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Rh exactness of the curve and dimensions of the stick than for the concavity of the netting ; because the latter loses its original shape in using, especially when wet, and would not retain any original concavity half an hour. Picture the confusion when several Crosses would bag below a restricted depth after a game had commenced. The men might present a netting perfectly flat, before the Umpires, and, when their backs are turned, let out the length strings and make a bag of any depth. There would be many more disputes on this point, if such a law was made, than there ever can be as the law now stands. No player should own a Crosse suspected of bagging. Prettier and more scientific play is made with a flat surface. The improvements in general play commenced when the old bag was repudiated.

Two goals are required. Two flags constitute a goal; colors generally scarlet and blue, sometimes very handsomely worked in gold and embroidery. The flag-poles should have iron spikes about two inches long to sink into the ground. The distance from one goal to the other should be proportioned by