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A list of all pages that have property "Description" with value "A game for three players. Two defend foot-wide holes set about 26 feet apart with a club, or “dog.” A third player throws a four-inch cat toward the hole, and the defender hits it away. If the cat enters the hole, defender and thrower switch places. Gomme, who uses the name Cat and Dog Hole, describes a game using a ball in which a stone replaces the hole where the batter stands, and adds that if the third player catches a hit ball in the air, that player can try to hit the stone, which sends the batter out. On US play, 1866: "Cat and Dog -- An interesting trial of skill at this old time game was played at Pittsburgh Pa., on the 5th inst., between the Athletics, of South Pittsburgh, and the Enterprise of Mt. Washington. The game was witnessed by a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen. [The printed box score shows three players on each side, a pitcher-catcher and two fielders. The result was the Athletics, 180 "measures" and the Enterprise 120 measures. There is no indication of the use of innings, a side-out rule, or fly rule] [This spare account leaves the impression of a one-time throwback demonstration.] For other references to cat-and-dog, see these Chronology items; <a>http://protoball.org/1706.2</a> [Scotland] <a>http://protoball.org/1833.3</a> [Cat-and-dog as the ancestor of cricket] <a>http://protoball.org/1841.11</a> [Scottish dictionary account] <a>http://protoball.org/1856.30</a> [Nyack, NY, 1856] <a>http://protoball.org/1866.10</a> [Pittsburgh PA throwback game]". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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Cat-and-Dog + (A game for three players. Two def … A game for three players. Two defend foot-wide holes set about 26 feet apart with a club, or “dog.” A third player throws a four-inch cat toward the hole, and the defender hits it away. If the cat enters the hole, defender and thrower switch places. Gomme, who uses the name Cat and Dog Hole, describes a game using a ball in which a stone replaces the hole where the batter stands, and adds that if the third player catches a hit ball in the air, that player can try to hit the stone, which sends the batter out.On US play, 1866: "Cat and Dog -- An interesting trial of skill at this old time game was played at Pittsburgh Pa., on the 5th inst., between the Athletics, of South Pittsburgh, and the Enterprise of Mt. Washington. The game was witnessed by a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen.[The printed box score shows three players on each side, a pitcher-catcher and two fielders. The result was the Athletics, 180 "measures" and the Enterprise 120 measures. There is no indication of the use of innings, a side-out rule, or fly rule][This spare account leaves the impression of a one-time throwback demonstration.]For other references to cat-and-dog, see these Chronology items;<a>http://protoball.org/1706.2</a> [Scotland]<a>http://protoball.org/1833.3</a> [Cat-and-dog as the ancestor of cricket]<a>http://protoball.org/1841.11</a> [Scottish dictionary account]<a>http://protoball.org/1856.30</a> [Nyack, NY, 1856]<a>http://protoball.org/1866.10</a> [Pittsburgh PA throwback game] account] <a>http://protoball.org/1856.30</a> [Nyack, NY, 1856] <a>http://protoball.org/1866.10</a> [Pittsburgh PA throwback game])

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