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In horseshoes, there are two ways to score: by throwing "ringers" or by throwing the horseshoe nearest to the stake. A ringer is a horseshoe that has been thrown in such a way as to completely encircle the stake. Disputes are settled by using a straightedge to touch the two points at the ends of the horseshoe, called "heel calks". If the ...
Muckers, also known as ring toss (not to be confused with the ring toss carnival game) or circle horseshoes, is an outdoor game, commonly played at summer camps, in which players take turns throwing circular rings at a stick, standing about one foot high. It is a spin-off of Quoits [1] [2] and the popular horseshoes.
The game is played by the players taking turns throwing a frisbee at a glass bottle that rests on top of the stakes in the ground. The two stakes are placed anywhere between 20 and 40 ft (6.1 and 12.2 m) apart. Players must hold a drink in one hand at all times, leaving only one hand free for throwing and catching. A Polish Horseshoes Set
Washer pitching is a game, similar to horseshoes, that involves teams of players taking turns to throw washers towards a box or hole. The game has many variations, and may be called washer pitching, washer toss, washers, huachas or washoes (which is based on the similarity to horseshoes). [1]
Horseshoe map, in chaos theory; Horseshoe moustache; Horseshoe sandwich, an open-faced sandwich found regionally in the Midwest; Horseshoe theory, in political science; Horseshoe vortex, simplified model of the vortex system in the airflow around a wing; Ʊ (minuscule: ʊ), also called horseshoe u, a letter of the International Phonetic Alphabet
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A game of gorodki in Moscow, 1935. Gorodki (Russian: Городки, lit. 'townlets'; Swedish: Poppi; Lithuanian: Miestučiai) is a Russian folk sport.Similar in concept to bowling and also somewhat to horseshoes, the aim of the game is to knock out groups of skittles arranged in various patterns by throwing a bat at them.
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