Evening star., 1929-07-01

Inquiries about 1t were numerous.
Yet it is nothing new. Horse shoe
pitching has been regularly organized
sport for many years, in which specially
made equipment has prevailed. Snoss
and stakes are obtainable at most hard
ware and sporting goods shops. A few
sets will suffice to run OF a slzeable
tournament.
buffers i'm Majority.
Rules for The Star tournament are
based on those of the National Horse
Shoe Pitching Association. In instances
the official regulations have been modl-
fed for the benefit OF the dut1ers, VINO
are expected to be in great majority.
Your dyed-in- -the-wool horse shoe
pitcher is quite fussy about some OF
the rules, but he likely will find nc
objection to slight notifications.
For instance, the strictly reguiatlon
nitching court will not be necessary, ex-
cept as to length In building an oti1-
cial court the space for feet around
the stake is boxed in with by planks
and packed with fine clay 1nches oeep.
The clay is kept moist and WORKED 10
puttylike condition Tor 10 incnes
around the peg. -...s l.,
Hard dirt courts will be permitted IN
The stars tournament, but the otner'
nerhaps, is more to be desired
with an official court the forward
rlank constitutes foul line. In all o!
The Star tournaments where no oHclal
court is laid out line will be drawn
or other marking made three 1eet III
front of the stake to be the limit one
NAV step in tossing the shoe.
Rules for The Star event 1oLoW'
The Stakes.
THE stakes shall be of iron, about
inch in diameter and preferably
tn feet in length. They snall pro,
iect 10 inches above the ground ana
incline toward each other mcnes.
Pitching Distance.
For men the stakes shall be 40 feet
anart measured from the 'front.' at
the point where the stakes en1er
the sos gronmo: %omen the distance shalt be
80 feet.
The Official Shoe.
No horseshoe shall exceed the fol-
lowing regulations: Seven-and-one-
half inches in length, 2 inches IN
width and 212 POUNDS In weignt. Nv
foe or heel calk shall project more
than three-uuarters of an inch. The
opening between the heel calks shall
not exceed 81 inches-inside meas
urement.
No shoe constructed in a freak
design will be considered a regula-
ton shoe. The commonly accepted
shoe shall be used as model to de-
termine what freak shoe IS.
Playing Rules.
No contestant shall make any re-
marks or utter any sounds within the
hearing of his opponent, nor make
any movement that does or might
interfere with the opponents playing.
The penalty for violation of this
rule shall be the declaring as foul
both shoes pitched or to be pitched
by the offender in the inning com
planned of. The referee shall be
the judge of a violation OF TINS
rule.
No contestant shall walk across
the opposite stake and examine the
position of his opponents shoe be-
fore making his first or final pitch.
Any player repeatedly violating
rules or guilty of any unsportsman-
like conduct may be barred from
further participation.
The Foul Line.
A foul line shall be marked 8 feet
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the shoe contestant may stand
anywhere inside the line, the trans
gression of which shall result in the
forfeiture of the shoe.
Any shoe striking short of the
foul line shall be declared foul and
shall be removed at the request of
the opponent.
Interfering With Pitched Shoes.
No contestant shall touch his own
or his opponents shoe, after they
have been pitched, until the final
decision has been rendered as to the
scoring values of the shoes.
Failure to comply with this rule
shall result in both shoes of the
offender being declared foul and his
opponent shall be entitled to as many
points as the position of his shoes
at the peg shall warrant.