The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 1 of 2

by Unknown

HANDICAPS.

For handicaps the players are divided into classes by the referee, class 1 giving one bisque to class 2, two bisques to class 3, and so on. In partner handicaps the bisques of the partners are added together and then divided by two. Thus if Miss A. (class 6) and Mr. G. (class 2), eight bisques in all, play Miss B. (class 7) and Mr. F. (class 4), eleven bisques in all, the weaker side gets one and a half bisques, the half being always changed to a whole one. These may be taken by either partner.

TIME HANDICAPS.

These are often a necessity at croquet meetings. The All-England Club laid down that there should be not more than eight players for singles and sixteen for double matches. One third of the time should be allotted to each game. If a game be unfinished the side ahead in points wins, a player being allowed to finish his break and take a bisque if one remains. If the points are equal the first roquet decides the contest.

In time handicaps the side which receives more than one bisque can only take half its bisques, until both balls have passed the turning peg.

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[INDEX.]

A.
A good bag of Tarpon, [175]
A Matched Pair: Story of wedding breakfast and accident to M.F.H. in, [5]
Aberdeen, ladies' golf links at, [341]
ALDENHAM RESTLESS.
Descendants winners at Peterborough Show, [84]
Winning Champion Cup, 1893, [84]
All-England Croquet Association, [358]
All-England Croquet Club, [358]
Allgood Kennels, [90]
Archer's Register, [232]
ARCHERY, by Miss Walrond, [187]
Bow, lineage of, [187]
Eastern ladies' exploits, [187]
Improvement in, [204]
Revival of, [200]
Royal amusement, [193]
ARCHERY (practical) by Mrs. Berens, [207]
Aiming, [221]
Arm guard, [213]
Arrow, weight of, [212]
Before the draw, [218], [219], [229]
Beginners, advice to, [208]
Books recommended, [232]
Bows recommended, [208]
Club National Round, [228]
Club Prize Meeting, [231]
Coach desirable for beginners, [224]
Distances shot by women, [215]
Drawing, [218]
Dress suitable for, [217]
Equipment needs care, [223]
Full Draw, [225]
Gloves or tips, [214]
Hereford Round, [215]
Loosing, [222]
Nocking, [217]
Standing, [217]
String recommended, [210]
Stringing bow, [209]
Targets, [215]
To form a club, [227]
Weekly Club Meeting, [231]
Archery Dresses (about 1832), [201]
Archery Societies, [196]-200
Art of Golf, Sir W. C. Sampson, [261]
Art of Shooting, by C. Lancaster, [152]
Ascham, Roger, treatise on Archery, [193]
Association of Masters of Harriers and Beagles, [101]
Australia, Golf Clubs, Ladies' Championship, [343]
Austria, hare drive in, [121]
B.
BADMINTON LIBRARY.
Archery, [207]
Golf, [261]
Quoted on Shooting, [116]
Balfour, Miss May, Article on Skating, [235]
Portrait, [234]
Banks, Miss, on Archery, [199]
Banks, Sir Joseph, [199]
Barham Downs, ladies' golf course, [343]
Beagle Stud-book, [96]
BEAGLES.
Breeding, [96], [97]
For rabbit-shooting, [140]
Hunting with, [92], [95]
Kennelling and feeding, [99]
Bentley Harriers, [61]
Account of, [85]
Berens, Mrs., Article on Archery, [207]
Portrait, [206]
Berkeley, Lady, using longbow, [195]
Betham, Miss, archery score, [204]
Book of Archery, Hansard, quoted on Persian ladies' archery, [189]
Bowby, Mrs., archery score, [204]
Bownass, Miss, golfing at Windermere, [347]
Brentwood Croquet Club, [360]
Brighton and Hove ladies' golf course, [342]
Briscoe, Mrs., whipping in hounds, [61]
Bronwydd Beagles, account of, by Miss Lloyd, [105]
Budleigh Salterton Croquet Club, [360]
Burn, Mrs., Fox Hunting, [13]
Portrait, [12]
Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, quoted, [352]
"Bush Farm," Meath, fences, [20]
Butt, Mrs. W., archery score, [204]
Butterflies at Captiva Island, [173]
Buxom (hound) account of, [86]
Buxom, Bentley Harrier, [67]
C.
