But his hands and arms were ready, and like a flash he turned a handspring and swept out of the way just as the ponderous locomotive rolled past.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
Just in the fraction of a second before the knock had sounded at the door Dave had made a fine handspring that brought him from his topsy-turvy attitude to a position of standing on his feet.
"Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis"
H. Irving Hancock
The girl stretched forth her hands and did a handspring, once more thorough master of herself, landing gracefully on her feet.
"The-Circus-Boys-Across-the-Continent-or-Winning-New-Laurels-on-the-Tanbark"
Darlington, Edgar B. P.