The tennis primer . nis lawn too can remember nearly getting into trouble with a veryworthy secretary of my club, who thought half an inch ofgrass made it nice and soft for the feet, by making himan offer for the grazing on the lawns. He could notunderstand that you cannot cut a lawn too closely unlessyou scrape the earth up. Shortly after the end of your season it is well to give thebase lines some attention. Possibly they will want top-dressing and re-sowing, or they will perhaps, in the case ofthe turfed lawn, want re-turfing. In the case of a lawnwhere the seed has been grown on it
The tennis primer . nis lawn too can remember nearly getting into trouble with a veryworthy secretary of my club, who thought half an inch ofgrass made it nice and soft for the feet, by making himan offer for the grazing on the lawns. He could notunderstand that you cannot cut a lawn too closely unlessyou scrape the earth up. Shortly after the end of your season it is well to give thebase lines some attention. Possibly they will want top-dressing and re-sowing, or they will perhaps, in the case ofthe turfed lawn, want re-turfing. In the case of a lawnwhere the seed has been grown on it, especially in its firstyear, it is a good plan to give it a top-dressing of an inchor so of good soil similar to that which was used in puttingit down and to treat this with a liberal application of someof the superphosphate or bone manures so liberally adver-tised nowadays. Water your court in the cool of the evening, never inthe heat of the day. Keep the roller and the mower going. 24 Spaldings athletic Plate 12. FINISH OF FOREHAND DRIVE WITH LIFT. Note carefully how the forearm and racket have turned turn, however, does not take place until after the ball hasbeen struck. Spaldings athletic library. 25 These are the three chief factors in obtaining and keepinga good surface after you have once got over the initialdifficulties. Carefully remove all weeds as soon as theymake their appearance. Hard Courts.—There are so many different kinds ofhard courts that I cannot attempt fully to describe eachone. I shall therefore give general directions which arereally applicable to nearly all hard courts except such asasphalt, cement, or concrete. For practically all hard courts the following directionswill be found to answer: Excavate the soil for a depth ofeight inches over the area which you intend to put the surface. Lay down about five or six inches oflarge gravel, broken brick, or any other stone or cinder whichyou care to use as a foundation. Ever
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