Caledon Beagle Kennels, [96]
Campbell, Lady Ileene, hunting Lord Huntingdon's pack, [61]
Canada, golf clubs in, [343]
Captiva Island (Gulf of Mexico).
Account of, [171]
Tarpon, fishing at, [170]
Vegetation, [173]
Carnoustie, ladies' putting course at, [341]
Carter, Bonham, croquet playing, [372]
Cartridges recommended for women, [111]
Cheape, Mrs., and her Peterborough winners, Bracelet, Waterwitch,
Verity, Woodbine, Generous, Worry, [87]
Cheape, Mrs., buying harriers, [85]
Cheape, Mrs., Wellfield Beagles and Bentley Harriers, [60]
Cheetham. Miss L., skating "a pass", [252]
Cheltenham, ladies' golf course, [343]
Cheltenham, lady golfers at, [348]
Chester, ladies' golf course, [343]
Chetwynd, Miss H., archery score, [204]
Chole, game of, [261]
Chorley Wood, ladies' golf course, [343]
Clay Bird shooting competition, [130]
Clay Pigeon Trap, [113]
Clorinda, Moorish Queen, skilful with bow, [188]
Clumber Spaniel, [97]
Comet (property of Lady Gerard), [37]
County Down ladies' golf links, [338]
Cox, Miss, ex-Irish Golf Champion, [338]
CROQUET, All-England Laws. Appendix B., [391]
Article on, by Mrs. Spong, [357]
Advantages of, [368]
Balls, [361]
Beginning, option of, [367]
Bisques, [363]
Championships, [370]
Clips, [362]
Clubs, [360]
Handicapping bisques, [363]
Hoops, [361]
Lawn measurements, [360]
Lawns at Hurlingham and Ranelagh, [370]
Lawns, size reduced, [372]
Mallets, [362]; manner of holding, [363]
Origin of game, [357]
Pegs, [361]
Qualities necessary for good player, [369]
Revival of, [370]
"Roquet", [365]
Terms employed in, [365]
Tight croquet, expulsion of, [358]
Time games, [371]
Tournaments, [358]
Crusades, women prominent in sport during, [6]
Crystal Palace Archery Meeting, [200]
Cub-hunting at Brigstock, [15]
D.
Dahlia (hound), [86]
Davies, George (Whip), [106]
Deal Golf Club, [331]
Desmond, Lady, skill with bow, [194]
"Dinah," retriever, [146], [148]
Dog breaking, secret of, [149]
DOG BREEDING, by Hutchinson recommended, [152]
Dogs and dog-breaking, utilising land for, [145]
Driving popular with shooters and owners of moors, [131]
Dulcimer, pure harrier, [89]; account of, [90]
Dumfries, ladies' golf links at, [341]
E.
Eastbourne Ladies' Golf Course, [341]
Edinburgh, ladies' golf links at, [341]
EDITOR (FRANCES E. SLAUGHTER).
Englishwomen and Sport, [1]
Hare-hunting, [59]
Portrait, [1]
Elie and Earlsferry, ladies' golf links at, [341]
Eltham Ladies' Golf Course, [341]
Englishwomen and Sport, by the Editor, [1]
F.
"Fallible," beagle bitch, [99]
FISHING FOR TARPON, by Mrs. Murphy-Grimshaw, [157]
Bait used, [162]
Bottom-fishing, [178]
Catching first tarpon, [163]
Clothes required for, [160]
First tarpon stuffed and set up, [184]
Fishing at Captiva, [176]-77, [179]
Florida, arrival in, [160]
Playing a tarpon, [164];
excitement of, [165]
Rod suitable for, [162]
Season for, [164]
Flat-coated Retriever, Champion Darenth, [143]
Folkestone Ladies' Golf Course, [343]
Fort Myers, on Caloosakatchie River, [181], [183]
Fishing for tarpon at, [158]
FOX-HUNTING, by Mrs. Burn.
