Games

Ruth And Jacob
One player is blindfolded, the rest dance in a circle around ...

Catching The Mouse
The children sit in two rows opposite each other with a space...

Riven Hearts.
Another way of securing partners for the evening is as foll...

Pebble Chase
_5 to 30 or more players._ _Gymnasium; playground; out o...

The Ship Alphabet
The players sit in a long row, as if in a class at school. Th...

Ciphers Codes Or Keys

This lesson is intended to teach the code or key. Attentio...

Charley Over The Water
Players stand in a circle, hands joined. One player is chosen...

Smuggling The Geg
_10 or 30 to more players._ _Out of doors._ This...

QUOITS

Source: Outdoor Sports and Games
Category: ONE HUNDRED OUTDOOR GAMES





A game played with flattish malleable iron or rubber rings about nine
inches in diameter and convex on the upper side, which the players
endeavour to loss or pitch so that they will encircle a pin or peg
driven into the ground, or to come nearer to this peg than their
opponents. The peg is called a "hob." A certain form of quoits is
played with horseshoes throughout the country districts of America. A
quoit player endeavours to give the quoit such a position in mid-air
that it will not roll but will cut into the ground at the point where
it lands. The game is remotely similar to the ancient Greek game of
throwing the discus. Iron quoits may be purchased for a dollar a set.

The average weight of the quoits used by experts is from seven to nine
pounds each. Sixty-one points constitute a game. The distance from the
peg shall be either 10, 15 or 18 yards. For a space three feet around
the pin or peg the ground should be clay. In match games, all quoits
that fall outside a radius of 18 inches from the centre of the pin are
"foul," and do not count in the score.

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