New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-19

no. played with battledorc. but with the insteps
sides. soles and heels of the feet. The hands may
not be used at all nut the elbows. knees hips and
shoulders may. The game does not appear to be a
very old one; perhaps II dates back five hundred
IN circle. and keeping their eyes steadily fixed
upon the NOV aments Of the shutteoock endeavor
by kicking 1t up with their feet or krees to keep 1t
The common swing is mentioned at least 1000
e ng9 and seems to have been derived from
be Northern amusement. 1t is curious fact that
balancing on the tight and loose rope is almost in
women with deformed feet. In general conjuring
The Chinese are not TO be excclled. even by the
Punch and Judy is occasionally met with. In
marionottos. The performers stood behind a large
sheet liz up on their SIDE and the audience sat IN
painted wood or cardboarG sransparent enough TO
show the colors through the light and the men
soith Of China tho marioncttes are dangled from
above by strings, somewhat after the Burmese
Punch and judy" OF course. the Chinese 'Puncn
and Judy" though often exactly the same as ours
ter Of Mr. Punch being totally unknown to the
Chira, and differs in no way from ours. The name
Is Is, ne ne same e blind man feeling" Cat $
Of os not S0 o nch scope as or Hov
The he Chinese call it picking involved thread"
l.5oo years ago. The Emperor was DESTROYS Of con-
the Snes d y order
90 this unobserved he fashioned number Of false
patches In some parts Of China Acolian harps are
ATTACHED to kits ana hence IN Skne the KITE ii
and whistles to the legs and wings of pigeons, the
result being a weird melancholy, ana even touch
Ing series of howls in the air which much puzzle
well young boys may be seen flying kites at the
proper season (autumn) In China. and the Chinese
this matter. Some of the kites arc enormous as
well as artistic productions and resemble hHins
most lifelike character. Some are lit up or carry
lamps kitG.nghtlng consists in so SOL, manoenyTing
hitched up to cut the other as nearly as pos
length and breadth arc occasionally seen and these
of course. require IA powerful anchor" human or
uWhippnr-to2s are common all over the ,r north
The ch'emc. or teetotum. Is used chiefly for gam
The Italian game Of more, or fnger-guessing. is in
varably played all over China after festive din in,
nerS and the loser has on each occasion 10 toss Off
another cup of wine.
NOT STRONG IN ATHLETICS.
The Chinese do not show up very well in ath-
letic sports: such Olympan games as they have are
either of a military nature or are derived from the
Tartars Mention is made about 1000 years ago OF
the tug -oi-wlr." exactly as played by ourselves
except that instead of all pulling the main rope
the adversaries each OF them chung 10 a smaller
cord attached the chief cable. The 'Red-cap
Mahometans' Of Picking "a banner or military col
ony brought from Turkestan over century ago.
have an annual gathering in tho West Chang-an-
ST. where le-climbng, song singing and misce-
laneous athlete sports are the order OF tne uaS
No Chinaman has any idea OF b1xing ana any
gle wc,delivered blow In the chest IL is r OF mo mo
head is as hard as iron. As with all orien,als. a
Chinese has singularly weak spieon; ana, ana II, -
itary athletics have been an-.inglv caricatured or
rather correctly described. by the witty Able Hue
dcrce ycs rollings of :he eyes, kissing. splitting
and bandshng OF arms TO ,San TO beat him
methodicay back when he is actually there. ina
II a man is TO have any stay in him. and that
every caper every gnashng OF the itcth' T Vyiii
bare fists half dozen bluejackets would knock
spots out Of hundred Of me best 1ni ,bs@
ever try IL nat the Chinese Ike the French Inn ~
b' u 9w the f S0as sn& out the and
ally fight as onl as possible, orse,v introduced
by the NIanchus horse-archery. foot-archcry;
practice with the halberd, lifting the stone anu
Raising a sort Of exaggerated dumtbell, consisting
consists of galloping along st1asnr
targets the horse passes them The he bSw E rs GI
ouired tighten ii into condition for snoring tne
But tbs is Only n at es sH grn the
horse bow is only of three and the foot bow OF I'VE
Iao ponde and IS twiried over the head and shout
dcrs with great address ana activity. Inc stone
or sInkcn hand holes In the side whereby TO hit II;
the operator mas to raise it up to his knee The
Chief exercise consists in holding the arm upright
and allowing the instrument to pivot rapidly round
as the hand grasps IL In this position spear
thrusting requires little explanation; Chincse spears
are often twenty or thirty feet long, Ghd usuahy
carry a triangular flag at the upper END W.,
Wrestling Is not unknown among the pure tnl-
nese but the Mongos are its chief patrons; NOSE
who come TO Picking annually on of1clal missions
are bound by law to perform before the emperor
The Japanese carry wrestling TO the pitcn OF Ile
art: nevertheless Archdeacon Gray. OF canton.
about TWENTY-FIVE years ago, took or MS Goa, "
one of their professionals and soon made MN D!e
the dust; the gallant and venerable archdeaco, III
question had picked up notion or TWO IN uipei
land The Chinese have a WORD TOT poNlnS, ".
there is no fancy art in ii han tncre II IN tc
street scrmmages of Liverpool running S,one
women Cinnamon fall like chaf before tie Brit
ish fist. go , -, ,-..,o.. CHINA
mon are not BY any means to be sneeZed az. llscl
hunters on the frontiers of Manchurla, WIN Nv
native ours and old rusty gun, seem qulie aple
TO bag first class Bengal animal. DUCK ana goose
shooting is rather amusing swiVel-Eun Is nHea
IN the bow of a boat and the craft Is then stored
in The direction of the birds when the right dlrec
ton is secured one man let's fly at mock ana Ger
tainIy manages TO hit good many OF MS pros ID
This way Still the Chinaman envieS the faclnty
with which the European brings his single game
down on the wing; rule he likes pot-shotS on
the ground There Is no such thng "a, potcnin,S
i'm China; any can go on any other H VI
ground and shoot what he likes at all times Inc
imperial hunting ground is no exception Wheh o,ce
Won are I'm IT, Most game Is secured by .rapPII,s
and in the winter time you can get puSlarus
phelsants. deer boar, etc, almost lor hotHlhS'