"Alone with the hounds," pleasure of being, [31]
Beauty and fit surroundings, [14]
Champion and Wilton's Safety Stirrup, [36]
Country in the shires, [19]
Driving to and from hunting, [52]
Falls, [35]
Gates, opening, [32], [33]
Gruel for horse, directions for making, [51]
"Hands" cannot be taught, [25]
Hunting in provinces advantage over shires, [16]
Huntsmen, way to be made for, [32]
Ideal hunter, [50]
Mounting, [41]
Need for pilot, [44]
People hunting like a flock of sheep, [31]
Quick eye to hounds, [43]
Quietness necessary, [24], [47]
Riding a refuser, [48]
Riding sane horses, [47]
Riding slow, [35]
Riding to hounds, advice on, [22]
Safety habits, [39]
"Seeds" "Young Grass", [34]
Spurs, [40]
Stirrup foot, position of, [29]
Tired horse, jumping a, [50]
Women in hunting field, why unpopular, [30]
Women riding without third pommel, [26]
France, golf clubs in, [344]
G.
Gadfly (hound), [86]
Gainer (hound), account of, [86]
Game of Golf, by W. Park, junr., [261]
Gentil on Amazoni in retinue of Indian Prince, [190]
Gifford, Lady
And her Harriers, [58]
Beagles-harriers, [89], [90]
Carrying horn with harriers, [61]
Cure for distemper, [92]
Interest in Kennel Management, [90]
On hounds' food, [91]
Golf Annual, Article by John Thomson in, [352]
GOLF, by Miss Starkie-Bence, [259]
Approach Shot, [284]
"Approach Shots," Competitions for, [324]
Balls, different kinds, [333]
"Bap", [275]
"Bogey" Competition, [297]
Books recommended, [261]
Brassey, [283]
Bunkers, [260]
Cleek, [283]
Clubs, [262]
Clubs, choice of (instruments), [274]
"Cuppy" lie, [300]
Dress suitable for, [304]
Driver, [274], [279]
Dropping the ball, Rule on, [351]
Esprit-de-Corps, [351]
Etiquette to be observed, [294]
Failing to sign card, [260]
Faults—Slicing, Hooking, Topping, [299]
Foresome, [259]
Founding of, [261]
Green, [260]
Grip 261;
wrong grip, [276]
Grip of hands for driving, [275]
Grip when at top of swing, [280]
Handicapping, [297]
"Handicapping Scheme" 326;
Rules, [327]
Hazard, St. Andrew's Rules 14, [288];
15, [288]
Hazards, [260]
Iron 274;
lofting iron, [283]
Iron shots, [284]
Ladies' Courses, [266], [267]
Lessons from professional desirable, [273]
Lie, [261]
Links, size of, [260]
Links, "upkeep" of, [332]
Mashie, [274], [287]
Medal play, [298]
Object of game, [259]
Position for driving, [269], [276]
Practice required for, [271], [301]
Putter, [274], [291]
Putting, [293], [295]
Scores in Match playing, [260]
Scores in Medal play, [259]
Scotch and English players, Styles of, [272]
Short Approach Shot with thumb down the shaft, [289]
Suited to all seasons, [267]
"Smothering", [279]
Stance, [260]
Stimulus to trade given by, [328]
Stymie, [351]
Swing 280;
Finish of, [281]
Swinging upwards for three-quarter iron shot, [285]
Glossary of Technical Terms, [384]
Golf Links abroad, [343]
Golf quoted on gutta-percha used for balls, [332]
Golf Rules, Appendix A, [377]
Golf School in America, [344]
Golfer's Referee, [292]
Gone to Ground (Portraits of four B.O.H. Prize-winners), [53]
Graham, Miss N., Golf Champion of Ireland, [338]
Portrait, [339]
Grand National Archery Meeting, [200], [203]
Grand Northern Archery Meeting, [200]
Grand Western Archery Meeting, [200]
Great Yarmouth Golf Links, [313]
Greeks and Romans no word for Skating, [246]
Grey, Lord de, [109]
Grouper, red and black, [177]
Grouse Shooting, [131]
Best Method, [133]
Gullane, Ladies' Golf Union Championship Meeting at, [306], [320]
Gullane Links, lengths between holes at, [325]
Guns suitable for women, [110], [111], [127]
H.
