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popular as a feature of regular gymnasium 

 class work in which there are many on 

 each team. 



Novelty relays are not used in serious 

 meets but are popular as diversions at 



light objects, ovoid in shape, the greatest 

 diameter not to exceed 4 in. and the 

 smallest diameter not less than 2 in. The 

 first of these objects shall be placed 2 yd. 

 from the receptacle. 



Each competitor must pick up each of 

 the objects singly and place the same in 

 his own receptacle. After having picked 

 up one of the objects he must deposit it in 



For the shuttle potato race a receptacle not more than two feet high or an opening not more 

 than thirty-six inches in circumference is placed upon the starting line for each competitor to fill 



gymnasium class periods and on other 

 occasions when a jolly contest is in order. 

 Each team has a separate course, consisting 

 of some piece of apparatus placed at each 

 end of the gymnasium. The course of 

 each team is parallel to the others and far 

 enough away so as not to interfere. The 

 kind of races that may be run is limited 

 only by the ingenuity of the director. 



Potato races are runs in which potatoes 

 or any other Hght objects are carried from 

 one place to another. There are two 

 kinds of these races; namely, shuttle and 

 stadium. 



For the shuttle potato race a receptacle 

 not more than 2 ft. high or an opening not 



the receptacle before picking up another. 

 After all the objects are placed in the re- 

 ceptacle the competitor must cross the 

 finish line, which is 5 yd. behind the re- 

 ceptacle. 



In handicap competitions, the marks are 

 given from behind the starting line. 



In the stadium potato races two boxes 

 4 in. deep, 12 in. in diameter, are set on 

 stands 2 ft. high, for each contestant. The 

 outer edges of these boxes are 31 ft. apart. 

 The runner may start on either side of the 

 box that contains the potatoes, from a line 

 parallel to its outer edge, the starting 

 mark, with one potato in his hand. He 

 runs around both boxes, each time placing 

 one potato in the other box, and finishing 

 at the starting point on the other side of 



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The runner starts from the starting mark on one side of the box that contains the potatoes. 

 With one potato in his hand he then runs around both boxes, placing the potato in the other box 



more than 36 in. in circumference is placed 

 upon the starting line for each competitor. 

 Upon a straight line drawn from the re- 

 ceptacle at right angles to the starting line 

 shall be placed, at distances of 2 yd., eight 



his own box. Grasping either stand in any 

 way, failure to run around both boxes, or a 

 failure to transfer all the potatoes singly 

 from one box into the other shall disquali- 

 fy the runner. 



