EQUIPMENT 93 



other square, and so on, and he will at once as- 

 sociate the different forms with their proper 

 distances. Egg-shaped floats are the most 

 practical form, but the caster is at a disadvan- 

 tage when they are employed, and if figures are 

 painted on them, these cannot be seen easily by 

 the judges when they are at a distance. There- 

 fore, if the marks are five feet apart, which is 

 close enough for a beginning, and for practice, 

 let the first one at 60 feet be a six-inch red disk, 

 with the figures painted in black on each side 

 (R,Fig.2i). 



Bore the disk as shown, with a quarter-inch 

 bit, so that the knot in the line will rest in the 

 center. Dip two pine plugs in paint and drive 

 them into the hole, one on each side, the ends 

 flush with the disk. The knot in the line being 

 between their ends, the disk cannot slip on the 

 line, and the fresh paint will hold the plugs sol- 

 idly. No matter which side of the disk is up, 

 the figures may easily be seen by the judges, 

 even at a distance. 



Tie another knot five feet from the center of 

 the first disk and attach a three-inch egg-shaped 

 blue float, also plugged (S, Fig. 21). Five feet 

 farther on attach a white disk, marked 70. At 

 75 feet use a square white disk bored from cor- 

 ner to corner; at 80 a white disk; at 85 a blue 



