Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-15

sweep. This they do in the hope that
the stone may 20 beyond the outer dr.
Gle, IN which case Il will NOT couni
against thrun. Sometimes the STONE lac.
ing played by their opponents Il iu
the line Of one Of their own. lust he
yOnd the hog score tbb.e I'm that event
they make . smooth path in the hope
that their own stone Will be- pushed
into the house tdd) whore Il may
count as a shot.
This matter Of using the broom may
seem 10 yoii very trivial but II Is prob
ably the most important feature con
nected with curling a few sipcks of
dirt or PARTICLES OF snow may make
considerable difference Ia the passage
OF & curling stone over sheet Of ice.
and in close game the scale Of vie.
tory may have turned on an unobserved
TREY pebble which prevented the stone
gliding 70 the poiut intended This
grooming IL done under the direction
Of the director or skip"
Sometimes the players win misjndee
the rate uu which stone Is travelling.
Thinking It has been delivered with
little force. they will rush down to the
sweep boundary lcl ready TO ply their
broom, which they do not dare to use
until they receive orders from their
skip. Often lac will cry out to them,
Keep your hands up. Not broom.
my lads; he tmeaning the stonet Is
strong enough TIL be gets b. the hog
score When the stone Is going too
slowly he cries out to the men 90
bring him on. bring him on" and the
men brush away as " for dear life aud
~ coax the stone along in IT, journey.
The game Of curling il played either
for specified time o. for certain
number Of shots The skips OF direc-
tors who manage their men, NJ ! have
already stated. play last They are
always expert players. and the shots
that they are obliged 10 make are al
ways Of u more intricate character than
those " their companions When they
make their play there may be- twelve
stones, lying In various positions IN and
near the circles Their playing Is often
of the most delicate description. They
will slide between two stones where
the space Is JUST large enough to allow
them To pass through. This slot may
be made tn remove the stone Of an OPP
poncnt. or advance one belonging to
their own party nenrer to the toe There
are players who will find a winnerjying
six inches from .he tee. so well guarded
by bis companions that he cannot be
reached. Yet. by dexterOus movement.
they will place d stone yet nearer to
the tee.
Curling has been prachsed for about
fifty or sixty yenrs Ia the United States.
| In plden times few Scotchmen who
used to play In Hobokcn, New Jersey,
| formed the FIRST crrling club around
| New York. called the New York Gale
dCnian club About thirty years ago the
/ game was played ia Central park on n
| little pond near Sixth avenue and Fifty
| ninth street Then better nccOmmoda-
4 lions were secured at Soventy-second
| street and Fifth avenue But the mum
| Der of curriers' Increased so rapidly that
the games were finally played AT Van
] Cortland lake. IN the upper part OF New
| York city. and they have been played
| there for the last ten years. There Is a
/ covered rink ~ Nonkrrs, y. v. also one
as Hobokcn. built on plan Of the Kinks
they have In Canada. These Kinks have
been used for about two years. New
| York city Is the headquarters fer Curliuf
in the United States The majority OF
the clubs are TO be found IN this neigh
borhood, aud the big match games be
tween the American and foreign clubs
always take place Ut Van Cortland lake
About twenty five years ago there was
organized the Grand National Curling
club of America. This * q national or
ganization and comprises all the regular
local clubs IN the country. IL decides
all disputes between these clubs. lay
down rules for the government Of curl
ing matches, distributes prizes for com
petition by local clubs, and issues III
plomns 20 clubs becoming members of II
Besides the leading clubs In New York
the Caledonian and the Thistle. there ar,
clubs Ia Jersey City, Newark and Pattcr
son, n. j.. Ogdensburgh, Utica, Ionkers
Albany. Troy. Brooklyn and Buffalo, y
Y, Cleveland, o., Milwaukee and Port
age Wis. Chicago, Detroit and Orchar,