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N. S. Lytton.
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In France the chief amateur competition is Le Coupe de Paris, and in America the American Amateur Championship.
Bazin and M. A. F. de Luze have been the most distinguished French amateurs of recent years, and in America, besides Mr.
Gould, Mr. J. Crane, Mr. C. Sands, and Mr. E. Thompson are all well known.
Single-handed and four-handed matches at tennis between Oxford and Cambridge were begun in the year 1859, and, with the exception of the year 1864, have been annually played up to the present time. The Implements, the Court, and the Game. The following is a drawing of the racket used at tennis. In the year 1857 a new method of stringing the racket was introduced, which materially increased its driving power, and was one of the first