The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08
WOMAN SKILLED IN SPORTS.
THfS NHI suNs HFtITH.
MUIR tND IUOR >Ou
trace lrsn . sur,rE tt"wi'nE. nit'srn.
,nd ,r~hrr, outer ~ itsr r,stir'rs
t,-,uti.n 81 iHxiish us"irn 10
Athletic. traW ned uitr sonau.

Tic vnul- v.uuurf today b. re- healthy
m.a.uur. .fH- and active CREATURE. " "a
n IT. 20 rII.- 900 irf .hsss- elasticity 10 her
vail. ri..e 10 h.r p-~ta.r- and gtl."
% every movement.
lp i.mltr. probably m" ~ Two m'rr
han ih. wu-,- are th" sports -h" hA~ taken
100 ~|'rrl,,. golf. tennis. ar hcry, croket
r%rHrnr' amt billiards -he RIDE, drives.
-r .r,. r.v.. f,n--. boxes, cliwhs uouH.
tnlr- anil manages a motor car. ati is
not u'rll ~ M" hraI. h-giying kr~-r- 90,
the 49, Ut d,v.
hftrr ruIf the t-t athletic diversion ~
women Who know what j. good for them
l. fencing. for tic reason that It Cuitivat,s
M ercct. graceful figure and gives physical
buovancy, without mhich 10 woman a
H. rally graceful. or have "A good gait
No matter how plain a Woman may IL,
" N" can cross "A d~rawing-roum floor wei
she will always L. attractive. his u
enc s~crrt 81 .ocicty'- devotion to fencing
Ouc woman whose nan" Is well known
throughout the country h fond Of bowling
She LA, a private bowling alley AZ her
country hom.. a beautiful building. Isr-
fec, IN All it, appointment- With It's bowling
abby proper. its reception rooms veranda
anu lRbl kalA'h'
Itr cost wa- about $1,000.
Bowling il 81 much the vogue Tor a sum
mer sport. that an alley will soon te con
sidcr.d a necessary adjunct TO many a
country house. Girls. 10 II noted. roll
up better scorrs than men. and carry on
most 81 the prizes.
billiards. IL another game At which
many women arr adopts. One woman
A NJ 49, - laR nun dAalUnlna
that cost 81 GO
Badrninton IL IA" great summer game At
Bar Harbor, and Badminton lawn parties
are much In evidence. The game. which
IL described by its devo'ees "a extremely
fascinating. II really tho oh-fa-hioned,
ime-honored pastime 81 battiedore and
shuttlecock, over a net about twice - nigh
as a tennis nct.
A f~avorite sport of IcnoE cottag-rs u
archery. Although a pretty and graceful
field sport. il IL not generally popular. Ths
reasou perhaps was given by a young woman
who said Of 1t:
TO Ia a really good m~arlrswoman you
have "a sT-nd hours In solitary practice
which Is horribly pok-y.-
The pretty costume which q girl may
wear when dressed for archery IL the most
important point IN its favor. White and
green from time immcmorial, are the colors
devoted TO b am
Tho alterations IN the rules OF croquet.
which u@d to hs voted slow, now make
the game a really scientific exercise for mind.
band and eye. and the croquet tournament
Of 1902 IL a very different game from that
81 come years ago. with It's late improve
mcu,s, rot only Ia rulcs. but in hoops and
mall",s.
A Ali.- McNaughton Ia credited with
having introduced croGuet into good society
"A England at a lawn party given by Lord
Lorsdnle In ls52. Emuating her example,
another English woman has introduced
n gam. called the colors. which hse rsceived
n Fashionable. trial with great applause
IA London. The game II said TO derive
something from the grace's dear TO our
erandmo.hers and so,ne,hins "'" "'
Cricket " played to some extent In TINS
,ountry and in Germantown there In .
ladies' eleven. but TN. American Girl has not
yet taken 10 the gaine with enthusiasm
In England, girls are adept at the sport
although men rtui continue 10 sIrak
ua,rnuizingiv 81 cricket when PLAYED by
girls Az "a recent game OF cricket played
l.'ween an eleven Ui girls and a team OF
men. the latter escCted to bowl. Geld and
lat with bruUuI~tioks ht-haIded. lie
girls came On viCtoriou-
English women ~ Ia for sport with rs
priye, aud it, CORY IN n manner quite novel
,n an American. When they accompany
,hrir fathers or husbands TO India, big game
H. their quest They TAX" part IL Ion hunt
i-g and Il they visit Australia. they like
4. IL In NJ the death A. a kangaroo hunt.
A. a shot no one can excel the Queen OF
Portugal When at her country place
on tho -rashore AZ Caldas. she amuses
herself bv aiming with "A rife from q high
window, at cartNouware bottles hoating
In the sea. and placed thor" fort the purpose
/, IL said that she seldom miS-~s her I'M
stable mark Swimming IL alSo one 81 her
ACCOMPLISHMENTS and among her many
decorations j. n medal conferred on her
several yeas ago, When she threw herself
into the ~ To save some children from
druwni. g
Tho VERY iigrifed and Handsome Queen
OF the b. giar~ H. devoted To- horse~ She
rides suI 4nyc- aud II q keen Judge OF
hOr-r'r-h
On tho upN = Ter Whlte"Anucl cart. or
Ig her London eaddle. she wears The most
Cprrart 4 .-f habits, lSts ard drtv-
ing c,l'- S.u ride spirited horr-s and
does ms know what fear h. On "ne "~s-
sion sie '-ay"Iv stopped q runaway team
Although one hears Ii'''c auort French
women ia Cuuuc,'iDu with sIS''s or ath-
lc'ir-. iN"v are cNj-rt in the use 81 tho
rife. and in tho department ~ the S~ine
alone. a. many n 80 women take out H.
cen~.s for -huuti 9 every year