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"Come, Charanian, let na to billiards," is a line of quoted to show that the Bard of Avon had knowledge of the fascivating game of billards, though there is every reason to doubt that the immortal Willing had any acqusiztance with the delicate, dainty recreation as we con coivo it in these days. I should not in the least be surprised if Shakespeare was referring to a game in which small balls were driven with a stick upon the ground, but there can be no two constractions placed on the passage in King Richard II, having reference in the beautiful and ancient game of bowls. The Queen and two ladies are in the Dako of York's garden when the following dialogue oceurs-
The Queen What sport shall we desis,
liere in this garden,
-To drive away the heavy thought of care?
Lody: Madame, we'll play at bowls. Queen: Twill make me think the world is
full of rebs,
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in my secluded club, green Itro not. Th aver so in all sport.
VARIETIES OF BOWLING."
their wood too much to the right or to the left. Some of the bowls propelled by the master hand of the docker and the sportsmon of leisure move as if they were oliva and hed junk bien seut on I have laid eo much emphasis on this a mission.". They ing along unil they nestle "crowned " green game boranen in Scotland, in grite aluse to the Juk. The bowl might be the South of England, and in faraway Anat rolia whispering words of camfort to the little bowl perfectly fat grams are de viguer. This even-issing" it, bat others wander away, appears to me very tame by comparison, and meander around as if they took delight in and yet I am free to acknowledge that it ha njost enthusiastic devotees, for there are bun- bolar wilful, and keeping away by pare wilful- pess and capizins from the spot we wished it to dreds of clubs in Glasgow none. This is the go to. It looks such an easy thing and yat the style of the pastime which Dr. W. G. Grace has. skild the eraftsman with bissed bowlers, and taken up, and which Major Wardill encourages on What Shakespeare would call “a subtle ground," as in Coriolanus is really remark- able by skill is not great, but in my love of Bowls and in my expety for sujoyment of the groen I yibld to naŋe. How I do laugh at ing brother scribo when with terrorstricken farm be sea his hawls pargerely going anywhere but
whore waited, and how ko ́o ides und clmfía me
ou the lawn of the Melbourne Cricket Club in Australia. Jadeed, there is an Imperial Bowling Asbeintion, and their great idea is international intele between England and Australia, A team of Calenial bawlaya vikitet England a pair or two ago, and Mr. 8. E. Yelland, of Brighton, who has done so much for the encouragement of
at green houBug, wewwel mo that that trip
when I was raak failure and yards away from £7,000.
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the mark. The other day, ss. I have said, wo play od for these hours, luring which we forget Australia in this form of the pastime which has our cures, our woes, par kusian-s trials, and green was established at Haddington in 1909: in rogue in Scotland for two hundred years. demostic calls. But next day when dafy call game which asa càin for so long les mars ne to take up the pen I fit tight of heart, clear in it than meets the eye. But all the same, giv of end, and thoroughly freshed for that work
te the stretch of tart with a “crown.” and abore. which tun-t be done. Tigo nadmbt the doctor for companions on the sized, “W.3.” | had just the same. Now this is what whom I have just motioned is by no miens the I call recreation. This is the enjoyment of bowls, fun or the presu, neid chatter, and a general senso of irreponibility for the time, and when he went en tour with the
Crystal Palues team in September he hardly won') 66 hing. We may not be able to play wach, bai we can and do amuse ourselves by our sport. tis in any rink. For the Beute siways play ie And I m intsin that fuss the word sport iniks with a skipper." the same as they do at curling. Still, it is an experience in life to ment its first and tru› mesting, for the verb "apert
the genial. Gloucester glent, to' hony his full cheery voice, and to watch the greatest cricketor the world has ever seen in an entirely new role.
FOOTBALL FACTS AND FANÇIES. Į Since I last wrote you West Bromwich Albion chill to the hood of the English League, and I should not be astonished if they were ta
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is defined in Chumters ns to play. frétic.
to trifle.
