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Show South Africans Taught U. S. New Game Called "Rabbits"; Twelve Men in Team Some years ago a number of South African boys came to this country to stage a play representing the English-Boer war, notes a writer in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, They played for hours at a time an active outdoor game called "Rabbits" "Rab-bits" the favorite game of South Africa. The field on which the game is played is 120 feet long and 24 feet wide. It is divided by six cross lines, each 24 feet apart. There are two teams of about 12 each the hunters and the rabbits. The hunters take their places on the crosslines of the field, two on each line. They can move up and down this line as they please, but a hunter must keep one foot on the line all the time. The rabbits are assembled at one end of the field, and at a signal they run or walk through to the other end without letting any one of the hunters touch them. As they pass through, the hunters try to tap them. If a rabbit is tapped he is dead and must leave the field until the next play. For each rabbit who passes safely through the field, the rabbits get one point. If a rabbit passes beyond the sidelines, side-lines, he is counted dead. Likewise if a hunter has both feet off the lines when he taps a rabbit, he is out for the rest of the play. At the end of three or five minutes min-utes a whistle is blown and the first play ends. Then the hunters change their places with the rabbits and the game begins again. If there are too many hunters, some should act as policemen to see that there are no fouls committed and that the rabbits pass through the entire field. Twelve on each side is a good number to play the game, but more or less can play by changing the number of cross lines. |
