The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 532
right in the ground. Thependulum is a heavy ball suspendedby a rope eight feet long from aring sliding on a wire between twoposts eight feet high and six feetapart. The rings are placed in linebetween the posts, and the object ofeach player, after choosing a ring, is to swing the pendulum so as… … Pendulum. over it may score double its number.If a player hits a ring he did notchoose, it is accounted a miss. Thegame may be played by any num-ber of persons, each for himself, ordivided into opposing parties. Thewinning score is fixed upon before-hand, or the game may be playedfor a certain…
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