The grass court under suitable conditions is built more cheaply than one of dirt and may be a beautiful feature on the place. The back-stops in 
this case are decorative in an interesting way. Oswald C. Hering & Douglas Fitch, architects 
How to Make an Attractive Tennis Court 
WHAT IS NECESSARY TO DO TO MAKE THE TENNIS COURT AN ATTRACTIVE FEATURE OF THE COUNTRY 
PLACE—DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURTS AND THEIR CONSTRUCTIO N—T HE BACK-STOP 
BY George Ethelbert Walsh 
Photographs by Mary H. Northend, Albert Nietes and others 
L awn tennis is one of the most 
popular of our outdoor games 
for both sexes, and it has retained its 
hold upon the public for a good many 
years in spite of the introduction of 
other games and the craze for novel¬ 
ties. Tennis gives just the right 
amount of exhilarating exercise in the 
open air that one seems to need, and 
there are hundreds of thousands of 
devotees of the game who play it regu¬ 
larly throughout the season. 
But the possibilities of making the 
tennis court a great social adjunct to 
the country place are not always fully 
appreciated by those who follow the 
game. Primarily the courts are laid 
This heavy back-stop would be rendered attractive by 
growing vines 
out for practical use, but this should 
not interfere with their artistic devel¬ 
opment to make them attractive fea¬ 
tures of the garden. If one has the 
land sufficient for a tennis court it 
should be utilized with the idea of 
making it a pleasant place for quiet 
rest and recreation on warm days. 
For instance, the wire net erected at 
either end back of the courts should 
be converted into screens of living 
green by planting vines on the outside, 
or if one prefers it can be covered with 
the climbing rose bushes to make it a 
glorious color effect. Better even than 
the ordinary wire net, an artistic 
screen of lattice work or trellis can be 
Sometimes a tennis court must have an outside foundation and must be 
built inside of stone retaining walls. It is durable but quite expensive 
The level dirt court is the most common and more durable type and 
may be kept in condition by constant rolling 
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