, ;wv^,,V^^^^W^^ m^mmwMws^S: W.vr,\^'^ M yMuy.^ ftfrnSwr LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. ^^ AMERICA. "^Wgwywi 'VW.^:^M';y, w'My^ M^^ ^^^1^ ^l^^mm yyyyi Wg^W'f'i^W 5've'i^ ^ww^ mj^.' wy¥.' mmig^\^ vmyi m^u W'^Ji^.^Vw' ^mMMMiM ^SHOMtL' r^r-^i DIAGRAM t^o ^ CmOQUET AS PLAYED BY THE fflMladcIpliia i^pf\ui :y juk ^ ,X' PHILADELPHIA: , CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER. 1873. Qr'y Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by ] CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at "Washington. COLLINS, PRINTER. PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. The need of some authority by wlilcli disputed points in the Game of Croquet shall be authoritatively decided, thus ob- viating the annoyance due to arguments and delays so often indulged in by players, has long been felt. Accordingly, the ac- companying Rules and Regulations (adopt- ed by the Philadelphia Croquet Club, April, 1813), are presented by the Publish- ers as a standard Gruide for conducting this popular and invigorating game. DEFINITION OF TERMS. RicochIit. — Roqueting two or more balls in one stroke. Croquet and Flinch. — A method of fol- lowing a Roquet, and played as follows: The striking ball is taken up and placed in contact with the struck ball, the player holding the former firmly with his foot, and striking, drives or cro- quets the latter ball wherever he may desire, care being taken to tightly hold the playing ball in its placed position ; and a failure to thus hold the ball con- stitutes a Flinch. 1* 6 Roquet. — A struck ball coming in contact with another ball. Roquet Croquet. — The same as a Croquet, with the exception that the playing ball is not held in position, but struck loosely and free to move in accordance with the stroke. Point in the Game. — A Roquet (subject to the Rules) running an arch or striking the turning-post. Booby. — A failure to make the First Arch. A Push. — Permitting the mallet to remain in contact with the ball after the instant of contact. Rover. — A ball that has run all the Arches. Position. — A ball in front of the proper arch with a possibility of running it in a stroke. Starting-Post. — The post from which the pla^'er commences and at which he finishes the game. Turning-Post. — The post opposite to the starting-post. RULES PHILADELPHIA CROQUET CLUB. ARTICLE I. Section 1. The distance between the stakes shall be twenty paces (60 ft.) ; from the starting-post to the first arch two paces (6 ft.) ; from the first to second arch two paces (6 ft.) ; from the second arch to the centre of the basket six paces (18 ft.) ; and from the basket to the turning- 10 post the reverse of the above plan. The four side arches shall be placed on a line of the second arch from each post, to the right and left at a distance of four paces (12 ft.) from the centre of said second arch. Section 2. > The extreme dimensions of the field shall be twenty-four paces (72 ft.) in length and twelve paces (36 ft.) in width; the stakes and arches so placed as to permit the formation of a limit of two paces (6 ft.) around the entire field, and any ball resting beyond must be immediately re- placed on the limit line at the point at which it crossed. 11 ARTICLE II. In commencing, Four Balls shall constitute a game, and the ball must be placed on a line drawn from the centre of the First Arch to starting-post at a distance of one pace (3 ft.) from each. ARTICLE III. The ball must be struck with the face of the mallet, and not pushed: any player deviating from this re- quirement will forfeit his turn of play, and is compelled to leave the ball or balls in the position to which they are driven; and any informa- tion regarding the position of balls A 12 relative to the game or to each other must always be given wlien asked for. ARTICLE IV. A player failing to make his first arch becomes a Booby, and his ball must in his next turn be played from the position it occupies, and cannot be used on any other ball, or by any other player, while it re- mains a booby. ARTICLE V. "Whenever a player strikes, and the ball moves, it must be consi- dered a Shot. 13 ARTICLE VI. Playing out of one's turn will cause the offender to forfeit his next play, and the ball or balls must be replaced. ARTICLE VII. Playing the Wroiig Ball in turn will cause the offender to forfeit his present play, and the ball or balls must be replaced. ARTICLE VIII. The Arches must be run in their regular order (see Diagram) : leav- ing the second, the Third Arch must be run in the same direction 2 14 as those preceding it, on to the turning-post and back, in all cases playing to the Right Hand, and with the exception of the basket only in the one direction. ARTICLE IX. The Basket must be run on an angle through the centre of both arches, and only by playing to the right hand. ARTICLE X. A player continues in the game so long as he can make a Point. ARTICLE XI. A ball is not counted through an 15 arch if it can be touched by the handle of the mallet across the arch from the side it entered ; and in the case of the basket this test will be applied to the inside of the wires through which the ball is en route, ARTICLE XII. More than one arch in one shot shall not entitle the player to any additional advantage. ARTICLE XIII. Any ball lodging or placed inside of an arch from the wrong direction must be played for position. 16 ARTICLE XIV. A ball after running all the arches becomes a Kover, and is alive on all the balls in each succeeding turn, but it is governed by all other laws of the game. Touching the stake, either by accident or design, in any case counts a roving ball out of the game. ARTICLE XV. N^o player can use the same ball twice in one tour excepting after having advanced a point in the game. ARTICLE XVI. "When a ball is roqueted, the player must play against and Move 17 the Ball he has struck, and in pro- ceeding he obtains by the Roquet the privilege of two shots. A fail- ure to move the ball he is playing against forfeits his further play in that turn. ARTICLE XVn. A Roquet and another point in the game made in the same shot, entitles the player to the privilege of declining the roquet and pro- ceeding to his next position. ARTICLE XVIII. A player making a Ricochet is compelled to use the balls in the 2* 18 order they are struck, and cannot advance in the game until this re- quirement is complied with. ARTICLE XIX. If a player flinches in the exe- cution of a Croquet, he forfeits fur- ther play in that turn, and the balls are to remain in and be played from the position to which they are driven. ARTICLE XX. JSTo player will be allowed to use his mallet with Both Hands, nor be permitted to stand behind his ball in striking. 19 ARTICLE XXI. Both the Live and Dead ball games shall be governed by the same rules, with the one exception, that in the latter no player can use the same ball twice until after he has made a point in the game, while in the former any or all balls may be used once at each succeeding turn of the player. New and Original Games. All need occasional recreation, and if it cannot be found at home, they will seek it abroad, perhaps in the haunts of vice. Every parent, therefore, should furnish innocent entertainment, to make the family circle attractive, and we have placed the means within their reach by publishing the follow- ing variety of the most interesting, ingenious, and useful games ever offered to the public : — Price 40 cents per Box. 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