Quoits

a game played by pitching rings at a pin or hob driven into the ground. The rings are usually sharp on the outer edge so that they may cut into the turf or earth and stay in place. The quoit that lodges and lies nearest the hob counts one for its owner. Two pegs are driven into the turf at a distance of thirty to sixty feet apart. Two quoits are pitched by the first player, then two by the second. If both quoits of either player lie nearer the peg than either of his opponent's quoits, he scores two. A quoit that rests on edge, one edge on the turf and the other against the hob counts two for its owner. A quoit that encircles the stake counts three. Ten is usually a game. In pitching a player must stand with one foot against a hob. Two players cast their quoits, then walk to the other hob and pitch them back again. Four players pitch to better advantage. Two pitch from one end of the ground. Their partners settle the count at the other end and pitch the quoits back again. Horseshoes make an excellent substitute for quoits. In pitching the player holds the shoe in one hand and aims to deliver it with a twirling motion that will lodge the shoe in a flat position, corks downward. It is the position which is finally occupied, not the place of striking, that counts.