at the top, when the bobsled had been turned for the next trip, he took the forward position.
They dragged the bobsled to the top of the hill again.
Halfway down the slide, round the first bend, the long bobsled spun into a straightaway that was partially blocked.
Haviland had 'phoned his orders from the city to have the bobsled sent over to the Country Club--and when they drove through the entrance gates, the pond in the valley below the golf course was dotted with skaters.
Together they pulled the heavy bobsled up the hill and crossed over the hollow, taking a wagon trail that led up over another hill.
I'm almost willing to let you steer the newbobsled the first time it snows.
The bobsled seemed fairly to leap the series of gentle slopes that lay at the foot of the long hill, and for every rise Betty and Bob received a bump that would have jarred the bones of less enthusiastic sportsmen.
I have had enough bobsled riding to do me for this winter," said Jane wearily.
The boys have got a big bobsled from the livery stable.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bobsled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
