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Conference 7.286::home_work

Title:Home_work
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Created:Tue Nov 05 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2100
Total number of notes:78741

904.0. "Plans, Horseshoe pit" by CNTROL::COTE (Dave (Peck) Cote, Hudson, MA. USA) Thu Oct 01 1987 14:49

	I grew up with a horse-shoe pit (?) in my back yard.
	Now that I have a bit more land, I'd like to keep up the tradition.

	So, does anyone know the particulars of making a horse-shoe playing
	area?
		eg. distance between posts
		    height of posts
		    dimensions/design of boxes around the posts
		    amount of horse manure to put in boxes ( :^) )
		    any other hints...
					Happy pitching and thanks, Dave Cote
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904.1BAGELS::MOLLICAThu Oct 01 1987 15:127
    There's an avid horseshoe pitching society in DEC Littleton (LKG
    specifically). There are pits there and players every noon time.
    Take a trip up some lunch time and make measurements...and ask
    some questions.

         
    john mollica
904.2All I remember is stakes 40' apartANGORA::TRANDOLPHThu Oct 01 1987 15:465
    A friend of mine has a pit...
    If you buy the horseshoes & stakes kit, it usually comes with
    instructions for setting it up. Sporting goods places sell the kits.
    
    -Tom R.
904.3It's right under your nose!OBSESS::COUGHLINThu Oct 01 1987 17:269
    
    Hi Dave,
    
    $3000 worth of new horseshoe pits were just built behind the lower
    level of HLO bldg. 1 parking lot.  Kevin Marshall in Security was 
    involved in it. He's the kind of guy that would pass along any helpful 
    information he has.
                
    Kathy
904.4SETH::IVANYFri Oct 02 1987 09:1212
    Dave,
    	I put in horseshoe pits this summer, great for cookout fun and
    entertainment. The stakes are 40' apart and should tilt at a slight
    angle towards each other. The pits are 6' square with the posts in
    the middle and filled with a clay mixture of some sort. I used sand
    but I think stone dust might work better. A friend fo mine used
    clay in his but this had a tendency to harden up over time if not
    used and required working it to soften it up. As previously mentioned,
    the directions are included with a set of horseshoes.
    
                                                Wayne
904.5Don't ask :-)ANGORA::TRANDOLPHMon Oct 05 1987 15:233
    BTW, if you've got a cat, figure out a way to cover up the sand.
    Cats don't know the difference between a litter box and a horseshoe
    pit.   -Tom R.
904.6JOET::JOETWed Nov 11 1987 14:506
    re: .6
    
    Getting six ringers in a game leads me to believe that Brookstone's
    excellent layout puts the stakes about 6' apart.  8^)
    
    -joet