Hamilton-Russell, Lady Margaret (née Scott)
Golfing, [272], [313]
Portrait, [317]
Hare Drive in Austria, [121]
HARE-HUNTING, by the Editor, [59]
Cleanliness absolutely necessary in kennels, [74]
Dwarf foxhounds, [69]
Feeding hounds, [74]
Harrier, advantage of pure, [66]
Harriers, faults of, [71], [72]
Hounds, drafting, [77]
Hounds, kind of, [66]
Hounds, signalling, [71]
Hounds, signs of health in, [77]
Hounds, standard for, [70]
Lady M. H.'s Pack, story of, [65]
Quietness necessary for, [59], [61], [66]
Stud-book harrier, [69]
Training hounds, [72]
Viewing the hare, [62]
Whippers-in, [78]
Harrier and Beagle Show, Peterborough, [105]
Hastings and Bexhill Ladies' Golf Course, [343]
Hawking, women proficient in, [3]
Hertfordshire Society of Archers, [197]
Himalayan pheasants, [132]
History of the Cid, by Dr. Southey, quoted on "Star of the Archers", [188]
Horniblow, Mrs., Archery score, [204]
Hoylake Golf Links, [311]
Hoylake Ladies' Golf Links, [343]
Huntingdon, Load, harriers in Iceland, [61]
Hutchinson, General, system of breaking pointers and setters, [151]
Hutchinson, Horace, Golf, Badminton Library, [261]
Hutchinson Horace, on putting, [292]
I.
India, golf clubs in, [343]
Irish Ladies' Golf Union, meeting at Portrush, [315]
Irish Setters, Champions Shandon II. and Geraldine, [126]
Irishman on gun, [110]
J.
Jacksonville, Florida, [183]
Jaques bringing out Croquet, [358]
Jew-fish, [177]
K.
"KATE COVENTRY," heroine, giving up hunting when she marries, [4]
Kennedy, Miss Emma:
Golfing in North Wales, [347]
Portrait, [335]
Kildare, Countess of, shooting deer, [194]
King-fish, [177]
L.
Ladies' Golf Union, [265]
"Handicapping Scheme," 326;
Rules, [327]
Outline of, [307]
Ladies' Golf Union Annual, Miss Pearson's article in, [328]
Ladies' Golf Union Championship Meetings, [306]
Great Yarmouth, [313]
Gullane, [306], [320]
Hoylake, [312], [319], [334]
Littlestone, [312], [314]
Lytham and St. Anne's, [309], [311]
Portrush, [306], [312], [315]
Lancer (Irish horse), [27]
Leake, Sir F., extract from letter to Lord Shrewsbury, [195]
Leamington and Midland Counties Archery Meeting, [200]
Legh, Miss, archery score, [204]
Leicestershire, account of blank day in, [23]
Lelant, ladies' golf course, [343]
Lillie, A., work on croquet, [355];
suggestions in, [373]
Littlestone Golf Club, [331]
Littlestone Golf Links, [312]
Lloyd, Miss, of Bronwydd:
Account of Bronwydd Beagles, [105]

Whipping-in beagles, [61], [106]
Lloyd, Sir Marteine:
And some of the Bronwydd Beagles, [104]
Beagle kennels, [96]
Beagles, [61]
Bronwydd Beagles, [101], [145]
Lloyd, Sir Thomas, started Bronwydd Beagles, [105]
Lowther, Hon. Mrs. Lancelot, Portrait, [108]
Lowther, Hon. Mrs. Lancelot, Shooting, [109]
Lytham and St. Anne's Golf Club, [309]
Ladies' Union, meeting at, [310]
M.
