Croquet and Billiards

In order to play this game well, attention must be given to the method of holding the mace or cue, to the position in which the player should stand, and the manner of delivering the ball from either; but these are much more easily acquired by observation, or by the direction of a good player, than by any written rules.

Almost all the problems at billiards receive their solution fron the two following mathematical principles :

1st. The angle of incidence of a ball against one of the cushions is equal to the angle of reflection.

2dly. When a ball strikes another, if we draw a right line between their centres, which will of course pass by the point of contact, this line will be the direction the ball will follow after it is struck.