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to play the referee becomes the dictator
of the game. He is, however, assisted by
four others, two goal umpires and two
field umpires. The captains OF the teams toss
for choice of sides OF the field Then the
hurlers standing in line on the field opposite
each other, advance, shake hands or catch
hurlys. as the case may be, after which they
retire into position. Then the referee, taking
up a position at one end tosscs the ball be-
tween the lines OF opposing players, taking
care not to throw it higher than their heads.
This is q signal for the game to begin. And
from this time ON there is a struggle and when
the teams arc at all we'll matched il ia always
an exciting one. The game. as seen in America,
ia played under the rules of the Gaelic athletic
association. which, while simple, are strict in
the sense that they thoroughly frown down all
Singing or rough or crooked playing.
No player is allowed to catch another with
his hands. nor can there be any tripping push
ing from behind or butting with the head 1t
is not allowed for player to bring his hurry
into contact with another players person. and
il is in enforcing this rule that most trouble is
had. Its enforcement is necessary, however.
for otherwise every game would be marked by
broken heads. For any breach OF these rules
the referee is fully empowered to act. He may
disqualify the guilty player for the game. In
hurting the disqualification Of u man means
the loss of one to his side In foot ball. when
a man is disqualified another may take his
place. but this is not so in hurting and
the result is that team captains anxious to
lose no men see to II that the rules are
obeyed. The referee can disqualify a player
for any play that he may consider improper.
If a man is accidentally injured his place may
be filed by another. III any player drives the
ball over the side line of the field, and it does
not rebound, no player can follow and return
it. This must be done by the referee or an
umpire. The players must remain 80 feet from
the line until the ball is again thrown into the
feid and has touched tine ground, after which
il again becomes a q live ball
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SOME RARE SPORT,
The Famous Irish Game of
Hurting.
SIMPLE ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
Cross Between Football. Hockey,
Lacrosse and PoIo-How It IL Played
Advantages of the Game.
copyright. 1901

copyright 1901
~HERE is probably no athletic
III game now known to the world
~A that is older than the game OF
~ NM hurting, which seems about to
mn become quite popular with our
athletes.
N~ Chronology has it that Her.
cules first celebrated the Olym-
plan games in the year 1918 BIC. At about
the same time, according to the historians,
the early colonists OF Ireland founded what
we're known as the Tsiiten games. which
we're held annually in Meath and which
were, as far as they could be, national
They were kept mp until the end OF the eighth
century. when Ireland suffered from the Anglo
Norman invau'.. when they languished. The
Taiiten games were the ererunners OF the Irish
athletic games of today, and some OF them were
very Misunderstanding, weight thro wing. run
ming. horse racing and the like. In some re-
spects the old games were more refined than
those of our own tunes, for in addition to trials
OF skill aud strength there were also contests
in music. poetry, chess playing and such limo
cent pastimes.
IN AMERICA
the game is but Just beginning to get a fair
foothoid, but the outlook for it seems to be par
ticularly good. In a way it has been known to
Americans for a considerable time, for the
American school boys game OF skinny" is in
reality but a form OF hurting. However. play
ing the game scientifically with regular teams,
rs il is played in Ireland, England and Scot
land, has been but lately attempted here.
The company of all-around athletes who came
TO the United States from Ireland about a year
ago played the game in various cities while here
and did a good deal to popularize it. John Boyle
O'Reilly and other prominent Irsh-Americans
who have been seeking to revive interest in
IRISH games have also helped to give hurting
lift. The New York Gelic society now has two
regular hurting teams. There are several more
in Philadelphia and Boston and there are others
in other cqties
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II was in these games that hurting first be-
came popular, and in Ireland 1t has never lost
it, popularity. Every school boy, and for that
matter every other 'boy"-for in Ireland
male continues to be boy until he Is the head
of a family-plays the game. 1t is held. too,
that il is the favorite game of the fairies. There
is scarcely village in all Ireland where you
cannot find some veracious old gentleman or
dame willing TO tell of the games they have seen
the good people" all dressed in green playing
on some green hillside in the gray of the even
ing or in the moonlight
But, folklore aside. it is certain that the
game is as ancient as any that can be named.
and that it was played before the beginning Of
the Christian era.
Hnrling as game is simple enough. The
Irish used to call it barre, they called the
goal keeper cuibair, and the hurry or stick
used in the game was called canaan. To the
average American unused TO the game it seems
at first to partake of some Of the qualities of
foot ball. hockey, lacrosse and polo. 1t Is ex-
citing. too. for 1t is a game that calls forth
great activity. and when played by two full
teams there are about twice many men en-
gagged as there are in a matched game OF foot
ball, and when these get mixed up in a melee
over the small ball used the thing is likely to
become exciting. There are opportunities for
foot ball the most the hot-headed players can
do when they get excited is to slug with their
nsss. In hurting each player is armed with n
stick three feet or more long with curve on
tne END. winch Ia usually a sort OF knob. The
possibilities that these hold forth to PLAYERS
who do not care to control their temper can be
readily understood.
