_Diagram 3._—Cue-ball ¼ above, object-ball 31/32 left; stroke, ½ in excess of “slow.” Object-ball strikes the carom-ball a hair off its centre, taking direction _a_; the cue-ball follows, effecting carom.
_Diagram 4._—Cue-ball ½ above, object-ball 31/32 right; stroke ½ in excess of “slow.” Carom by double kiss at _a_.
_Illustrating difficult methods in effecting caroms, resulting in position, from doubling object-ball._
_Diagram 1._—Cue-ball ½ above, ¼ left, object-ball 15/16 right; stroke, “ordinary.” Cue-ball cushions at _g_, _d_, _e_, effecting carom on ball 2. Object-ball cushions at _a_, _b_, _c_, resting at _f_. This is a follow-cushion stroke, the cue-ball hugging cushion.
_Diagram 2._—Cue-ball ⅝ right, ½ above, object-ball ⅞ left; stroke, “ordinary.” Cue-ball describes curved line, effecting carom on ball 2. Object-ball doubles the table, cushions at _a_, _b_, _c_, resting at _d_.
Point the cue and object balls to cover the angles of dotted lines. Deliver a quick wrist stroke, using care against foul.
_Illustrating kiss caroms where there is an easy angle of division, and another of a “kiss” to cushion, with reverse English, effecting neat carom._
_Diagram 1._—Cue-ball centre, object-ball ½ left; stroke, “ordinary.” Cue-ball kisses direct onto ball 2.
_Diagram 2._—Cue-ball ½ below, ⅝ left, object-ball ¾ right; stroke, ½ in excess of “medium.” Cue-ball takes cushion at _a_, and thence to _b_, where carom-ball meets it, having been forced directly down the cushion by kiss from object-ball. The balls are in such position here that a fine stroke is impossible, and where a massé is exceedingly difficult.
_In illustration of several neat caroms through the “kiss” and follow “hug” cushion strokes, from comparatively safe positions._
_Diagram 1._—Cue-ball ⅝ left, ¼ above, object-ball full; stroke, “slow.” Carom-ball, kissed by object-ball, cushions at _b_, returns to _a_, where cue-ball meets it and effects carom.
_Diagram 2._—Cue-ball ½ above, ½ left, object-ball ⅞ left; stroke, “ordinary.” Cue-ball cushions _c_, _d_, _e_, effecting carom on ball 2. Object-ball doubles table, takes cushion at _a_, resting at _b_. This is termed a “following cushion hug stroke.”
_Diagram 3._—Cue-ball ⅝ left, ⅛ above, object-ball 15/16 right; stroke, ½ in excess of “slow.” The cue-ball taking a curved line on object-ball, forcing it out from the cushion that it may strike the carom-ball on right of centre, thus making room for cue-ball, the object-ball going to right. Carom-ball cushions at _b_, meeting cue-ball on rebound at _a_, where carom is effected.