The book of athletics and out-of-door sports .. (1895)
Bingham, Norman W[illiams], jr., [from old catalog] ed, Cumnock, Arthur James. [from old catalog], Bliss, Laurence Thornton. [from old catalog], Martin, Willard Shepard, jr., 1868- [from old catalog], Dwight, James. [from old catalog], Bancroft, William Amos. [from old catalog], Cracknell, Ralph. [from old catalog], Hart, Hugh S. [from old catalog], Munroe, Kirk, 1856- [from old catalog], Fenton, David Wakeman, 2d. [from old catalog], Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery), 1852-1907, Graham, John. [from old catalog], Garcelon, William F. [from old catalog], Palmer, Julius A., jr. [from old catalog], Rose, Harry E. [from old catalog], Black, Alexander, 1859-1940, Townsend, Malcolm. [from old catalog], Bloss, Edward Bluell. [from old catalog], Talbot, Charles R. [from old catalog], Sutphen, Van Tassel, 1861-1945 · Boston, Lothrop publishing company · leaf 310
ment,and friendly rivalry. Quoits is but a modern adaptation of the oldGrecian game of Throwing the Discus. There is, however, this difference: the discus wasa much heavier ring than is the modern quoit; andthe object of the old Greek game was to determinewhich discobolus had the stronger arm, and… … The Quoit Thrower.(Co/>y of the Marble of the Discobolus of the Iatican.y SUMMER SPORTS. 3 I I to ring the hob, — a task rarely accom[)Hslied, — orto get as near to the hob as possible. Players may throw alternately, or sides may bechosen. Each player throws all his quoits; andwhen all have been…
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