The boys must be equally divided; one set is called catchers, the other
runners, and these sets must stand fifty yards apart. The catcher’s
position is thirty yards from the post, and the runners’ twenty. The
call, one, two, three, is given, and on the second three is spoken one
boy from each party runs to the post. The runner will naturally get
there first, and he has to put the cap on his head, and then replace
it. He must do this with the utmost rapidity, as, should the catcher
overtake him on his way back to the position which he held before
starting to run, the boy becomes the catcher’s prisoner, and can no
longer play.