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or against the turning-stake, by any stroke not foul, whether of its own or of the adverse side, counts the point so made.

9. POINTS MADE for AdversaRY'S BALL.—If a point be made for an adver sary's ball, the striker must inform her adversary of it. Should the striker neglect to do so, and the adversary make the point again, she may continue her turn as though she had played for her right point.

10. THE TURN.—A player, when her turn comes round, may roquet each ball once, and may do this again after each point made. The player continues her turn so long as she makes a point or a roquet.

II. CROQUET IMPERATIVE After Roquet.—A player who roquets a ball must take croquet, and in so doing must move both balls (see Law 25). In taking croquet, the striker is not allowed to place her foot on the ball.

12. BALL IN HAND AFTER ROQUET.-No point or roquet can be made by a ball which is in hand. If a ball in hand displace any other balls, they must remain where they are driven. Any point made in consequence of such displacement counts, notwithstanding that the ball displacing them is in hand.

13. BALLS ROQUETED SIMULTANEOUSLY.-When a player roquets two balls simultaneously, she may choose from which of them she will take croquet; and a second roquet will be required before she can take croquet from the other ball. 14. BALLS FOUND TOUCHING.-If at the commencement of a turn the striker's ball be found touching another, roquet is deemed to be made, and croquet must be taken at once.

15. ROQUET AND HOOP MADE BY SAME STROKE.-Should a ball, in making its hoop, roquet another that lies beyond the hoop, and then pass through, the hoop counts as well as the roquet. A ball is deemed to be beyond the hoop if it lies so that it cannot be touched by a straight-edge placed against the wires on the playing side. Should any part of the ball that is roqueted be lying on the playing side of the hoop, the roquet counts, but not the hoop.

16. PEGGING OUT.—If a rover (except when in hand) be caused to hit the winning-stake by any stroke of the same side, not foul, the rover is out of the game, and must be removed from the ground. A rover may similarly be pegged out by an adverse rover.

17. ROVER PEGGED OUT BY ROQUET.—A player who pegs out a rover by a roquet loses the remainder of her turn.

18. BALLS SENT OFF THE GROUND.-A ball sent off the ground must at once be replaced 3 feet within the boundary, measured from the spot where it went off, and at right angles to the margin. If this spot be already occupied, the ball last sent off is to be placed anywhere in contact with the other, at the option of the player sending off the ball.

19. BALL SENt off near CORNER.-A ball sent off within 3 feet of a corner is to be replaced 3 feet from both boundaries.

20. BALL TOUCHING BOUNDARY.—If the boundary be marked by a line on the turf a ball touching the line is deemed to have been off the ground. If the

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boundary be raised, a ball touching the boundary is similarly deemed to have Leen off the ground.

21. BALL SENt off and retURNING TO GROUND.-If a ball be sent off the ground, and return to it, the ball must be similarly replaced, measuring from the point of first contact with the boundary.

22. BALL SENT WITHIN 3 FEET of Boundary.-A ball sent within 3 feet of the boundary, but not off the ground, is to be replaced as though it had been sent off—except in the case of the striker's ball, when the striker has the option of bringing her ball in, or of playing from where it lies.

23. BOUNDARY INTERFERING WITH STROKE.—If it be found that the heigh of the boundary interferes with the stroke, the striker, with the sanction. of the umpire, may bring in the balls a longer distance than 3 feet, so as tc allow a free swing of the mallet. Balls so brought in must be moved in the line of aim.

24. DEAD BOUNDARY.-If, in taking croquet, the striker send her own ball, or the ball croqueted, off the ground, she loses the remainder of her turn; but if by the same stroke she make a roquet, her ball, being in hand, may pass the boundary without penalty. Should either ball while rolling after a croquet be touched or diverted from its course by an opponent, the striker has the option given her by Law 26, and is not liable to lose her turn should the ball which has been touched or diverted pass the boundary.

25. FOUL STROKES.-If a player make a foul stroke, she loses the remainder of her turn, and any point or roquet made by such stroke does not count. Balls moved by a foul stroke are to remain where they lie, or be replaced, at the option of the adversary. If the foul be made when taking croquet, and the adversary elect to have the balls replaced, they must be replaced in contact as they stood when the croquet was taken. The following are foul strokes:

(a) To strike with the mallet another ball instead of or besides one's own in making the stroke.

(b) To spoon, i. e., to push a ball without an audible knock.

(c) To strike a ball twice in the same stroke.

(a) To touch, stop, or divert the course of a ball when in play and rolling. whether this be done by the striker or her partner.

(e) To allow a ball to touch the mallet in rebounding from a stake or wire. (S) To move a ball which lies close to a stake or wire by striking the peg or vire.

(g) To press a ball round a stake or wire (crushing stroke).

(h) To play a stroke after roquet without taking croquet.

(i) To fail to move both balls in taking croquet.

(k) To croquet a ball which the striker is not entitled to croquet.

26. BALLS TOUCHED BY ADVERSARY.-Should a ball when rolling, except it be in hand, be touched, stopped, or diverted from its course by an adversary, the striker may elect whether she will take the stroke again, or whether the ball

shall remain where it stopped, or be placed where, in the judgment of the umpire, it would have rolled to.

27. BALLS STOPPED or diverted by UMPIRE.-Should a ball be stopped o diverted from its course by an umpire, she is to place it where she considers it would have rolled to.

28. PLAYING OUT OF TURN, OR WITH THE WRONG BALL.—If a player play out of turn, or with the wrong ball, the remainder of the turn is lost, and any point or roquet made after the mistake. The balls remain where they lie when the penalty is claimed, or are replaced as they were before the last stroke was made, at the option of the adversary. But if the adverse side play without claiming the penalty, the turn holds good, and any point or points made after the mistake are scored to the ball by which they have been made—that is, the ball is deemed to be for the point next in order to the last point made in the turnexcept when the adversary's ball has been played with, in which case the points are scored to the ball which ought to have been played with. If more than one ball be played with during the turn, all points made during the turn, whether before or after the mistake, are scored to the ball last played with. Whether the penalty be claimed or not, the adversary may follow with either ball of her own side.

29. PLAYING FOR WRONG POINT.—If a player make a wrong point, it does not count, and therefore-unless she have, by the same stroke, taken croquet, or made a roquet—all subsequent strokes are in error, the remainder of the turn is lost, and any point or roquet made after the mistake. The balls remain where they lie when the penalty is claimed, or are replaced as they were before the last stroke was made, at the option of the adversary. But if the player make another point, or the adverse side play, before the penalty is claimed, the turn holds good; and the player who made the mistake is deemed to be for the point next in order to that which she last made.

30. INFORMATION AS TO SCORE.-Every player is entitled to be informed which is the next point of any ball.

not count.

31. WIRES KNOCKED OUT OF GROUND.—Should a player, in trying to run her hoop, knock a wire of that hoop out of the ground with her ball, the hoop does The ball must be replaced, and the stroke taken again; but if by the same stroke a roquet be made, the striker may elect whether she will claim the roquet or have the balls replaced.

32. PEGS OR HOOPS NOT UPRIGHT.-Any player may set upright a stake or hoop, except the one next in order; and that must not be altered except by the ampire.

33. BALL LYING IN A HOLE OR ON BAD GROUND.-A ball lying in a hole or on bad ground may be moved with the sanction of the umpire. The ball must be put back-i. e., away from the object aimed at—and so as not to alter the line of aim.

34. UMPIRES.-An umpire shall not give her opinion, or notice any erro

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