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And that my forinne runs against the bias. Surely the man who penned those lines had know- ledge of the gentle art of bowling on the greas, au be could earlly bare done, for doas ant Stint! 7. BLACKHEAD & CO.,
Navy Coatmeters, Shipshandlers, Szil in his Eports and Pastimes of the People of minkers, Provision and Coal Merchants, England tell us that bowling was an invention
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the game back to the thirteenth century, und Mary Contractors, Ship Chandlers, learned men lire tried to prove in learned Provision and Conl Merchants, Saikengyeloprodian.that greens were Grst laid-down
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in England. At any rate, this pleasant direr. Vessels in the Harbour
sion has an ancient and honourable lineage in the open air, while it is very certain that Shakes peare kuow that this woolen bowl was howier It is said that one half the world does not on one side than the other that there was a know how the other half lives. I wonder how bias in the ball to make it roll and pull in any millious know that a very large moler certain direction. In The Taming of the of men are professional bowlers, especially in the Shrew we have another reference to the North, where everything seems to be reduced to a bias" of bowls. Flut peither the sweet bord matter of money by majority? Man not only of Avon nor any other writer that I know says see who can how this big wooden balt secrest to aught by the opon disparagement, suggestion. the little jack for oney stakes, but both or inaondo against the beauty, the simplicity, they and their friends) et lite fary opon very and the honesty of bowls. I like well the ball delivered. Really, when I read that in the phrase in
Love's Labour Lant when Sitgambling days of the late lamented Mr. Crock- Nathaniel is described as "a marvellous good ford aristourals wegered as to which spot of rain neighbour, and a very good bowler." A sa world run down the past quickest, I to not who can be described as a good neighbone and think that we havs adviticed so auch with all Is good bowler in not vicious, is not selfish, and
our bossted civilisation. We seem to bet on any is not a braggart and a gambler. I do love a thing and everything in these days. I grant game with the jack and the woods, sal a
that these bowlers for money have readrons
inches of the jack," they cannen off one ball to mother, and they make all the group of ball fly in all directions if it ba in their interest to do so. They have more roman one in achieving their object, for one pratsaional may box. a perfectly straight bali right-up-to-the-jack, and another may describs a semi-circle and still arrive at the same spot. A skilled person can bowl either straight or round by the juicious. use of the bins in his woud or bowl, and by caruially noting the crown" and the subtlety of the groom. To give some iden of the extent to which professional bowling on the groom is carried let me tell that a kiudic sweepstakes is decided each antuma at Blackpool Now in
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they are a dashing, dexterous combination, of extraordinary it is to find West Bromwish Albion after there many years, and many adversities, once again the most powerful com Lination in the centre of the Midlands. At the time I write even Wolverhampton Wanderers are superior in rank. to Aston Villa-and yet J. & H. GWYNNE LD. HAMMERSMITH IRON WORKS, AND the Dirmingham organisation has this season brought its total points since the League was formed up to 300-to be exact, 502. No other club has earned anything like 500 points in League football, and it is a great pity that the
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the Queen in King Richard II. I like this phrase because to me there is such a suggestion of restfulness and repose about such a place of amusement. The other day I stepped out of my domicile and adjourned to the sequestered, escluded, and private bowling green whow I do try and amuse myself. But let me tell you what a joyous time I had.
