PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



or the grand stand for the "gallery," desirable for 

 public tennis courts, the home court should be so 

 placed that there will be a good situation for a 

 garden tea and rest house, where refreshments may 

 be served, and where onlookers may be comfortably 

 seated during the progress of the game. 



The court should also be situated in a spot giving 

 ample room for a broad walk surrounding it, and 

 various forms of architectural embellishment to 

 make it a decorative feature of the home grounds. 

 The court itself should if possible be built at least 

 a hundred and twenty feet long by sixty feet wide. 

 Otherwise there will not be room for the free run 

 back of twenty feet or more sufficient to take the 

 fastest balls, nor the necessary space beyond the 

 side lines to enable one to cover cross-court shots 

 a space demanding from twelve to fifteen feet. When 

 it is convenient to locate the court to lie north and 

 south, this will prove the best plan. Then the seats 

 for spectators or the tea rooms should be on the 

 west side looking away from the afternoon sun while 

 watching the game. 



There are many forms of so-called clay tennis 

 courts that have inferior brown clay or yellow hard- 

 pan. The genuine clay the sort that will be found 

 so resilient that it can be rolled in the hands without 

 breaking is of entirely different nature, and it is 



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