Copyright, 1912, by
McBRIDE, NAST & CO.
Published March, 1912
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | [1] |
| Location | [5] |
| Kinds of Courts | [12] |
| Constructing Dirt Courts | [19] |
| Constructing Grass Courts | [25] |
| Sizes and Marking | [32] |
| Backstops and Nets | [39] |
| Care of Courts | [47] |
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
| A Tennis Court as a Landscape Feature | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| Avoid Foliage at the Ends of the Court | [6] |
| A Typical Dirt Court | [14] |
| A Typical Grass Court | [26] |
| A Court Enclosed by a Retaining Wall | [34] |
| An Inexpensive and Serviceable Backstop | [40] |
| The Backstop as an Architectural Feature | [46] |
| A Suggestion for the Spectators' Bench | [50] |
INTRODUCTION
Although the game of lawn tennis as played to-day dates back only some forty to forty-five years, it is in reality one of the oldest of all existing ball games. The origin of the game is involved in considerable obscurity, but it has numberless historical associations which make it of peculiar interest.