This section is from the "The American Girl's Home Book of Work And Play" book, by Helen Campbell. Amazon: The American girl's home book of work and play.
This is a favorite game on ship-board in long voyages, and was made known to us years ago in Mrs. Whitney's"We Girls."Ten rings are made from rope, each ring eight or ten inches in diameter; and the object is to throw all over a stake set up at just the right throwing-distance, this depending something on the player, though eight or ten feet is the usual allowance. Each player throws all the rings at one turn, each ring that falls on the stake counting ten. Whatever number is made counts up on the player's side, and the game includes as many rounds as may be agreed upon. Sets are now sold in large toy-stores, but they are easily made at home; and the game, though simple, is graceful and pleasing. The rings can be brightened by winding them with strips of gay woollen, and finishing each with a bow tightly sewed on.
 
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