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Indoor and Outdoor Gymnastic Games  75 cost of making twenty bags, including canvas, will be, at most, $3.00, making the total cost of twenty bags $4.00, or less than the price of one medicine ball. The bags are durable, costing nothing for repairs, and can be used in numerous ways with either large or small classes. Be sure to have half the bags made of plain duck and half of striped, so that in team work there shall be no confusion. A number of games are described herewith, beginning with the least active. Place two mats as far apart as the bags can be tossed. Choose sides and toss as in quoits, one side using white bags, the other striped. A bag does not score unless completely on the mat, i.e., not touching floor at all. There should be one bag for each man. To increase difficulty stipulate that bags must be thrown over a rope or stick supported on top of jumping standards, which are placed midway between mats. A bag striking the stick or passing underneath does not count. (Adapted to classes of 12 to 30.) Divide class into two equal teams. Form each team into a circle of such size that men can just touch finger tips and draw a large circle in front of toes. Stack up half the bags in each circle in front of No. I. At the signal they are passed around (one at a time) as rapidly as possible, till they reach No. 8 (or the man at right of No. I), who stacks them up unaided. The more bags the better. The completed stack must stand alone and only one bag must touch the floor. The side that stacks first wins that round. In the next round No. 8 starts the bags and No. 7 piles up, etc., until everybody has had a turn at stacking. (Classes of 3 to 30.) This is not competitive. Place men at easy reaching distance in one or two circles. Start two or three bags around, passing