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186 matter how simple it seems, you will find it good exercise. Tip it to right, then to left, then out and in, and around, and between and at the back of your feet. Practice tipping to the right with the bend and the tip of the crosse. A very good practice is frisking with a young and smart setter—your crosse versus his teeth and paws. It will teach you many little feints.

High frisking, when the ball is not on the ground, is quite a different play, but needs a like expertness in handling the crosse and mastering the ball. It can hardly be premeditated, but opportunities are often afforded for its practice in close contests. It comprises all quick, successive feats in playing with the ball in the air.

When carrying through a gauntlet of checkers, or when catching, after throwing over your own or an opponent’s head, a pretty and most invaluable play is to titilate or dandle the ball upon the netting. Some of the best dodgers use this very much, the ball never being on the netting when the crosse is struck at by the checker.

A great deal of showy play may be introduced in frisking,—such as playing with the ball on the top of