NOT UNLIKE FOOTBALL
Hurting when played By two full teams en-
cages forty-two men. 10 may. however. be
played by as few rs fourteen men on a side,
but should be played by no fewer. When two
teams complete face each other thew are not
mike football teams in formation. Besides
goal keepers each has half-backs, right-point
covers, left-point covers, wing men, eenters and
rushers. Sometimes too. the tactics used are
not unlike those of the football men. The
rushing and tackling are much the same and the
famous wedge movement of the Princeton foot
ball team has often before now been brought
into play on the hurting field. The main ouali-
fcations for player are activity, pluck quick
ness Of sight and good Judgment of distance.
When played by full teams the hurting ground
should be l96 yards long by i40 yards wide
The ground SHOULD be clearly marked off, as in
foot ball. st each end of the field stand two
goal posts and there is a cross bar ten and ONE
half feet from the ground. The object of the
game is to drive the ball between these posts
and under the cross bar This counts goal
II driven over the cross bar il counts but a
point. The same count is made if the ball goes
over the goal line within twcnty-one feet of
either goal post
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ONE SMALL GIRL AND HER DOLL.
The Size of the Latter Renders Her
Walk Down the Street Embarrassing.

A rather small girl of perhaps eight summers
got aboard an F-street car day before yester-
day with a doll thrown over her shoulder as
big as four-year-old child, under the weight
OF which she positively staggered. 1t had on
real little boys hat and it was not until the
passengers had had time to observe the fxity
of its round-eyed stare and the unnatural hue
of its porcelain complexion that they realized
it was not an actual infant Ii even had on a
thick coat, for protection against the weather.
made in the latest fashion for children. and Its
hair hung in golden ringiets over its shoulders.
The little girl seated herself near the for
ward end of the vehicle and placed the doll
beside her in the attitude of looking out of the
window, as children do. kneeling upon the
seat. Presently the conductor came along for
fares and she handed him a single ticket
FIVE CENTS SEAT.
"You must pay for your little brother too. il
be is to occupy a seat That is the rule of this
line"
s'But this is not my brother" replied the
small girl, sitting with one hand holding on to
the doll, which was shli apparently engaged in
gazing out of the window.
''Well, be may be your cousin for all know:
but yer gotter pay fer him unless You take him
on your lap"
.All right" said the small girl philosophically.
'I'll take him."
And with that she lifted the doll into her lap.
so that IL faced the conductor, Who after gag
ing at it for eight seconds by the watch, rushed
ont upon the platform amid the tittering of the
other passengers, and, in his agitation, re-
corded four extra uncalled-for fares. The little
girl got off at 9Th street with the doll over her
shoulder and staggered toward Pennsylvania
avenue.
ANOTHER EMBARRASSING ERROR
Just about as she was to cross E street she
encountered a very MISUNDERSTANDING old
terested expression. He stopped her at the
curb and said:
my poor little dear, must ask You to give
me your address. Where do you live, If you
please"
ION P street, sir. But why?
because, said the old gentleman, drawing
himself up, but still smiling beuevolently, Il am
amember OF the humane society. ! am shocked
to see child OF your age burdened with an in
FAINT almost OF your own size and weight
Therefore propose to lay the case before the
authorities. You shall not be abused in such a
way, my little dear, il can help it"
''Oh, sir, he is not 90 heavy as he looks, be-
cause. You see, he is hollow"
.All children are hollow, suppose" said the
old gentleman kindly. $50 that does not affect
the importance Of this case"
doll"
The old gentleman gazed upon it In an as
tonished way as IL was turned about to meet
his eye, and then, without another word
marched on up sth street toward +, shaking his
stick and muttering angrily TO himself.
The small girl when she got home told her
mother her adventures, and she is not TO be
permitted to take out her big doll again when
she goes down town alone.
MA "a m h;,raalf Tn. Me- Wi. o.
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When ball is driven over the goal line then
the goal keeper has chance to distinguish
himself. for he gets chance to hit the pail at
his own free will without molestation from the
other players. To use the jargon of the game,
he gets free "puck" from goal into the field.
In other words he has free hit of the ball ON
the fly, and no player on the opposite side can
come nearer than the twenty-oue- yard line
until the ball is struck, while none of the
striker 8 side can be farther away froul his own
goal than the center of the field. These free
pucks are always followed by the widest sort
OF scrinmages and are always an exciting feat
ure of game that ordinarily is exciting
enough. But, for that matter, there are ex-
citing features of the game just as there
are in any game where the players
are brought into close hand-to hand con-
tests OF skill, strength and endurance.
The match is always decided by the number of
goals made. In some games no goals are made
although this is Unusually and in some others
the score as to goals may be tie. In such
cases it is settled by the number of points.
1t Is not intended that the hand shall touch the
ball any more than is possible when hurting.
The ball cannot be lifted off the ground with
the hands when it is in play. 1t may be struck
with the hand. however, or it may be kicked.
1t may also be caught on the fly and the
player SO catching it may hit it in any way
he chooses. He may not, however hold it or
run with it, the design being TO keep the ball
free and constantly in play. Hitting both
right and left is allowed.