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should be so suffering from the want of capable players. It is said that every man bes his rice, and that money can buy anything, bat evidently the fattest pures in England cemet purchase a ready-made football team. This is
The grean is at least fifty yards quire and convex in its surface. - Wore I to use the cant of the bowling cult I should describe the lawn 29. crowned. I mention this little matter be cause some greens are deal level, but my own particular resort rejoices in a crown, a leafy privacy, and joyous flower beds on ihres utiles of 1900 no fewer than 688 mea entered for this cannot select a team which can do it
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the four. Here I am remote from man and the prize and bawled, while this year so many as 576; prying and inquisitive oye although within two were in the lists. This tournament, which is miles of the throbbing heart of a great com condueled on the lines of the Aunciation Foot mercial cily. Here I met a fellow serio, & softball Cup, extends over suyaral wosks. Eirly spoken kindly doctor, and a mau of independent this month a 'Mr. James Ward, who is a means. The latter is quite a contrast to the publican, of Oldham, and a bowler for money,
joyous fact, for after all what football would there be in many of smaller towns if the most pullat could command success by the anloosen ing of their purse-strings. Ous feels sorry for the Villa. They have remained loyal to players, who have possibly outlived the highest. class of the winter gas, and they are now sadly a need of able forwards and clover half-back. fally is it not astonishing with between So ad 40 professionals on their books, the Aston
justice. Foar points in five mitchies and one victory is poor value for their satury list, and one positively treipbles to think of the possibility of ston Vila dercsuding to the Second Division! But Bauderinad wäre once in that precarious position, and Freston huva long been acenstomed to advers.ty. May the Villa over
mate of the gasnt takes place to-day at Belfast, when the man of the Irish and English Leagues meet in battle array on the Cliftonville grond. The Loter Langue encounter with Olikan, took £50. but that in no wise repre- Irish have yet to win their first victory, for sents the winner's emoluments, for there are Eog and have gained seven viclerics and drawu bookmakers offering long odds on this battle
one game. But the consistent story of defent
of £3, and he could back himself at all his sari-In the Rugby Union ends there is little aolisity himself so us to oltais £500 for thoespenditure is nothing if no
an excellent sportsman. oua tier. I do not know what he did, but a man yet, but next week I hope to give readers some seklom wins the renoward Bek pool sierp.
· MEETING 61 SHAREHOLDERS in dostor, for he is rubiound f fs03, rather bois carried off the first prize from the other 575 bes ared suca a fute! The first representatiro
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we trondia larger balls, perhaps three pounds in weight, to see how near we can place them to the. "jack." Those who get the nearest to this object [293 could be more simple? But all pastimes look
8 given number of times win the game. What every year. Mr. Jas, Ward could bare supported bever, wants to trouble the Hibernian, who
really simple if stripped of embroidery. Does not Miss Mory Mitford wonder why there should be sualı azaltemént over a little bit of wood and
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from the man who lay long odls. Now Mr. James Ward, of Oldham, who is 40 years of age. is, I have no doubt, a worthy man, and in one respect he has set a fine example of porseverance, patience, and try, try, try again. fe first non-THE nated himself for the Blackpool bowling hundi- cap in 1883, but mark the fact that ho never won a single game until 1997, when he was among the last twelve. After three more years of striving, that is in 1899, he was one of three in the best two stages, but he lost. Twelve years later he realises him ambitiou. We may not
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Special Resolation 1. That the "Capital of the Company be required to bowl a Leavy pies of wood after a increased by the creation and issue of light ball of the same material and shape-but 60,000 New Ordinary Shares of $11 miniature edition. And yet he should soo each, with the sum of Si pad ap on how excited wo two journalists can become, how exol, aul that the frotors be empower the doctor forgets his professional decoram and approre of professionalism at such an ancient ed und nath rise to accept surrenders the present 60,010 Ordinary shares of etiquette, and how my English gentleman of simple sport, and, we may discountenance the Company of $10 au on which the caso never feels a twings of rheumatism or
the botting, but we cannot belp almiring a man sam of 1 ch has been paid np, and thinks about the family skeleton in the family Such an one must, ou the whole, be a gool who tries to win an event for nineteen years. eats of die pad up thereon, be given in cupboard while we are toying with the woodsaighbour, and 1 good bowler. So much for the and in erohanud for each old on the green under a gray eky, in a gear light, crowns!" green gams, the poor man's sport of share of si fuly paid up, and that and with the enthmn leaves of many colours thereupon the safold shares be called strowing the sidewalks. They never remind as
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