3 o6 PARKS 



Golf croquet. The course of golf croquet, as in golf proper, depends 

 on the shape of the ground used. The course, as in croquet, is marked by 

 wickets or arches, and also by numbered flags. The distance between the 

 wickets will vary. A spot or object, e.g., a tree, near the center of the lawn 

 is chosen; all wickets face this center, and all shots are made through the 

 wickets toward the center. The wickets should be placed in sequence so 

 that the one to be shot at is in view of the wicket just left, e.g., No. 2 must 

 be seen from No. I, and No. 3 from No. 2, and so on. Usually eight wickets 

 are employed, but, as in golf proper, you may have less and go over the 

 course twice for a game. 



Lawn tennis. Lawn tennis is played on a court laid out similarly to 

 those described in the April 1922 issue of Landscape Architecture, Land- 

 scape Construction Notes II, Clay Tennis Courts. The lines are marked 

 with lime on turf which is seeded or planted. 



Tether tennis (see Plate 119, page 304). The court may be any 

 smooth piece of ground, free from all obstructions. A circle six feet in diam- 

 eter is drawn about an upright wooden pole which stands ten feet out of 

 the ground. The pole is seven and a half inches in circumference at the 

 ground and may taper towards the top. A two-inch black band is painted 

 on the pole six feet above the ground. A line twenty feet long bisects the 

 circle. Six feet from the pole, at right angles to and on each side of the 

 twenty-foot line, are two crosses marked distinctly on the ground. A tennis 

 ball is suspended from the top of the pole by a piece of strong fishline; 

 the cord allows the ball to hang seven and a half feet, i.e., two and a half 

 feet from the ground. The game is played by two persons, the object of 

 one being to wind the string around the pole above the black line in one 

 direction; the opponent endeavors to wind the string in the reverse direc- 

 tion. The game is started from each player's court at the point marked 

 with the cross. Stepping in the circle is a foul. Tether tennis may be played 

 anywhere on the lawn or playground, or even indoors. 



Field hockey (see Plate 120, page 307). Field hockey may be played 

 on any level, open, and well-drained field, seeded with grasses which will 

 form a tough sod. The field should be from 90 to 100 yards long and from 

 50 to 60 yards wide. The field should be divided into four equal parts by 

 lines marked parallel to the goal lines. The middle line is called the center 

 line; the other two lines the 25-yard lines. For experienced players the 

 25-yard lines should not be marked more than seven yards from the side 

 lines. At each side of the field five yards inside the boundary line, parallel 

 to the long axis of the field, a line is marked off, called the five-yard line. 

 The goals are in the center of each goal line. A goal consists of two posts 

 four yards apart (inside measurement) and seven feet high, connected at 



