Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 38
llsout, he may take it up, and peg at those which still remaininside, the object of each player being to split the tops ofhis companions. If he succeed in anycase, he keeps the peg of the split top asthe spoil of his victoiy. If either of theplayers do not cast his top within thering, or if he… … 32 boys own book. of the ring for tlie others to peg at. When it is knockedout again without being split, the player to whom it be-longs, takes it up, and plays away as before. Some-times half-a-dozen dead tops are driven out of the ring byone cast, without any of them being damaged, and indeed,if…
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