The morning times., 1896-12-06

after scoring ten points, rcfills the ball
with powder, fits a cap to the opening,
and tries to do il again.
II takes skill to carOm with enough
force and precision TO make the cap cN-
p!odc. The game is for 100 points, the
explosion OF Cuba counts ten points and
a carom scores one.
The mechanism of the loaded ban is such
that it lies always upon one side, leaving
the cap exposed and an easy mark. 1t
is not allowable to hit the cap directly,
So tho taking OF Little Cuba" Is matter
Of skill.
The PLAYER cannot nurse" his ban. He
must go from one section Of the ia BILE to
another. The sections are divided with
chalSr and to make an explosion becomes
harder than ever.
The order for this billiard ball is from
oIse OF the hes. sports tswoincn IA the world.
and the game will be her drawing card
later III the season, when society gets tired
ef the opera and tue ballroom
The finest woman billiard pIa yer known
is Miss Helen Gould. She has a beautiful
billiard table at her home. Lyndhursl- on
tie Hudson The table Is the standard
size, four and OIc-i half feet by nine. and is
elegantly carved around the borders. Miss
Gould cal score more than twent y-fivc
points III i game Of / 90 without break,
and is most at home upon a mans table,
rs this size is called. She VIII play Little
Cuba this winter on her billiard table.
The billiard table to be found in most
private houses is the ladys size, eight
by four feet. The shots are easier TO
make, as the distances are less and the
Carom angles are less difficult 10 achieve.
The two most refined billiard tables ever
made were sent to Biltmore for George
Vanderbilt. Tie pair cost 81 500. Th.y
Were made after dra wings furnished by
the famous architect, Richard Hunt. and
were about his last piece of work. These
tables have sides inlaid with tiling OF
m appropriate nature, and are finished
with rare woods.
Since these tables We're made architects
are preparing drawings for billiard tables,
and man of money and taste now orders
plans for his billiard table as he orders
plan for his dining table.
Tie most expensive, billiard table on
record was made for Georges brother,
WHY X. 1t cost So 900. The reason for
fits price was that it was inlaid with gold
md silver. 1t was for Marble House, and
is now there. Its former occupant did
not take il away when the angels sword
drove him from the gates of his Newport
paradise.
One Of the newest billiard games is
''hottlc billiards. bottle with basket
cover is set up in the middle of bill
hard table, and the player caroms to
AhsS IL over Inc bottle gers Sldfp
blow, and rolls across the table. Inside
the bottle are balls numbered a few If
these roll out, and the numbers upon
them are added to the players score. II
lis set mp where it stops rolling. and the
player can hit 1t again. 1t is to the
players interest not to hit She bottle
too sharp blow, and to send it in the
right direction, because that means that
IL VII be easier to hit IL the next time
Each time the bottle is knocked over
counts the PLAYER five. If an ordinary
carpIn is made ii counts only one.
Mrs. John Jacob AStnr is fond of this
game. She has a very nice billiard
table il her new house on Fifth avenue.
II is like all her purchases, Il little III
Glined toward the economical but in
excellent taste The billiard table is
covered with Belgium broadcioth, and
has broad sides finely carved. The
balls are of the best, and the rubber is
vulcanized. 1t will keep its residence
as long as the table lasts. The owner
Is woman who can score twenty-five
in game of 100 without trouble.
The space game" was introduced be.
cause so many are able to nurse"
thP bah through fifty points in the
Eau,c, making it very tedious to the
ether players. The space game has be-
cone generally known only this fall.
The billiard table is divided into four
scsinns. The Player can score only five
points in any one section. Then he or she
must play into another section. TITUS the
ball is kept ever rolling around the table.
A good player profits greatly by the
''spaoe game" By keeping one ball on one
sAfe OF tho line and the other ball on the