The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-14
WOMEA's PAsTIME ;.
New Outdoor Games That NosT Are
the Range in England.

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the Range in England.
Fashion taxes a rest in midsummer
and out door recreation is put in its
place. Garden games are naturally
| therefore, much in vogue, and I was
very pleased to hear from Fannie, who
is summering in England, all about the
sort OF sport INDUCED in by our arts
tocratic cousins across the sea.
Croquet has returned to popular IA
vor. but on much more scientific prin-
ciples than we have hitherto thought
necessary. There are sets for four, the
number to which such games seem
principally limited, with weighted NAL
let's and plain balls. For ordinary NOR
tails some excellent stands in mahog-
any. circular in form, holding mallets,
balls and hoops, are quite an ornamen-
tai addition to a hall.
There is such a. plethora of garden
parties in the country that any novel
kind of amusement is hailed with de-
light, and the new game of SentaScOpe
is simple and just sufficiently difficult
to make it interesting. 1t does not
take much room, and may be made a
source of pleasure to any number of
people. 1t is an excellent game for
the lawn or house, and consists of a
sloping target and six Sentascopes.
These are circles of wood with points
on each side. Standing at any dis
lance agreed upon by the players, each
one in turn throws his six sentascopes.
the object being for them to roll on to
the target and turn over, dropping into
one of the holes, with one point turn
ing upward and one downward. This
OF e-f~-
the contrary a great deal of skill is
needed. The center hole counts twenty,
those in the middle circle ten, and in
the outer one five. When each player
has thrown his six the score is reck-
oned and whoever first secures 100
comes off victor. Lawn targeteIle is
another new game. For this two sets
of three india rubber rings are re-
qu1red, which have to be pegged into
the grass to form d target, the ground
being as level as possible, the smaller
one in the center, and all equi-distant
The starting spots are placed on the
left hand side of the targets, and the
object of the game is to drive the balls
by means of mallets from one target
TO another with sufficient force for
them to rest as near the center as pos
sible; each Division counts a different
score. The balls are covered with
numbers, sunk in circles; whichever is
uppermost has to be multiplied by the
number counted for the ring where
1t has fallen. In the outer ring they
count only the number on the ball. The
second ring the number is multiplied
by two; the third ring by three But
If they are not touching the outer ring
or lying on any part of the target they
count nothing. The game is played by
two players or two sides. and there are
eight balls, four black and four red,
and they are played alternately There
are some varieties in the method by
which the game can be played, but
these are the dominant principles
Skittles are much in fashion, and
have been introduced in improved form
and also the jeu de fechet, where ar
rows are thrown at a large target with
figures denoting the score.
Ball, the most ancient of all games,
has many varieties, and the latest is
the round ball game or stand This
takes the form of a round table with
circular apertures all over it, and nets
beneath. The game board can be
placed level or slanting. The number
Of players is unlimited, and in turn
they throw six colored balls at the
board; the players score the number
taken, corresponding numbers counting
double. With more practice the play
erS become more proficient; they can
stand farther away from the board.
From experience we find this amuses
adults as well as children.