The reliable book of outdoor gamesContaining official rules for playing base ball, foot ball, cricket, lacrosse, tennis, croquet, etc . ??*- -- -. The building of miniature yachts, togetherwith the rigging and sailing of them on xhe parkponds of our large cities, has come to be as fa-vorite a paBtime with American boys as it is onthe park ponds in London. It affords the mostexciting kind of sport to the boys, and in itselfis a recreation which presents an ample fieldfor the development of mechanical skill andingenuity in the construction of the little ves-sels, besides which it fosters a love
The reliable book of outdoor gamesContaining official rules for playing base ball, foot ball, cricket, lacrosse, tennis, croquet, etc . ??*- -- -. The building of miniature yachts, togetherwith the rigging and sailing of them on xhe parkponds of our large cities, has come to be as fa-vorite a paBtime with American boys as it is onthe park ponds in London. It affords the mostexciting kind of sport to the boys, and in itselfis a recreation which presents an ample fieldfor the development of mechanical skill andingenuity in the construction of the little ves-sels, besides which it fosters a love of yachting,and it is very instructive in affordinginforma-tion in the building of model yachts and in themethod of sailing them. At the Brooklyn Pros-pect Park the sixty acre lake is set apart for theuse of owners of miniature yachts, and it is sur-prising how many old salts there are, whohave for years been to sea in the mercantilemarine, and who take interest in these minia-ture yacht races, teaching the boys how to sailtheir yachts, besides helping them to constructthem. At Conservatory Lake at Central Park,New York, too, these little y
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