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Rh from falling to the floor by the players bumping it with their knees. About ten players make the best game.

Any number of players sit in a ring with hands braced behind hips; a medicine ball—preferably 14-inch—is kicked or pushed with the foot or feet in any direction. An hygienic game only.

A circle is formed and hands are grasped. One of the players, running on the outside, taps another who immediately starts to run in the opposite direction, the place he left remaining vacant until one or the other shall have returned to it first. The unsuccessful player continues the running, etc. The players, upon meeting, may exchange greetings, bow to each other, or perform some other courtesy or exercise before completing the circuit. This play, if the number of players is sufficiently large, may also be played in a double circle, an inner and outer ring, the players facing each other and grasping their uplifted hands, thus forming an arch under which the two running players must wind their way.

For any number. Form a circle, all facing the centre and holding their hands behind their backs. One running around the circle will drop the "beetle" (a sack similar to a policeman's club, stuffed with cotton batting, or a towel with a knot in the end will do) into the hand of another. The person receiving the "beetle" quickly turns upon his right-hand neighbor, and with a series of blows chases him around the circle and back to his place. If the neighbor can run faster than the holder of the "beetle" he will, of course, escape the blows. The holder of the "beetle" now takes the place of the last leader.