About eight or nine feet from the taw line make an elongated ring,
composed of two sections of a circle, crossing each other. Draw a
circle down the center of the long ring, and on this place the
marbles. If there are only two players, then each lays a duck at the
intersection of the curves. Each additional player adds a duck to the
line.

Where there are only two players, the first is sure to "sneak," that
is, to roll his taw so that it will rest near one of the marbles in
the ring. If number two hits number one, and so kills him, he wins the
game, but if there are more than two in the game, number one is put
out. Number two has another shot, from the place where his taw rests,
at the ducks in the ring, and he keeps on till he misses. So the game
is kept up till all the ducks are knocked from the ring. If it is
agreed in advance, each player may lay more than one duck in the ring.
In this game the killed are not dead, if there are more than two
players. They can play when the turn comes, but it must always be from
the taw line.

THE BULL RING

This is one of the oldest and best games. The ring should be from four
to ten feet in diameter. The ducks are placed in the form of a cross,
in the middle of the ring, the number each is to "whack up" being
agreed upon in advance. The order of play is usually decided on by
knuckling down and rolling for the opposite side of the ring. The
first player "lofts" at the ducks. He must drive the marble outside
the ring for a win. If his own taw goes outside, the successful player
can come back to the ring edge for his next shot. If it is a miss and
the taw goes outside the ring, it must be replaced inside at the