Drop the Handkerchief.

This is much too common to require a description. I will therefore only give the doggerel, which is recited by the holder of the handkerchief as he walks around the ring:—

“I sent a letter to my love,

I carried water in my glove,

And by the way I dropped it.

I did so! I did so!

I had a little dog that said ‘Bow! wow!’

I had a little cat that said ‘Meow! meow!’

Shan’t bite you, shan’t bite you,