Our Neighborhood; Good Citizenship in Rural Communities

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...the runs wins the race. This race also may be played in many different forms. Instead of touching the hand of the player in front, the runners may run around him. Or a post, a tree, or a rock may be substituted for a boy or girl. Relay Races.--Three players are chosen on each side. The two captains stand side by side at the starting line; fifty yards ahead of them stand two other players. At one hundred yards stand the last two; fifty yards ahead of these last players are two flags or handkerchiefs. At the signal, the captains run and touch the hands of the players on the fifty-yard line, and remain on the line. The new runners hasten to touch the hands of those on the one-hundred-yard line, and remain there. These new runners pick up the flags and, returning, give them to the runners stationed at the one-hundredyard line. These in turn run and hand the flags to the captains, who hasten back to the starting point. The side whose captain reaches the line first wins the race. There are many different variations of this relay "ON THE MARK" Boys who are not afraid to measure their strength against other boys will grow into men who are not afraid to measure their strength against other men. race. If girls run instead of boys, the distances may be shortened. Egg Race.--Two or more girls, each with an unbroken egg in a spoon, stand at the starting line. At the signal, all run to the goal line fifty yards away. The one reaching there first with the egg in the spoon wins. The distance may be increased or shortened as the playground permits. Lighted candles may be substituted for the eggs and spoons. Besides these games and races, there are scores of others, such as fox and hound, dare-base, bull-pen, hat-ball, leapfrog, hopscotch,...