 The ball is made of some hard substance and covered with leather, the cross sticks are round and net-work, with handles of three feet long. The parties being ready, and bets agreed upon (sometimes to the amount of some thousand dollars), the goals are...  Iowa Journal of History and Politics - Page 352edited by - 1911Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1807 - 788 pages
...three feet in length. The parties being ready, and the belts made, sometimes to the amount of many thousand dollars, the goals are set up on the prairie, at the distance of halt a mile. The ball is then thrown up in the middle j when each party endeavours to drive it to the... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...three feet itt length. Tbe parties being ready, and the betts made, sometimes to the amount of many thousand dollars, the goals are set up on the prairie, at the distance of half a mile. The baU is then thrown up in the middle ; when each party endeavours to drive it to the opposite goal,... | |
 | Edward Duffield Neill - 1858 - 652 pages
...ball is made of some hard substance and covered with leather, the cross sticks are round and net-work, with handles of three feet long. The parties being...quick round the post, the ball is again taken to the centre, the ground changed, and the contest renewed ; and this is continued until one side gains four... | |
 | Edward Duffield Neill - 1882 - 1010 pages
...ball is made of some hard substance and covered with leather, the cross sticks are round and net-work, with handles of three feet long. The parties being...and each party strives to drive it to the opposite 1 Or Jarrot. goal ; and when either party gains the first rubber, which is driving it quick round the... | |
 | 1896 - 692 pages
...long. The parties being r.eady, and bets to the amount sometimes of some thousand dollars agreed upon, the goals are set up on the prairie at the distance of half a mile. The hall is thrown up in the middle, and each party strives to drive it to the opposite goal ; and when... | |
 | 1896 - 634 pages
...long. The parties being ready, and bets to the amount sometimes of some thousand dollars agreed upon, the goals are set up on the prairie at the distance of half a mile. The ball i> throun up in the middle, and each party strives to drive it to the opposite goal: and when either... | |
 | 1904 - 676 pages
...parties being ready and bets agreed upon, to the amount of some thousands of dollars, the goals were set up on the prairie at the distance of half a mile....drive it to the opposite goal, and when either party wins the first rubber, which is driving it quick around the post, the ball is again taken to the center,... | |
 | Doane Robinson - 1904 - 676 pages
...parties being ready and bets agreed upon, to the amount of some thousands of dollars, the goals were set up on the prairie at the distance of half a mile. The ball is thrown up in the middle and each partystrives to drive it to the opposite goal, and when either party wins the first rubber, which is... | |
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