MOUNTED BASKETBALL
ACTIVE GAMES AND CONTESTS == Meson and Mitchell

Basketball on horseback is a very interesting game pro=-
viding the horses are equipped with stock or western saddles=«
the a not possible with saddles of other types. It is
excellent as a means of developing confidence in the saddle,
Girls are particularly fond of it.

Two standard basiethedl: gpeke and backboards are erected
ninety to one-hundred feet apart, and the side and end lines of
the court are marked outs. A basketball is used. Five players
constitute a team. The referee is not mounted.

The game is started with a toss-up between the two mounted
centers, who stand their horses side by side so that their right
sides are toward each other's The play follows the general plan
of Basketball except that the players may carry the ball at will.
If the ball is dropped the referee secures and gives it to the
Player who touched it last, or, if he cannot determine this,
tosses it up between the two nearest opponents. — and dan-
gerous riding is a foul. The rules of Basketwvall apply whenever

possible.