To: SEISUKE ARIMA              
　
　From: BRUCE BALLARD        
　
　Subj: Games

Arima-san, these are all very unusual games:

 1. 3 legged race:
   - two people teams
　 - the people stand next to each other (facing the same direction).  
　　 Their legs closest to each other (ie, the right person's left leg, and the
     left person's right leg) are tied together.  Therefore, together, they
     have "3 legs" (the right person's right leg, the "leg in the middle"
     [which is their tied inner legs], and the left person's left leg]).
   - the teams race, maybe 50 meters.
   - the fastest team wins.
 2. Sand volleyball
   - this is just like regular volleyball, except played in the sand.  This
     is played on beaches-- I saw this in Tokyo at Odaiba.

 3. Horseshoes
   - as you may know, horses wear steel shoes, in a U shape.
   - This is a game where two individuals compete.  They stand roughly
     25 meters from a 2 foot pole.
   - Each throws horse shoes and tries to get the shoe to land "around" the
     pole.  Each has roughly 3 shoes to throw in a turn.
   - For getting shoes to land around the pole, or lean against the pole,
     the person gets points.  The first person to total 10 points (or 15,
     or whatever is agreed upon) wins.

 Best regards,
 Bruce

 PS, the 3 legged game and horseshoes are old games-- from 1800's or before.
     Sand volleyball started (I think) in California in the 1960's.