The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 235
eces 18 inches long.This style of ground, with fixed bor-der, and field carefully scraped andsanded and rolled, was for manyyears (till 1889) the standard field ofthe National Association. The game may be played by two. four, six, or eight persons, but twoor four make the best game. Four-handed… … Starting fl^——° Point • Stake H Fig. I.—Croquet Ground. and Eight-handed Croquet eachplayer has a ball, and there are twosides as before. The order of playmust be decided on before the gameis begun and kept the same through-out, no one playing directly after anyof his partners. The length of…
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