CLASS 0 (scratch).
| Class | 1 | receives | 1-sixth of 15. |
| " | 2 | " | 2-sixths of 15. |
| " | 3 | " | 3-sixths of 15. |
| " | 4 | " | 4-sixths of 15. |
| " | 5 | " | 5-sixths of 15. |
| " | 6 | " | 15. |
| " | 7 | " | 15 and 1-sixth of 15. |
| " | 8 | " | 15 and 2-sixths of 15. |
| " | 9 | " | 15 and 3-sixths of 15. |
| " | 10 | " | 15 and 4-sixths of 15. |
| " | 11 | " | 15 and 5-sixths of 15. |
| " | 12 | " | 30. |
| " | 13 | " | 30 and 1-sixth of 15. |
| " | 14 | " | 30 and 2-sixths of 15. |
| " | 15 | " | 30 and 3-sixths of 15. |
| " | 16 | " | 30 and 4-sixths of 15. |
| " | 17 | " | 30 and 5-sixths of 15. |
| " | 18 | " | 40. |
When two players in different classes below scratch meet, the superior player shall start from scratch, and the odds received by the inferior player are as shown by the annexed table, No. 1. To use the table, find in the diagonal line of figures the number representing the class of the superior player, then travel along the corresponding horizontal column until the vertical column is reached, which bears at the top the number of the class of the inferior player. The odds specified at the intersection of the two columns are the odds required.
Example.—If Class 3 has to meet Class 9, start from the figure 3 in the diagonal line of figures, and look horizontally until the vertical column is reached headed by the figure 6. The odds given at the point of intersection of the two columns (viz., 15 and 1-sixth of 15) are the odds required.
When the difference between the best and worst players entered is great (say more than 30), it is desirable to handicap the best players at owed odds. The players above scratch (i.e., owing odds) should be classified as follows:
| Class 1 owes 1-sixth of 15. | |||
| " | 2 | " | 2-sixths of 15. |
| " | 3 | " | 3-sixths of 15. |
| " | 4 | " | 4-sixths of 15. |
| " | 5 | " | 5-sixths of 15. |
| " | 6 | " | 15. |
| " | 7 | " | 15 and 1-sixth of 15. |
| " | 8 | " | 15 and 2-sixths of 15. |
| " | 9 | " | 15 and 3-sixths of 15. |
| " | 10 | " | 15 and 4-sixths of 15, |
| " | 11 | " | 15 and 5-sixths of 15. |
| " | 12 | " | 30. |
| " | 13 | " | 30 and 1-sixth of 15. |
| " | 14 | " | 30 and 2-sixths of 15. |
| " | 15 | " | 30 and 3-sixths of 15. |
| " | 16 | " | 30 and 4-sixths of 15. |
| " | 17 | " | 30 and 5-sixths of 15. |
| " | 18 | " | 40. |
When the two players in different classes above scratch meet, the inferior player shall start from scratch, and the odds owed by the superior player are as shown by the annexed table, No. II.
This table is to be used in the same way as the former, the class of the superior player being looked for in the horizontal line of figures at the top, and the class of the inferior player in the diagonal line of figures.
Example.—If Class 12 (owe 30) meet Class 7 (owe 15 and one-sixth of 15), the former must owe the latter the odds of four-sixths of 15.
22.—In championship matches and handicaps by classes, as above, advantage sets shall be played throughout the ties.
23.—The Committee may, whether appealed to by any Competitor or not, postpone the meeting or any match or part of a match if, in their opinion, the state of the weather, or of the light, or the condition of the ground, or other circumstances, render it advisable to do so.