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Badger-Pulling

The two contestants, on hands and knees, face each other.

A strong belt or strap is buckled into one great loop that passes round the head of each: that is, crosses his nape. Half-way between them is a dead line. The one who pulls the other over this line is winner.

The contestant can at any time end the bout by lowering his head so the strap slips off; but this counts one against him.

Game is best out of five, seven, eleven, or thirteen points.

  • Type: game
  • Traits: Not stated in the source
  • Source: Ernest Thompson Seton, Boy Scouts Handbook: The Games (1911)
  • Printed pages: 303
  • Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
  • Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 303
  • Read the automatic translation: bsh-019