Year: 1897

page_text: I, FREDERIC HUNT, of 14, Thistlewaite Road, Clapton,' in the County of Middle-
sex, Bank Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to appliances for use in the playing of an outdoor game
of the following character.
Between poles placed a suitable distance apart, a wire is stretched, the said wire
being provided with stops placed at a suitable interval. Between the stops a ring
is free to slide upon the wire, and to the ring a ball is attached by means of a fine
cord or other flexible connection. Beneath the stops upon the stretched wire, or
thereabouts, are barriers arranged at such a height that the vertical distance
between the barrier and the wire is somewhat less than the length of the cord
which holds the ball captive.
The players stand at opposite ends of the court outside the barriers, and it is the
object of each player, using a tennis racket or like implement, to force the ball over
his opponent's barrier and to prevent its remaining on his own side of his own
barrier.
Upon each barrier may, if desired, be mounted a target the striking of which by
the ball on its journey from the opposite court counts a stroke to the striker. Or,
the striking of such a target may, on the other hand, entail a penalty.
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5 I, FREDERIC HUNT, of 14, Thistlewaite Road, Clapton, in the County of Middle-
sex, Bank Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:
This invention relates to appliances for use in the playing of an outdoor game
of the following character; same being illustrated in perspective in the accom-
panying drawing.

page_text: said wire being provided with stops bb placed at a suitable interval; but the fitting
of these stops is optional and they may be omitted if preferred. Between the
stops, a ring C is free to slide upon the wire B, and to the ring a ball D is attached
by means of a fine cord or other flexible connection d. Beneath the stops upon the
stretched wire, or thereabouts, are barriers EE arranged at such a height that
the vertical distance between the barrier and the wire B is somewhat less than the
length of the cord d which holds the ball D captive.
In using the apparatus, the players stand at opposite ends of the court, outside
the barriers EE, and it is the object of each player, using a tennis racket or like
implement, to force the ball D over his opponent's barrier and to prevent its re-
maining on his own side of his own barrier.
Upon each barrier may, if desired, be mounted a target F, the striking of which
by the ball on its journey from the opposite court may be counted as a stroke to
the striker. Or the striking of such a target may, on the other hand, entail a
penalty.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim :-
For use in playing a game of the kind herein described, the combination of
appliances substantially as set forth and comprising a stretched wire, a ball attached
by means of a flexible connection to the stretched wire, and a pair of barriers
arranged at suitable distances apart and carrying targets.
For the Applicant,
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
Chartered Patent Agent, 191, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
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