{"product_id":"2940157885762","title":"Healthful Sports for Boys(Annotated)","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eSPRING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eMARBLES--HOW PLAYED\u003cbr\u003eMarbles: Where and how made; different games; terms of game; how to gain skill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eWHIP TOPS AND TOP GAMES\u003cbr\u003eWhip tops, peg tops, and some other tops; how they are played; top games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eKITES AND HOW MADE\u003cbr\u003eAbout kites; how made; their practical uses; flying contests.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eHOOPS, WHEELS AND BUZZERS\u003cbr\u003eHoops, wheels and buzzers; stilts, different kinds; how used and how procured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eLET'S GO A-FISHING\u003cbr\u003e\"Let's go a-fishing\"; bait of many kinds and how to get it. Fishing outfit; its care.\u003cbr\u003eSUMMER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eBOATING AND CANOEING\u003cbr\u003eUseful hints on boating and canoeing. \"Don'ts\" to be observed. Definitions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eSMALL SAIL BOATS\u003cbr\u003eHow to make and manage small sail boats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003eHOW TO SWIM\u003cbr\u003eCan you swim? How to learn. Confidence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003eSTYLES OF SWIMMING\u003cbr\u003eStyles of swimming; floating, diving; water games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003eTHINGS BOYS SHOULD KNOW\u003cbr\u003eHow sides are chosen in games of contest; some things all boys should know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003eCURIOUS RHYMES FOR GAMES\u003cbr\u003eCurious rhymes in counting out games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003eTAG AND BULL IN THE RING\u003cbr\u003eAll about the good old game of tag, and bull in the ring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003eALL ABOUT LEAP FROG\u003cbr\u003eDo you know all about leap frog?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003eDUCK ON THE ROCK--CAT\u003cbr\u003eDead Turtle; Duck on Rock; Brick Skittles; Tip Cat; Country Cat; American Cat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003eBALL, BAT AND RACKET\u003cbr\u003eAnd now for ball! Some good games that can be played with ball, bat and racket. Town ball; two old cats; hand ball.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003eAMERICAN BASEBALL\u003cbr\u003eThe great American game of baseball. Some things every player should know. Rules.\u003cbr\u003eAUTUMN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII\u003cbr\u003eALL ABOUT FOOTBALL\u003cbr\u003eThe strenuous game of football. How to lay out the ground. Pointers for players.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII\u003cbr\u003eMUMBLY PEG--HOP SCOTCH\u003cbr\u003eMumbly peg; jackstones; Hop Scotch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIX\u003cbr\u003eHOW TO CAMP OUT\u003cbr\u003eHow and where to prepare camp. A delightful way in which to spend a vacation, if you know the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XX\u003cbr\u003eBICYCLES AND LASSOES\u003cbr\u003eCan you ride a bike? Information on wheels. How to throw a lariat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI\u003cbr\u003eGOLF, HOCKEY AND SHINNY\u003cbr\u003eThe old Scotch game of golf, hockey and shinny.\u003cbr\u003eWINTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII\u003cbr\u003eSKATING--SKIING--SNOW SHOEING\u003cbr\u003eOn the ice and snow. The royal sport of skating. Some hints on skiing and snow shoes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIII\u003cbr\u003eCOASTING--TOBOGGANING--SLEDS\u003cbr\u003eCoasting. How to make sleds. The bob sled. The toboggan. Snow games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIV\u003cbr\u003eGENERAL ATHLETICS\u003cbr\u003eWalking, Running, Jumping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXV\u003cbr\u003eCRIES--SHOUTS--COLLEGE YELLS\u003cbr\u003eBattle cries, hailing shouts, and college yells.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVI\u003cbr\u003eCLEVER TRICKS\u003cbr\u003eVanishing feats. Curious illusions. Various deceptive amusements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVII\u003cbr\u003eSLEIGHT-OF-HAND\u003cbr\u003eBalancing. Juggling. Transformations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eAmong the many good and wise things said by the great Lincoln was this: \"Give me the boy with promise of the man in him, and give me the man with the memory of the boy in him, and both can sit at my table, and if they sit together, we'll have all the better time!\"\u003cbr\u003eThis book of out-door games for boys will make better boys, and they'll get a lot more joy out of life and be the better men in time, for having read it and carried out its rules as to wholesome, honest sport.\u003cbr\u003eThe boy who plays an honest game will do an honest business, and he'll win over \"the sneak.\"\u003cbr\u003eIf you are \"a grown-up,\" read this book, and in doing so live over again the joyous, gladsome days of your boyhood, and you will sigh, as we do while writing this: \"Would I were a boy again!\"\u003cbr\u003eWe want the mother, as well as the father, to read this book, for it will recall the brothers of far-off days, and bring her into closer sympathy--we must not say \"love,\" for that is already strong enough --with the exuberance of her boys.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the girls? Why, bless you! They, too, should read every scrap of this book, for they will find in it many of their own games, and not one that they could not play and enjoy, if circumstances permitted.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the grand-parents? God bless them! Why, they'll enjoy it quite as much as the young folks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSPRING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eMARBLES: WHERE MADE; TERMS OF THE GAMES; DIFFERENT GAMES; HOW TO ACQUIRE SKILL\u003cbr\u003eEach season has its own particular work for the farmer, and he does his work without direction from or consultation with his neighbors or any one else. Each season has its own particular games for the young folks, and they take to them without any suggestion from outsiders, just as young ducks take to water, without any instructions from the mother bird. 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