The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 714
ifficultyof going clean through the first hoop with great force, which would be acertainty with five-inch hoops, while, with three and three quar-ter hoops the odds are against it, even at the distance of a foot.With narrow hoops, it is a very good opening to play if youradversary is not good at… … Fig. 3.—DIAGBAM FOB fiest outeb square. -I ball rather past the centre pointof the lawn, andthen go yourselfinto the cornerdown by b. Theseare the reasons:your adversaryfollows, and if hehits his ball, hasno good gameopen to him; andif he misses it,which is moreprobable, at tenyards, he playsinto…
Amusements · Games · Sports
Internet Archive · Boston Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from [Electric engineering.] (1902)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-electricengineer04inte-228-91.webp)