Croquet Guide and Official Rules Governing the Game, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

On the opposite page will be found the plan of the grounds adopted by theN ati(ynal A ssociation. Although the grounds as here described are those upon which all tournament games shall be played, yet some clubs, on account of the expense involved, still adhere to the old form, rectangular, and without any slope inside the border to bring back the balls into the field. The plan is as follows: Full sized ground, 36x72 feet, the ground to be raised twc inches at the border, the slope extending 30 inches into the field as far as i, i, i, lines denoting the boundary of the field. [T hese lines are ery slight and are made by a marker, having a projecting nail point, drawn around the ground and held against the border, securing uniform distance.] The stakes or posts to be one inch in diameter and one and one-half inches high, situated at the base of the rise at the center of the width of the field. The first wicket to be seven feet from the stake; the second, seven feet from the first, on a line extending through the middle of the field; the side arches to be five feet from the foot of tlie lise, on a line with the second arch from each stake; the cage or double wicket in the center to be 18 inches long and three and three-eighths inches between iw wires, and set at right angles with a line drawn from stake to stake. The border, h, h, b, at the top of the slope, to be made of maple or other hard wood, about 4x6 inches, laid flat to serve as a cushion whence caroms can be made; the corner pieces to be of same material and eight feet long, inside measurement. All arches except the center arch to be thi ee and onehalf inches in the clear. The course of balls is indicated in the diagram. [S ee also Rules 7and
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