M. F. H. advice to young lady, [13]
Machrihanish, ladies' golf links at, [341]
Maidstone Croquet Club, [360]
Malvern, ladies' golf course, [343]
Mandeville, A., K.H. and Second Whip to Mrs. Pryse-Rice, [85]
Mary, Queen of Scots, adept in golf, [265]
Maxwell, Miss A., golfing at Dumfries, [347]
Meath, hunting in, [20], [21]
Melville, Whyte, heroines in hunting field, [4]
Meriden, archery assemblies at, [196]
Midlands Golf Championship, [345]
Mitcham, Princes Ladies' Golf Links, [334]
Meetings, [337]
Moffatt, Croquet Championship Meeting at, [370]
Monmouth, Robert Cary, Earl of, extract from Memories of, [194]
Montecute, Lord, entertaining Queen Elizabeth at Cowdray, [194]
Murphy-Grimshaw, Mrs.:
Fishing for Tarpon, [157]
Portrait, [156];
on board the tarpon boat, [167]
Murray, Mrs., golfing at Gullane, [347]
Mussellburgh, ladies' golf links at, [341]
N.
Nevill, Misses, golfing, [348]
New Zealand golf links in—ladies' championships, [343]
Newcastle, Duchess of, hunting harriers, [61]
Nicholas', Sir H., Household Expenses of Henry VIII., entries from, [193]
Nicol's Progress quoted, [194]
North Berwick Ladies' Golf Club, [347]
North Berwick, ladies' golf links at, [341]
Norwich, deer parks owned by See, [2]
O.
Orr, Miss E. C., Portrait, [263]
Our Sisters in Canada, [243]
P.
Park, W., junr., Game of Golf, [261]
Paris, Comtesse de, giving up Woodnorton harriers, [80]
Partridge, Fur and Feather series recommended, [152]
Partridge Shooting, [121], [134]
Driving, [134]
Over dogs, [134], [138]
Walking up, [137]
Partridge, work by Stuart Wortley on, [137]
Pascoe, Miss, Portrait, [307]
Pearson, Miss Issette,
Article in Ladies' Golf Union Annual, [328]
Golfing, [306], [313]
Portrait, [329]
Records at Wimbledon, [341]
Peel, W. H., founded All-England Croquet Association, [358]
Pelicans, [159]
Persian ladies amusing themselves with Archery, [189]
Pheasant Shooting, [138]
Pheasants, by Tegetmeier recommended, [152]
Pointer on Partridge, [119]
Portrush Golf Links, [312]
Portrush, Irish Ladies' Golf Union Championship Meeting, [315]
Prestwich, ladies' golf links at, [341]
Prior, Dr., Notes on Croquet, [357]
Pritchard, Professor, cure for distemper, [92]
Pryse-Rice, Mrs.
Account of harriers, [80]
And her harriers, [81]
Kennels, Aldenham Bitches, [93]
Kennels (Woodmorton, Charity and Wilful), [63]
M. H., [61]
On hares killed, [85]
On infusion of foxhound blood into harrier kennel, [85]
Runs of hounds, [83]
Pryse, Vaughan, hunting harriers for forty seasons, [80]
Punta Gorda 183;
deserted by tarpon, [158]
Purves, Dr. Laidlow, [306]
Q.
Queen Anne, lover of the chase, [8]
Queen Elizabeth, an ardent sportswoman, [7]
Queen Elizabeth at Cowdray, skill with bow, [194]
Queen Victoria, benefactor of women, [9]
Queen Victoria riding after hounds, [8]
R.
Rabbit difficult to shoot, [130]
Rabbit Shooting, [140]
Ranelagh Club, Ladies' Golf Meeting at, [315]
Ranelagh Ladies' Golfing group, 1897, [349]
Ranfurly, ladies' golf links at, [341]
Retriever breaking, rules for, [150]
Rhyl, ladies' golf course, [343]
Richardson, Mrs. Ryder, golfing, [347]
Richmond ladies' golf course, [343]
Rifle for small game, [116]
Rigby, second for Championship cup in 1897, [84]
Romans and Greeks no word for skating, [246]
Rook shooting, [117]
Royal British Bowmen, [196]
Royal Portrush Ladies' Golf Links, [338]
Royal Rock Beagles, started by Colonel Anstruther Thomson, [105]
Royal Toxophilite Archery Society, [196]
Rural Sports, by Daniel, recommended, [152]
Rye Golf Club, [331]
S.
