A blindfolded player stands in the center; the others are seated about
him in a circle. Each one is numbered. The blindfolded player calls
out two numbers, whereupon the players bearing those numbers exchange
places, the blindfolded player trying meanwhile either to catch one
of the players or to secure one of the chairs. Any player so caught
must yield his chair to the catcher. No player may go outside of the
circle formed by the chairs.

HUNT THE RING

All the players stand in a circle holding a long cord, which forms an
endless band upon which a ring has been slipped before it was joined
at the ends. This ring is passed rapidly from one player to
another--always on the cord and concealed by the hand--while somebody
in the center endeavors to seize the hands of the person who holds it,
who, when actually caught, takes his place within the circle.

If the circle is very large, two rings may be slipped upon the cord,
and two players placed in the center together.

A small key may be used instead of a ring, while still another variation
is to have the concealed object a small whistle with a ring attached.
When this is adopted, an amusing phase of the game is to secretly
attach a string to the whistle and fasten this to the back of the
player in the center by means of a bent pin at the other end of the
string. Then while feigning to pass the whistle from hand to hand, it
is occasionally seized and blown upon by some one in the ring, toward
whom the victim is at that moment turning his back, causing that
individual to be greatly puzzled.