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As with whip top, playing alone soon ceases to be good fun, but the

game makes for enjoyment
As with whip top, playing alone soon ceases to be good fun, but the
game makes for enjoyment. Mark out a bull ring about six feet in
diameter. Put as many tops inside the small ring as there are players,
then toss up, or in any other way decide on the order of play. After
winding up his peg, the first player, with his left foot toeing the
outer ring, strikes for the tops in the center. If he misses and fails
to spin, or if he strikes outside the inner circle, he must put
another top within the circle and await his turn. If he strikes the
tops with the big end of his plugger, it is a miss, and he must
replace any top knocked out; but if the peg of the plugger hits a top
and knocks it out of the center ring, he pockets it and has another
whack. If in spinning in the center ring the plugger jostles out a top
or tops, it counts as a hit, and the player is entitled to another
‘try.’ If the plugger spins and dies in the ring without knocking out
a top, it is a miss, and the player must add another top.

Be sure that your oars are of the right length, so as to avoid the

contact of the ends
Be sure that your oars are of the right length, so as to avoid the
contact of the ends. Have the row-locks so arranged that the oars will
turn or move in any direction without creaking or strain. The braces
for the feet should be movable, so as to accommodate any length of
leg, and the seat should not be too high.

The ball used in this game is shaped somewhat like a lemon, or two

cones joined at their bases
The ball used in this game is shaped somewhat like a lemon, or two
cones joined at their bases. From the middle the angle of slope must
be the same to the two ends.

Coin-conjuring has its own peculiar sleights, which it will be

necessary for the student to practice diligently before he can hope to
attain much success in this direction
Coin-conjuring has its own peculiar sleights, which it will be
necessary for the student to practice diligently before he can hope to
attain much success in this direction.

Another capital dodge is that recommended by Dr

Another capital dodge is that recommended by Dr. Franklin, in which
the buoyant power of water is still more strikingly exemplified.
Procure an egg or lump of chalk of an easily handled shape, and, when
the water is up to your chest, face the shore and let the egg drop in
front of you. Now take breath, shut your mouth, but not your eyes,
which you can open and shut as easily in the water as out, duck under,
and try to pick up the egg. You will find that while your legs rise
from the bottom you will have to struggle with your arms to get down
far enough to reach the ‘egg,’ owing to the great resistance offered
by the water, and two or three attempts may be necessary to accomplish
your object. You can come up at any moment by depressing the feet,
and, as you face the shore, your struggles are working you into
shallower water, so that the experiment is a safe one enough.

The very best time to make needed repairs is when the need is

discovered
The very best time to make needed repairs is when the need is
discovered. Never wait until the time comes to use the thing again.
The boy who gets into that habit is disqualifying himself for the
battle of life, in which promptness, accuracy and energy are the prime
requisites to success.

In the evolution of water craft, the vessel propelled by pole, paddle

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The boy who has drawn the paper marked with the X is ‘it,’ and so is

regarded as the wolf
The boy who has drawn the paper marked with the X is ‘it,’ and so is
regarded as the wolf. He goes off some distance, while the huddled
’sheep,’ as the other players are called, decide what time of day they
shall each represent.

After you can manage the breast stroke well, try the side stroke,

which you will find more speedy, but it has its disadvantages in a
long swim, by reason of the tension thrown on the muscles of the neck
in keeping the head thrown so far back from its normal position, while
the chest and shoulders, square to the front, offer considerable
resistance to the water
After you can manage the breast stroke well, try the side stroke,
which you will find more speedy, but it has its disadvantages in a
long swim, by reason of the tension thrown on the muscles of the neck
in keeping the head thrown so far back from its normal position, while
the chest and shoulders, square to the front, offer considerable
resistance to the water. History has not handed down the name of the
founder of the side stroke, but he deserves canonization equally with
the man who ate the first oyster. Nature evidently intended man to
swim on his side, as in this position the body moves more easily in
the water, to which it offers less resistance, while the action of the
arms is not so fatiguing, and the head is supported by the water at
its proper angle to the trunk.

The ground between the holes should be cleared as far as possible of

all obstructions
The ground between the holes should be cleared as far as possible of
all obstructions. Hazards are not objected to by good players, as they
add to the sport.