452 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS  [n7TH. ann. 24 
begins to lose its inertia the opponents throw forward their poles so 
that they will slide along into the depression in which the hoop has 
rolled. The same proceeding is repeated in the opposite direction. 
Then comes the next pair of players, and so on until all have had 
their turn, when the first set takes its turn once more, the rotation 
keeping up until the agreed number of points has been made by one 
opponent or one side. 
The method of counting is simple, every mark or counter on pole 
or hoop counting but one. If the hoop falls against the extreme 
butt of the pole so that they just touch, it counts 1; if it falls on the 
Fia. 589. San Carlos Apache Indians playing hoop and pole, Arizona; from a photograph. 
butt, as many points are counted as are inclosed by the hoop; e. g., if 
it touches the first mark above the butt end, it counts 2; the next 
higher, 3; the next, 4, ete. 
Should marks on the circumference of the hoop touch the pole, 
points are added to the enclosed points on the butt of the pole, 1 point 
if one mark, 2 if two marks, etc. Where the spoke of the hoop also 
crosses the pole, as many points are added to the throw as it takes 
winds of the cord to cross the thickness of the butt. If the hoop 
falls upon the pole so that the bar or spoke in it les exactly above 
and parallel with the pole, covering all the counters on the pole, such 
a throw wins the game. 
