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 98
who lived in thetime of Charles IX. of France, firstgave it form and rule. Louis XIV.was advised by his physician to prac-tice the game after eating, to aid di-gestion, and since his time it hasbeen a favorite in France. It wasplayed in England certainly as earlyas the 16th century, for… … Ancient Billiards. called Rural Billiards is still playedthus in England. When it began toassume the present form, the ballswere struck or pushed with a sort ofmace, but about 1789 the cue cameinto general use. When the gamewas first played in the United States,the use of the cue was forbidden…
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