The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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Sol – Short

Sol

Sunny or cheap side of ring.

Sombra

Shady side of ring.

Suerte

Fashion, mode, form, hazard, attack.

Sapling

A greyhound whelped on or after the Ist of January of the same year in which the season of running commenced.

Serving

Of the greyhound; when a dog turns his hare, and keeps his place for another turn, he serves himself; or, losing his place, serves his opponent.

Slipper

The official entrusted with the task of letting the dogs go when they have both fairly sighted the hare.

Slip Steward. The official responsible for greyhounds going to slips within the proper time.

Slips

The couples by which the two dogs are held whilst the hare is put up.

So-ho

The cry used to indicate a sitting hare.

Stud Book

The official registry of running and breeding greyhounds.

Set

A batsman is "set" who has been in so long that the bowling seems easy and familiar.

Shooter

A ball which on touching the ground keeps very close to the turf, often with an increase of pace.

Short

Short ball, Short-pitched. - A ball which pitches too far from the batsman to be a good length, and can be well punished.

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