[FIVE POST RING TOSS.]
Although the game of ring toss is an old one, yet it never loses its attraction for many young people, and older ones as well.
The type of ring toss shown in the accompanying plate is a little variety from the regular form, each post being painted and numbered with the points scored by ringing that particular post. ([Plate 32].)
The middle post, painted black, is a minus score, the ring falling on this causing a loss of five points.
Plate 31.
The rings, five in number, are painted at their joining points with colors similar to the posts. If a ring falls over a post of the same color as that painted on the ring the score is doubled. A black ring on the black post doubles the loss. The board should be set on the floor about eight feet from the contestants. The best results can be obtained by holding the rings by the thick, heavy part, parallel to the floor, and tossing quite high in order that they may fall flat from a point above the posts.