Healthful Sports for Boys
Rochefort, Alfred
English
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Healthful Sports for Boys
by
Alfred Rochefort
CONTENTS
SPRING
CHAPTER I
MARBLES--HOW PLAYED
Marbles: Where and how made; different games; terms of game; how to
gain skill.
CHAPTER II
WHIP TOPS AND TOP GAMES
Whip tops, peg tops, and some other tops; how they are played; top
games.
CHAPTER III
KITES AND HOW MADE
About kites; how made; their practical uses; flying contests.
CHAPTER IV
HOOPS, WHEELS AND BUZZERS
Hoops, wheels and buzzers; stilts, different kinds; how used and how
procured.
CHAPTER V
LET'S GO A-FISHING
"Let's go a-fishing"; bait of many kinds and how to get it. Fishing
outfit; its care.
SUMMER
CHAPTER VI
BOATING AND CANOEING
Useful hints on boating and canoeing. "Don'ts" to be observed.
Definitions.
CHAPTER VII
SMALL SAIL BOATS
How to make and manage small sail boats.
CHAPTER VIII
HOW TO SWIM
Can you swim? How to learn. Confidence.
CHAPTER IX
STYLES OF SWIMMING
Styles of swimming; floating, diving; water games.
CHAPTER X
THINGS BOYS SHOULD KNOW
How sides are chosen in games of contest; some things all boys should
know.
CHAPTER XI
CURIOUS RHYMES FOR GAMES
Curious rhymes in counting out games.
CHAPTER XII
TAG AND BULL IN THE RING
All about the good old game of tag, and bull in the ring.
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