Where any rule Of the game is broken the
referee may allow a free hit or puck il he see
fit. In these free hits, except hit from goal
the bail should not be held in hand. If the
ball strike bystander near the lines, except
the referee or unpires. il is considered out of
play, and must be thrown in by the referee or
one of the umpires. Ii this occurs at the goal
line the ball is still considered out of play and
must be hit from goal. In the latter case the
referee. If he consider that the ball. if not in
terfered with. would have passed through the
point or goal line, may allow point or a goal
as he sees fit.
ADVANTAGES OF THE GAME.
1t will be seen at once that the game ia ex-
ceediDgly simple and that the rules allow the
players n wide latitude when playing. At the
same time il involves as much exercise as either
foot ball or lacrosse. without being especially
dangerous. In the way of educating the eye
as we'll as the limbs to quickness il Is in some
respects superior to either. In foot ball
large sphere is used and the eye is called upon
to perform but little labor. In lacrosse the
ball used is small, but it is driven by q sort of
scoop net, 50 to speak.
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The arrangement of the men is not alto
Se:hcr like that or the foot ball team. The
goal keepers stand near to and in front Of the
goal, ard two men govern the '.points." Four
others are posted a few yards in advance as
plekets- In the center of the field seven
players are ranged in q straight line like foot
oai! rush line The other seven are variously
placed TO guard various points and to rush and
eaekie, OF perform any other duty for which
they nav De required. Tho paraphernalia Of
The game Is simple in the extreme The ball
osei should weigh from seven TO ten ounces,
and should be made Of cork and wooden thread.
covered with leather. The hurry or stick
which 10 used for driving the ball 10 also o very
simple affair. Ii Is made of wood and 10 about
three feet long. IL IL curved az one end and
fattened so that there is q surface to meet the
al when il strikes it.
pEGfNNTXo AGAIN.
When the teams ere drawn up ready
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4 DrssKRrarrox Os AMrs,o.u
WINES

IL is now universally conceeed By even the russs
fanatcal tectctalers that glass Of ,horOuxh,y ,r-
tured and rnre wine 70 the most vholsesorne heslta
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every state-no matter how cold It's ciim.te-rr,.
duces grapes from which wine IL pressed. eu, THR
PASADENA WINES are made from ,ho.s lusc,ou.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA grapes which attain IN.
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I make Q specially Of Hish-navored Cooking and
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Howev.:, comparisons aside. hurting has its
own excellencies, and rs a winter game on the
ground or on the ice it has no superior for not
only is IT healthful but it is safe, simple and
intensely enjoyable. Any one can play il who
can learn TO play it. and any one who cannot
learn to play IL can learn nothing for il is sim
plicity itself. The outfit required is easily ac-
quired. A ball and a stick with a crook on one
end-and there you are. All that il needed
then, Is clear day and a level field. On
crisp cold day there is nothing that will stir up
the blood, liven mp the muscles and invigorate
one generally in n more complete manner than
a good lively game of hurting. The game is
played in an hour. with short rest in the
any one in ordinarily good health suffering
from overexertioa.
To become an expert hurler no peculiar quail
ifcations are required. A small man can play
as well asO big one, all other things being
equal Activity 10 the main thing, combined
with quickness OF sight and good judgment,
which enables the player to use his hurry with
accuracy and effect
Among professional athletes the game OF
nuriing Is hardly likely to become popular, but
among gentlemen amateurs 1t ought for many
reasons 70 become favorite game. 10 BUSH
ness men and men OF sedentary habits il fur
nisnes rare facilities for keeping in good physi-
cai condition, the exercise being sufficient for
this without being too severe for persons nm
used to physical exertion. At present hurting
Is all too little known. 1t would bo we'll II
every athletic club would introduce il as one of
the features OF ATS regular games Once the
public came TO know its good points it could
scarcely iail to become widely popular.
8. N. CRANE,
Pitcher New York Base Ball Club.
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When the summer of 1851 was half passed Mr..
Webster began to sigh for the cooling airs of
New Hampshire. He wanted to get there be-
fore the trout had left their favorite pools, and
of course, ii was my official duty to get my
tackle ready and accompany HIM to Films farm.
The trouting and other expeditions that we
ventnred upon were not few nor fur between,
but they were chiefly of the imaginary sort
and the offspring of early memories on the part
OF mine host. When boy he was wont to
catch trout only with the worm. He remembered
the time when the Merrimack was crowded
with salmon. but then nobody ever thought Of
taking them with the dy; and in all his talk he
seemed to look upon every kind of sporting as
really only sensible excuse for enjoying the
companionship of the woods and streams. And
hence, as he told me, il he spent day without
catching many trout or killing many squirrels
or birds he did not think that he had wasted
his time. He talked most lovingly about the
Merrimack, and said that ynen tho dsh came
from the sea and reached tho confluence Of the
Perrigewasset and Winipisiogee the salmon
and shad parted company, the shad going on
ward to the lakes, while the salmon continued
up the Merrimack to the mountain torrents
until their back fms could be seen above the
surface OF the water.
But must confess that while listening TO
NJ. Webster's talk about the old times and the
beautiful scenery which susreundsd ~