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Robert Kemp Philp
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2580.
Old
Canon
Game.
Old
Canon
Game,
sometimes
played
on
a
table
without
holes
or
pockets,
consists
entirely
of
canons--two
balls
struck
in
succession
by
the
player's
ball.
The
game,
50
or
100
up,
each
canon
counting
two
points,
is
played
with
three
balls
only--a
white,
spot-white,
and
black
(or
red)
ball.
When
played
on
the
ordinary
bagatelle
table,
the
holes
filled
after
making
a
canon
score
to
the
player.
One
point
is
forfeited
for
missing
the
white,
five
points
for
missing
the
red;
and
all
points
made
without
a
canon.
The
players
go
on
alternately,
the
first
who
scores
the
stipulated
number
winning
the
game.
2581.
Other
Games.
Mississippi,
Trou
Madame,
Cockamaroo,
and
other
toy-games
are
sometimes
played
on
the
bagatelle
table;
but
they
need
no
description.
To
play
well
at
any
of
the
games,
however,
requires
great
care
and
nicety.
Much
depends
on
the
manner
of
holding
and
using
the
cue,
and
the
slight
degree
of
force
employed
in
making
the
stroke.
Some
experts
are
able
to
fill
all
the
holes
at
one
essay,
placing
the
coloured
balls
in
the
8
and
7
at
the
first
stroke,
and
then
playing
direct
at
the
cups
or
at
the
cushion,
till
all
the
balls
are
holed.
At
the
French
Game
a
hundred
or
more
canons
at
a
break
is
by
no
means
unusual.
2582.
Billiards.
This
well-known
game
of
skill
is
played
on
a
rectangular
table
with
three
ivory
balls,--white,
spot-white,
and
red;
the
object
being
to
drive
one
or
other
of
them
into
either
of
the
six
pockets,
and
to
strike
one
ball
against
the
two
others.
The
first
stroke
is
known
as
a
hazard,
and
the
second
as
a
canon.
The
instrument
for
striking
at
the
ball,
is
a
long
tapering
stick
called
a
cue;
and
the
game
is
scored
by
hazards,
canons,
misses,
and
forfeitures.
The
ball
struck
with
the
cue
is
known
as
the
player's
ball;
the
ball
played
as
the
object
ball.
A
ball
struck
into
a
pocket,
is
a
winning
hazard;
the
player's
ball
falling
into
a
pocket
after
contact
with
the
white
or
red,
is
a
losing
hazard.
Three
principal
games
are
played
on
the
billiard
table--the
English
game,
or
Billiards,
Pyramids,
and
Pool.
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