P. S. Wild, Jr., head tutor of Winthrop House, and P. H. Futcher '32, chairman of the Winthrop House committee, inaugurated the old American game of horse-shoe pitching as a House activity yesterday evening in the Gore Hall courtyard.
The movement is in contrast to that under way in Lowell House to establish "bowling on the green"; the latter is an essentially English game, and the equipment for it costs over $50. The horse shoes for the games at Winthrop House were obtained only when a House member pursued a horse-drawn milk wagon, to a smithy in East Boston in the early morning.
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