Two persons can have good competitions. They can agree beforehand that the game is to go to whichever of them sees the more horses, or cows, or sheep, or men driving, or bicyclists, or rabbits, between two given points, say one station and the next. It is not necessary to be at different windows; in fact a new kind of excitement comes in if both are at the same window or at windows on the same side, because then in addition to seeing the things there is the fun of not letting the other think you have seen them.
Railway Whist
This is a kind of "Roadside Whist," the rules for which will be found on [page 163]. As has been said there, most players will prefer to draw up their own scoring table; but the following things and figures may be found useful as a foundation:—
If you see
| A church | it counts | 3 |
| A field with sheep | " | 3 |
| A field with cows | " | 2 |
| A field with horses | " | 4 |
| A field with rabbits | " | 3 |
| A man | " | 1 |
| A woman | " | 2 |
| A stile | " | 4 |
| An open gate | " | 5 |
| A shut gate | " | 2 |
| An ordinary dog | " | 2 |
| A sheep dog | " | 6 |
| A horse and cart | " | 5 |
| A hay-wagon | " | 2 |
| A pond | " | 4 |
If you see
| A waving handkerchief | you lose | 6 |
| A hay-stack | " | 1 |
| A red barn | " | 5 |
| A grocer's wagon | " | 1 |
| Children on a gate | " | 10 |
Whichever side first sees a black sheep wins, no matter what the score is. Otherwise the scorer of the greatest number of marks is the winner. In "Railway Whist" it is necessary for the players to be on different sides of the train.