are called upon they shall divide the court between them, and the decision of
each shall be final in his share of the court.

Every year competitive games are played by the different clubs belonging
to the Tennis Association. There is wonderful interest shown in the matches.
There is a regular circuit of games the same as in base-ball. The credit for
introducing and developing the game in Americais due to Dr. Dwight, one of
our oldest and most expert players. Where the members of the club are
wealthy a vast amount of money is expended in laying out and equipping the
grounds. The Casino at Newport is probably one of the finest grounds in the
country. The prominence that the game has attained among us in so short a
time undoubtedly lies in the merits of the game. It is said that amusement,
skill, strength, and agility are happily united in this game. It would seem that
a game played by both sexes, and by young and old as well, could not afford
an opportunity for physical exercise, yet there is no game, perhaps, which calls
into play a greater number of muscles, or which taxes the entire physical sys-
tem of the body, more than lawn tennis.

It is about the only out-door sport of an athletic nature that invites the
skill of lady contestants and at the same time assures perfect conformity with
the rules of propriety and etiquette. The graceful exercise makes the game
wonderfully popular with ladies, so that in point of numbers little difference
exists between the players of each sex, though in tournament and match play-
ing we find they figure less prominently in consequence of the violence of ex-
ercise required at such times. This feature, however, is not true of English
lady players. English girls begin tennis playing while very young and reach
high skill in it; in fact, the champion player of England is a lady. The game
is also a sociable one, allowing opportunities for chatting and talking which
cannot be allowed in any other athletic game. There is also indoor tennis,
indulged in through the winter. Much pleasure and amusement is derived
from this, though indoor tennis cannot hope to rank with the game on
the lawn.

Everything connected with lawn tennis points to a great future for the
game in this country, although it is not likely that the general public will ever
rave over the game of tennis as they have over base-ball, nor is it desirable they
should. The strictly amateur character of the game, combined with great care,
has kept this beautiful and healthful sport free from contamination and raised
it to its present high position in popular esteem. This esteem will continueand
we feel assured that the game will increase in popularity in the future as in the
past, and that the players and lovers of the game will make it the best game in
the country in which both sexes can engage.