Billiards
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The Badminton Library
SPORTS AND PASTIMES
EDITED BY
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G.
ASSISTED BY ALFRED E. T. WATSON
BILLIARDS
A Screw Losing Hazard.
MAJOR W. BROADFOOT, R.E.
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY
A. H. BOYD, SYDENHAM DIXON, W. J. FORD, DUDLEY D. PONTIFEX, RUSSELL D. WALKER, & REGINALD H. R. RIMINGTON-WILSON
William Broadfoot
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BILLIARDS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE ROOM
VENTILATION
LIGHTING
TABLES
ORDINARY TABLE
CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
CUSHIONS
CLOTHS
TO ERECT A TABLE
BRUSHING AND IRONING
UNDERSIZED TABLES
BALLS
CUES, HALF-BUTTS, RESTS, ETC.
TIPS
HALF-BUTTS
RESTS
CHALK
MARKING BOARD
POOL BASKET
THE HALF-BALL ANGLE
MEMORANDUM
EVERY-DAY BILLIARDS
SOME NOTES ON ‘THE TOP-OF-THE-TABLE′ GAME
The Billiard Championship
PYRAMIDS
SHELL-OUT
POOL
THREE-POOL
SINGLE POOL
BLACK POOL
BLACK AND PINK POOL
SNOOKER
THE MARKER
COUNTRY-HOUSE GAMES
INDEX
