The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-12
THE GAME or WlNKS.
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time.
Tiddlcdy Winl1s is now the great
game fer social amusement. Progress
sive euchre is played out. ''iiss in
clover" IS anci, ut history whist. check
ers. chess the games which have
ortlasted season have. for the time
being. gone into eclipse :u:t!;r the bright
but Doubtless tic. ting light. of 't;Gdietir
win!zs." It's ~ necessary ia society"
t. know how to play titldlr,ly winl.s as
it is to know how to dance. You will
but if ones in the swim he likes to be
on the crest of the wave.
From two t. six persons may make
set in this cr;,zc-thc more the lnerrier.
The game IS English in origin, but the
Americans have made enough changes
in it to claim it. The blessed thing
about this game is that it isn't ''scicn.
tific." Any Jay" can play it rs Well as
the most accomplished swell that is. If
he can once get the hang Ct the thing,
Small ivory chips are jumped by
striking them on the edge with
larger chip, ard the object OF
the game j. to make them fall
into small wink" pot set in the CEN
ter of the table. Every girl winls when
her chip jumps. The small chips are
called .'winl.s;" the larger chips are
jumpers. The wink pot is placed in tho
center of the table. 1t is a small cup,
burely two inches III diameter. If a
mat or heavy tahlccloth is used the only
other implements" ere the winlss, tho
tilllctlys and IL number Of pasteboard
counters. Iin"t, each player is provided
with a snail pad or mat about three by
four inches, frv:n which to jump the
~inl,s.
Each player has SIX winlsa. The mats
are placed ut an equal distance from the
winis-pot. \ wink is put on the mat
end thc t'ay,.r hcl!ing one Of
, IL; tii,llcjys hit, sr presses with
its edge upon the wink, causing
it to jump. III" best result Is
secured hy resting thu. tiddledy on the
sinl1 and drawing il backward. The
wink may hc made t lump several feet
in this way. The skill ;ttainable comes
in SO gauging the pressure that the wink
will fall In the pot. II it goes beyond,
the player must jump II back.
| One plays until he fails to put wink
in, and then the turn passes. Partners
may help each other. The object In the
English game is to get all the winks in,
and the one who Is through first tallies
one for every wink let on the
| table wh,n they are through.
1t often happens that wink
falls on that Of another player. Tho
under one can not be touched. and the
owner of the upper one may play all the
rest In before trying That and setting,
II In "1 Il; IT, s;;;ri<an game each wink
jumped III the pot counts one. At the
start pool is forni' i. each player ante
ing seven counters. zach plays his own
six winl1s the first round. After that
he plays uny winl.s he chooses, and as
long as he can put winks In the pot. II
he fails to put Il wink i'll six trials he for
feits two counters to the pool. If he
clears the table he can take out Of the
pot as many as NE can pat back.
Four winks in succession form n run
and for every wink in Il run over three
the player receives an extra counte
from the pool When the winks arc al
in, the player who has made the largcs
run and the one putting in the largcs
number Of winlss divide the poo
equally.
Both the English and American game
are played SO as to give variety. and tn
game is also made more interesting b.
=. VARYING the distances at which the mat
are placed from the winl>-pot ut tn
start-out Sometimes line ten inchc
in diameter is drawn around the wink
> pot and all winlis falling in it have
be left until all others are in. This rim
is called the dead line.-N Y. sun.