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...Court), A. C. Pearson, George Edgar Smith, "Tex" Rickard (fight promoter), Joseph P. Day (real estate man and auctioneer) and others of equal prominence. Why did these men come at his call? Perhaps the answer is Great Neck, L. I., where Swope has his home. There he holds great croquet parties. There he gathers his disciples?Arthur Krock, F. P. Adams, Heywood Broun and other able members of the World staff, a few millionaires, a few artists, the centurions of the "400," an occasional ambassador. With them as gallery he demonstrates his remarkable proficiency with the croquet mallet, always holding...
...must be explained that roque is the scientific descendant of croquet. Croquet to a roque player is like a Jew's harp to a flute player. Roque champions have refined the game down to the point that the arches are only a sixteenth of an inch wider than the balls. Yet their skill has increased to a point beyond which they cannot narrow the arches...
...memorials to the vanished art. The Comic and Humorous Reciter, edited by Ernest Pertwee and published by Routledge, of London, and an American product, My Recitations, selected by Cora Urquhart Potter, published by Lippincott. Dipping into them revives odd memories ? lambrequins and dadoes ? gilded rolling-pins, dudes, croquet, the high-wheel bicycle, the game of Boston ? a departed...
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NEWMAN THE SHOEMAN, Fine Shoes and Harvard Bicycles.WONALANCET, N. H., Birch Intervale Farm Features. 1150 ft. elevation. Mountain climbing, fishing, piano, croquet, tennis, bathroom, hot and cold water, pure mineral spring water. Fresh berries, cream and vegetables. Daily mail. Terms $5 to $8 per week. Send for circulars. I. B. Tilton, proprietor. Cambridge references...