He knew, however, that I had been raised in the saddlethat I felt more at home there than in any other placeand as he saw that I was confident that I could stand the racket, and could ride as far and endure it as well as some of the older riders, he gave me a short route of forty-five miles, with the stations fifteen miles apart, and three changes of horses.

A half-dozen red-skins, yelling and whooping and making a hideous racket, and firing their guns, rode up and attempted to stampede the horses, several of which, together with the four pack-mules, were so frightened that they broke loose and got away.

One of the players was Chet, and as she watched she saw him fling his racket high in the air.

and with his tennis balls in his hand and his racket under his arm he sauntered over toward home.

"Say, what's the matter?" asked Chet, flinging his tennis racket into one chair and seating himself on the arm of another.

Not many men would have stood the racket and sacrificed themselves as you have done.

Around and around she went, feeling on the floor for the tools that had clattered down with such a racket and for the iron bar she had hurled among them.

"Terrible racket, yes.

"They're keeping such a racket outside," he muttered; and then, half to himself: "It certainly is.

Then Eleemos, dozing away in the winter sunshine, would hear an unusual racket in the scrub behind him,some heavy animal brushing about heedlessly and sniffing loudly at a cold trail.

As he turned the corner, he met Dora Robson with a racket in her hand.

She saw nothing, she thought of nothing, but that her own little arrangement to have Tom for a partner was successful; and so, blithely and triumphantly, she took her place and lifted her racket.

"Neither Will nor Tilly can match that," she thought; and at the thought she looked over and across the netting, to see a girl's uplifted arm swinging easily forward, the racket hitting the ball lightly with a swift, sure, upward, and onward motion.

An exclamation of disappointment from Tom added to her discomfiture; and when Will, the next instant, cried, "Wait a minute, till I get another racket, Miss Smith has broken hers," Agnes, flinging down her own, exclaimed, "Miss Smith can have my racket; I'm not going to play any longer!" "Not going to play?

An exclamation of disappointment from Tom added to her discomfiture; and when Will, the next instant, cried, "Wait a minute, till I get another racket, Miss Smith has broken hers," Agnes, flinging down her own, exclaimed, "Miss Smith can have my racket; I'm not going to play any longer!" "Not going to play?

Yes, it was Tilly,Tilly with the racket she, Agnes, had flung down,Tilly standing in her place andandserving the ball back to that girl!

Every minute that had elapsed since she had flung down her tennis racket in such anger and mortification had but increased this mortification, and strengthened her resolve to show those boys and Tilly Morris that she was right and they were wrong about "that girl.

And you are looking so much better, Peggy, for the salt air, and away from all our racket.

"She could never sleep through all that racket!" said Callandar with conviction.

Repeated breaks of pistol-fire guided them to the front room, a racket echoed in diminished volume from the street.

You are quite unfit for the noise and racket of the holidays.

"He knew I had a boat, and I fancy he's working this particular racket without any official help.

Once in a while one may hear a bell of deep, sweet tone, like that of the great bell in Cuzco, which is tolled when the last sacrament is being administered to a dying Christian; but the general idea of bell-ringers in this part of the world seems to be to make the greatest possible amount of racket and clamor.

When the house-door was got open, a party of men, with a menacing look about them, strode in with their guns and swords, making a horrible racket.

Just hear the racket those fellows are making!

I returned to keep the promise I made this morning," he laughed, standing before the big open fireplace, holding his tennis racquet behind his back.

" Added to an articulateness which equips him to put his experience and knowledge into words, his background in racquet games is broad, longstanding and at a level sufficiently upper echelon to have garnered national championships in three separate bat and ball sports.

Less active in formal competition for some years, he latterly became interested in a newly burgeoning racquet sport, and attained the pinnacle in the 1966 National Platform Paddle Tennis Doubles Championships.

The demands for fast reflexes, agile racquet work and speed of foot are intriguing challenges for the youngsters.

The youngster will improve his racquet work, hone his reflexes (especially on volleys and half volleys), and keep his legs in shape during the off winter months.

So, we invite all racquets men, young and old alike, to accept the challenges of the fastest indoor racquet and ball game in the world.

[Racquet open when contacting ball.] for position of racquet at the moment of contact with ball.)

[Racquet open when contacting ball.] for position of racquet at the moment of contact with ball.)

The best way to "groove your strokes" and to keep the ball low is to consciously aim your racquet head on your follow-through at the very, top of the "telltale.

" As in all racquet sports, the racquet should do the work.

The ball willingly goes where the racquet head directs it.

It calls for lightning-like reflexes and the ability to move the racquet head practically in any given direction in a fraction of a second.

The volley is a short "jab," with the racquet head traveling forward no more than, say, 24 inches.

Squash Tennis is a game calling for such speed of racquet and comprehensive understanding of much longer or wider angles (than Squash Racquets) that no one can really feel "comfortable" until he has been out on the court playing at least a half dozen times.

A well hit three-way fadeaway, which can be made either off the backhand or the forehand, is practically irretrievable since your opponent, even when he comes to realize how the ball is going to skid out straight at him, will still have great difficulty in getting his racquet head behind the ball (and in front of the back wall) to make a return.

By 1905, the Racquet and Tennis Club, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia Clubs in Manhattan had courts, as did Brooklyn's Crescent A. C. and the Heights Casino.

After all, what is a racquet game without an appropriate ball?

A strong Squash Tennis racquet sells at a competitive price to a Squash Racquet bat.

A strong Squash Tennis racquet sells at a competitive price to a Squash Racquet bat.

2. RACQUET AND BALL The racquet or bat shall have a frame similar in shape to that of a lawn tennis racquet, the length including the handle not to exceed 27 inches

2. RACQUET AND BALL The racquet or bat shall have a frame similar in shape to that of a lawn tennis racquet, the length including the handle not to exceed 27 inches

SERVER Before a match begins, it shall be decided by a spin of a racquet by the players as to which player shall serve first.

If however, a player is hit by a ball off his opponent's racquet that is clearly not going to reach the front wall above the telltale, a let will not be allowed and the point shall be given to the player who was hit by the ball.

" "I have sent to London for a racquet and shoes, and a suit of flannels.

Prayer like an opiate calmed his querulous spirit, and having told his beadsthe great beads which hung on his prie-dieuhe would go down stairs with peace in his heart, and finding Kitty, he would ask her to walk with him in the garden, or they would stroll out on the tennis lawn, racquet in hand.