The Boy's Modern Playmate: A Book of Sports Games and PastimesF. Warne & Company, 1906 - 816 sider |
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Side 89
... QUOITS . QUOITS is a game requiring great strength in the arms and shoulders , and quickness of sight . It is played with a flattened ring of iron called a quoit , thick at its inner , and thin at its outer edge , and with a pin of iron ...
... QUOITS . QUOITS is a game requiring great strength in the arms and shoulders , and quickness of sight . It is played with a flattened ring of iron called a quoit , thick at its inner , and thin at its outer edge , and with a pin of iron ...
Side 90
... quoit falling on the pin , or upon the distance from it . Thus -a " ringer " ( i.e. , a quoit which surrounds the pin ) scores two , and two ringers count four . If a player has placed both his quoits nearer to the hob than his ...
... quoit falling on the pin , or upon the distance from it . Thus -a " ringer " ( i.e. , a quoit which surrounds the pin ) scores two , and two ringers count four . If a player has placed both his quoits nearer to the hob than his ...
Side 178
... quoits to spare , he may try to throw the quoits so as to fall upon the pins , and for every case in which he succeeds , he adds the num- ber of the pin to his score . LLLLLLL PARLOUR RINGOLETTE . This is entirely a game of skill . As ...
... quoits to spare , he may try to throw the quoits so as to fall upon the pins , and for every case in which he succeeds , he adds the num- ber of the pin to his score . LLLLLLL PARLOUR RINGOLETTE . This is entirely a game of skill . As ...
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The Boy's Modern Playmate: A Book of Sports, Games, and Pastimes John George Wood Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1891 |
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