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… the legs stretched wide apart. The other member of each pair (the driver) then stoops and passes his arms around the legs of the mule above the knee, and lifts him up as in a wheelbarrow race. The legs must be held well up under the arms of the driver.

The driver tries to push the mule forward over a line about 5 yards ahead, and the mule resists by rapid turns and twists right or left, or by a straight pressure from rigid arms.

The mule may not stick his back in the air by bending at the waist. The driver may not lift the mule from the ground, turn him and pull him, or in fact do more than apply a forward pressure in the direction of the head of the mule to make him advance, and the necessary lateral pressure to prevent attempts on the part of the mule to twist to left or right. The mule should keep his head up.

The game must not be allowed to last too long, and mule and driver should change places for the return journey.

Crow Hop Chain Race

Groups line up in files as for a relay race, but sized from front to rear, with the smallest player leading. All take the “full knee bend” position, and place the hands on the hips of the player in front, the leaders keeping their hands on their knees.

All start to “crow hop” forward, keeping the full knee bend position. Groups will at first find great difficulty in hopping together; and the leaders, to whose time all the players in their respective groups conform, may help by counting or by calling out their own time as they hop.

The length of the race should be limited to about 10 yards. The group wins which first hops completely over the finishing line. Marks might be deducted for breaks which occur in the lines; and a group must be intact as it crosses the line.

Weather Cock

The players stand all facing same direction. Having learned north, east, south, and west directions, one player who represents the Weather Bureau, stands in front of the eroup, and calls out which way the wind blows.

The players, as the directions are called, “The wind blows ..text pokračuje