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those sports demanding a certain amount of skill,
including, for instance, boxing, wrestling, tennis,
golf, riding, roller-skating, rowing, etc. In these
courses the fee is usually a little higher, the
charge for a golf lesson (including the loan of
clubs and balls) being RM 4 for five, one and a
half hour-periods of instruction, each of which is
charged at the rate of 80 pfennigs. Other fees
vary, the charge for a one and a half hour lesson
in tennis being RM 1; boxing, 40 pfennigs; sramming, 40 pfennigs; rifle shooting (including ammunition) 50 pfennigs; riding, RM l; roller skating,
40 pfennigs; etc. For those distinctly athletically
inclined, a course in preparation for the fairly difficult all-round tests for the acquisition of the
Reich Sport Medal is also offered at the price of
RM 3.20.
 
 As part of a scheme aiming at a general survey
of the German workers' health, all sport participants in Strength through Joy may receive free a
physical examination. Another privilege that is
extended free is the offering of setting-up exercises at public beaches for any of the bathers who
wish to join in.
 
 In Berlin, public-school gymnasiums or fire
houses are utilized usually for the meeting places
of the indoor courses, while those requiring outdoor space are held either on private fields or
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