In this game the contestants run a race carrying a glass or tin cup full of water on top of the head, which must not be touched by the hands.  The one finishing first with a minimum loss of water from his cup is the winner.

WICKET POLO

A game played by two teams of four players each.  The ball used is a regulation polo ball.  A wicket polo surface is 44 feet square, in which sticks or wickets are set up.  The object of the game is to knock down the wickets of one’s opponents by a batted ball and to prevent them from displacing our own.  A crooked stick 4 feet in length and a little over an inch in diameter is used.  Each player has a fixed position on the field or surface.

WOLF AND SHEEP

In this game “it” is the wolf.  The sheep choose a shepherd to guard them.  The wolf then secures a hiding place and the sheep and shepherd leave the fold and endeavour to locate him.  When this is done the shepherd cries, “I spy a wolf!” and every one stands while he counts ten.  Then the sheep and shepherd scatter for the fold, and if tagged before they reach it the first becomes wolf for the next game.

WOOD TAG

In this class are also “iron tag,” “stone tag,” and “tree tag.”  They are all simply the game of tag with the additional rule that when a player is in contact with iron, stone, trees, wood, and so on he is safe from being tagged by the one who is “it.”  The game of “squat tag” is similar, except that to be safe the one pursued must squat quickly on the ground before “it” catches him.  In cross tag, “it” must select a victim and continue to run after him until some one runs ahead and crosses his path, when “it,” who may be breathless by this time, must abandon his victim for a fresh one, who may soon be relieved and so on until some one is tagged, or “it” is exhausted.

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