The tennis primer . of dust and in wet a padof mud, so that your court will not consolidate at all, andit will be as great a failure as a court as was the ThamesEmbankment as a road until it was paved. In each layer you must see that you have your stonescarefully graded. They should be as nearly as possible ofuniform size. It is a good idea to have your court severalinches higher down the centre than at the sides. Thisallows the water to run off freely. Unless your site is naturally fairly well drained youshould tile-drain it before you put down your foundations,or if you do not you can make y
The tennis primer . of dust and in wet a padof mud, so that your court will not consolidate at all, andit will be as great a failure as a court as was the ThamesEmbankment as a road until it was paved. In each layer you must see that you have your stonescarefully graded. They should be as nearly as possible ofuniform size. It is a good idea to have your court severalinches higher down the centre than at the sides. Thisallows the water to run off freely. Unless your site is naturally fairly well drained youshould tile-drain it before you put down your foundations,or if you do not you can make your floor slope tosome given point and put in a few pipes to carry off anysoakage. These are necessarily very general directions, but theprinciples are sound and will be found to answer here ifintelligently carried out, even as they do in road-making,for that is what they amount to. They are practically thescientific method of road-making which is so generallyneglected throughout England. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC Plate OF FOREHAND CUT here that the forearm and racket have not turned over asin the forehand hfting drive. The tendency is quite in the othe?direction This return, especially from left blck court to leftback court produces a low swerving ball with an ugly break Spaldings athletic library. 31 Implements and Dress Do not get a cheap racket. Most cheap rackets are inthe long run very expensive. If yon do not understandhow to choose a racket yourself, you should endeavor toget someone who does know. A man should use a racketfrom 14 to 141/2 ounces. For ladies 13 ounces is right. I am a great believer in knickerbockers for all athleticgames and in the Southern hemisphere they are used by^ome players. The climatic conditions in the Northernhemisphere make it almost impossible to use them withcomfort. No athletic game can be played to the best advan-tage in trousers, because they bind at the knee. Can we, forinstance, imagine a base ball team playing
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