St. Andrew's, ladies' putting course at, [341]
St. Nicholas, ladies' golf links at, [341]
Salisbury, Lady, hunting fox over Hertfordshire, [59]
Salisbury, Lady, supporting archery, [196]
Sandwich Golf Club, [331]
Sandwich Golf Course, [345]
Gentlemen's Amateur Championship at, [346]
Lady golf players at, [346]
Sampson, Sir W. C., Art of Golf, [261]
Scotch ladies' golf links, [341]
Scotland, hunting in, [21]
Scott, Sir Walter, excuses Di Vernon for sporting tastes, [4]
Sea trout, [177]
Serrell, Miss, on Colleen, [45]
Shooters, cautions to young, [152]
SHOOTING
Article on, by the Hon. Mrs. Lancelot-Lowther, [109]
Badmington Library on, [115]
Beginners, advice to, [112]
Books recommended, [152]
Dress suitable for, [123]
Etiquette to be observed, [112]
Judging distances, [129]
Measuring distances, [115]
Practice recommended, [128]
Qualities necessary for, [127]
Shrewsbury, Lady, adept with bow, [195]
SKATES, [242]
Bone, [246]-47
Mount Charles, [247]
Primitive, [246]
Roller-Skates, [248]
SKATING
"A pass", [252]
Beginning, [249]
Club Figures, [253]
Dress suitable for, [245]
Equality on both legs, [236]
Exhilarating and healthful exercise, [245]
Foreign style introduced in England, [241]
Half-circle and circle, [251]
Hand-in-hand skating, [237], [252]
Ideal Skater, [241]
In Holland, [239]
Introduced from North, [246]
Mastery of both edges, [251]
Outside edge, [236]
Points to be attended to, [255]
Rockers, [252]
Scuds, [252]
Transition stage in England, [235], [241]
Turning a three, [237]
Waltzing on skates, [238]
South Africa, golf clubs in, [343]
Spaniels for rabbit shooting, [141]
Spicer, Captain, of Spye Park, harriers sold to Mrs. Cheape, [85]
Spong, Mrs., article on croquet, [357]
Portrait, [356]
Sport for upper classes in middle ages, [1]
Sporting dogs, grooming, [151]
Starkie-Bence, Miss, article on golf, [259]
Portrait, [258]
Straits' Settlements, golf links in, [343]
Stuart-Wortley, work on partridge, [137]
Surtees, his hunting women, [4]
System of Figure Skating, by Maxwell Witham, [253]
T.
Tarpon boats, [159];
at Captiva, [174]
Tarpon fishing (see Fishing for Tarpon).
Temple, Miss, archery score, [203]
Thomson, Colonel Anstruther, started Royal Rock Beagles, [105]
Thomson, John, article on Golf Annual, [352]
Trollope, sport no place in life of his heroines, [4]
Troon, ladies' golf links at, [341]
Tudor, Margaret, journey to Scotland, [190]
U.
United States, golf clubs in, [343]
Usbec Tartary, incident during plundering of village in, [187]
V.
Verity (hound), [86]
Vernon, Di, excused for sport-loving tastes, [4]
Villiers, Miss, archery score, [203]
W.
Walrond, Miss, article on archery, [187]
Portrait, [186]
Walsingham, Lord, [109]
Walters, John, huntsman, [106]
Warlike (hound), [86]
Waterwitch (hound), [86]
Wellfield (hound), account of, [86]
Wellfield Beagles, [60]
Welsh hares, speed of, [79]
West Indies, golf clubs in, [343]
West Lancashire ladies' golf links, [268], [334]
Match team, [334]
Whigham, Miss Sybil, golfing at Prestwick, [346]
Whitmore, Walter Jones, started scientific croquet, [358]
Wilson-Hoare, Mrs., golfing, [313], [348]
Wilton, Elizabeth, Countess of, on Willoughby, [17]
Wimbledon ladies' golf club uniform, [303]
Wimbledon ladies' golf course, [341]
Witham, Maxwell, System of Figure Skating, [253]
Woking, ladies' golf links at, [341]
Women.
At shooting parties, [118]
Middle ages, hunting in, [2]
Position in world of sport, [1]
Proficient in art of falconry, [3]
Woodbine, Wellfield, Buxom, Bentley Harriers, [75]
Woodmen of Arden, [196]
Y.
Yonge, John, Somerset Herald, [190]
Yorkshire golf championship, [345]