Arizona republican., 1921-05-04

played much in New York or Chicago or any other big city. It does not fi- in with the subway rush and the roar of lower Broadway. Men and women who struggle with straining nerves for life and love and money. who shimmy in aZz-racked cabarets and pack the follies and the movies are not horseshoe pitchers. They would vote horseshoe pitching deadly bore. Nor is it in tune with the mental life of the new metropolitan America, which is so self-conscious and wor- ried-the America that reads Main Street" and patronizes British high brow lecturers and tries hard to guess what is going on in Russia. Ante bellum, horseshoe pitching America had barely heard of Russia, regarded Main street as the best place this side of heaven, and gave to all for eigners a rich and condescending pity. Can America be led back to the sweet and placid contentment, the beautiful faith and ignorance of the early horseshoe pitching days?-
 Game of Quoits
 But it must be added that horse shoe pitching has, to certain ex- tent. kept up with the times The game of quoits. properly so-called, is a sort of urbanized horseshoe pitch ing, in which iron rings, especially made for the purpose. are used This is an international game and has its tournaments and champions.
 Horseshoe pitching proper. as far as we can learn, is purely American game Should you desire to take IL up, in order to get your mind in tune with the administration, we here give a brief summary of the rules as pro- l hx-F nfhnrfty fh a T, the Grand League of American Horseshoe Pitchers. It is decreed by this organization that the pegs shall be 3Sih feet apart Each of them must be 30 inches long and must pro- | ject inches above the ground, and the pegs should incline toward each other to the extent of one inch from the .perpendicular. Yellow clay dug
 up to the depth of six inches, and ! wet enough to prevent a shoe rom slipping or bouncing, should surround the peg on all sides. The pitchers box includes all of the territory fol l three feet on either side of the pegs and six feet behind it. The shoes
 which are pitched must be not more
 than 7L inches long, 6Sa inches wide and 3ih inches between the hee caulks. and each shoe must weigh :
 more than pounds ounces In 1 first class game, unless the shoe lies
 within six inches of the peg it doe: not count anything. The closest sho' counts one point. and if both shoe are closer than either of the oppo nent's shoes, it counts two points ringer counts five points if your sho' ! lands right side up and three point:
 if it turns over. Of course, ringel
 does not count if your opponent
 knocks ii off the peg.
 The friends of the game claim tha it is the friendliest contest possible They say that men who play quoit' together never have any serious dis putes They also say that the exer
 else it affords is excellent especial!
 for elderly men. The bending to picl up the shoes is especially salubriols
 It can be played by all ages and boti sexes and anywhere that you can flint
 50 or 60 feet of level ground. At tn
 same time a high degree of skill i
 possible. If you can pitch a sho weighing over two pounds and ma k it ring a stake nearly 40 feet away you have good nerves and good eye The horseshoe pitcher in the Whit House is said to have both.