# Billiards

Author: Broadfoot, William, 1841-1922; Boyd, Archibald H. [Contributor]; Dixon, Sydenham, 1848-1931 [Contributor]; Ford, William Justice, 1853-1904 [Contributor]; Pontifex, Dudley David, 1855-1934 [Contributor]; Rimington-Wilson, Reginald Henry Rimington, 1852-1927 [Contributor]; Walker, Russell D. [Contributor]; Davis, Lucien, 1860-1941 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: How To ...

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68289

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Billiards+Broadfoot&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Just as there were ‘brave men before Agamemnon,’ so, doubtless, were there good billiard-players prior to Kentfield; but we hear very little about them. One of the few whose name has been handed down to posterity is John—generally known as Jack—Carr. He was originally marker for Mr. Bartley, the proprietor of the billiard-tables at the Upper Rooms at Bath. When business there was slack, Mr. Bartley and Carr used occasionally to amuse themselves by placing the red ball on the centre spot, and attempting to screw off it into one of the middle pockets without bringing the red ball back into baulk. Such a stroke would be easier under the conditions then existing of slow list cushions and roug...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter VIII. clearly shows the great merit of the spot stroke as a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter V. p. 164). Place ball 1 for the half-ball hazard, and play the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/billiards-68289/chapters/5/index.md)