The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27

on foot only. of course, the circle Is laid
out on large scale. 1 have seen dozen
women playing fox and geese on the lawn
OF big country place, and It is as pretty
a bicycle picture as you could wish to see.
Oftentlmes the circle is a quarter of a
mile In circumference and the lines radiat-
ing from the center goal afford plenty of
space for riding. OF course, the bigger
the circle the more sport, but 1t can be
played in a space smaller than a city
square, and lots Of amusement and exer-
else can be got from It.
Duck on a rock Is another exciting
game of our childhood that has lost its
chidishness and become a rafting good
sport for grown-ups through the medium
OF the bike. Duck on rock Is bit
rough and dangerous for women, but men
can and do play 1t with great success.
"As with fox and geese, duck on a
rock has to be conducted on larger
scale when played on O wheel. The
PLAYERS take a rock In their hand before
mounting and. when the man who Is 1T
gives a signal, they all ride swiftly to-
wards the duck and, as they pass, try
to knock II of.
'If one succeeds, the person who is
it must dismount, return the duck to
the rock remount and touch some one OF
the players before he gets out of bounds.
BY placing the boundary lines quarter
of a mile or so from the duck, the game
is made more exciting, and the person it
has a greater chance of catching one OF his
opponents.
'Duck on a rock on bicycle can be
played on an ordinary country road, and
IL Il is desired to make II doubly difficult
and risky, a stretch of road with steep
~ IL do Of
injury to the wheel by the flying rocks,
but IL a player Is moderately careful he
can dodge them.
saAnother pretty picture which 1 saw
while on the other side was a dozen or
more young women dancing, or, to be
correct, riding a gigantic maypole. For
the ribbons long strips Of brightly colored
paper similar to those which jugglers UNI
coil from a victims hat were used. These
were tied to the handlebar and were forty
or fifty feet long. AS the riders rode
swiftly in and out weaving the ribbon
around the pole, couldn't help thinking
how much prettier and daintier II was
than the average bicycle parade in this
country.
Going through the various cavalry
drills on bikes is also an excellent sub
stitute for scorching. and at the same
time gives all the exercise one needs.
Knocking OFF the Turks head is now
popular game in England. The Turk s
head consists of a round leather pad
placed on a post four or five feet high.
The contestant, with saber in hand, rides
past at full speed. and IL he succeeds In
knocking the pad from the post he scores
a point.
Bicycle tournaments are now estab-
lished fixtures of hiking In England. A
club viii hold a tournament and invite all
the clubs In the surrounding county to par
ticlpate The list of events includes al
most as many forms OF track contests as
an intercollegiate meet The apple race
always causes the most amusement and
excitement. As many apples as there are
entries are placed In a tub OF water, and
each rider must ride to the tub, pick an
apple out with his teeth without using his
hands, and, bearing 1t In his MOUTH re-
turn to the goal The biker who gets his
apple across the line first wins.
Tugs of war, polo and lacrosse are also
In the list Of events, and for the women
there are potato and slow races.
"Of course, for any of the games the
riders have to be experts, but II is good
training for road riding, and besides Is
healthful and exciting sport. / think IL
we look Il up here 1t would become popu-
lar in a short time and do away with the
crooked back and overturned cyclists"
G. g. Russell.