The “Lawford” is a new shape this season, and is specially adapted for a rapid game. The head is a modification and combination of the round and square head, and being smaller in size, the handle is necessarily longer. In this Racket a somewhat lesser playing surface is produced; at the same time a very rigid tension is obtained in the stringing giving a quicker return of the ball, at the same it is not so well adapted for screwing purposes. It is made with the octagon handle.
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These Poles are ornamental and effective; they are made of cast iron, and finished in black japan paint, picked out with gold. For utility they have no equal. By means of a lever and weight the Net is maintained at a uniform height, and with the exact tension necessary; the action of the weather has no effect on the uprights, which never become loose. The Poles can be readily removed without disturbing the ground fixings. The ground fixing does not loosen, and is less injurious to the lawn than any other Poles. Wherever supplied they have been highly approved.—_Vide Press._
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“In the combination of power with lightness we have seen none equal to the ‘Demon’ Racket.”
“For genuine good service we have not heard any Racket better spoken of than this, as it is a fine driver, and stands wear well, the materials and workmanship being clearly of the best.”
Our speciality is undoubtedly the Manufacture of =Tennis Rackets=, and to them we have devoted every possible care and attention; the result is that experts and the Press admit that in the Manufacture of Tennis Rackets we cannot be excelled, if equalled.
Timber is carefully selected and thoroughly seasoned. Rent Ash only is used, giving a continuous grain round the frame, ensuring the greatest possible strength and uniform spring.
English-made Gut is used throughout; and in our Special Bats, Gut of 18 Strands is used.—_Vide Press Reports._
=Red Rubber Lawn-Tennis Ball (Cloth Surface Rubber).= _uniform in weight and size, carefully adjusted in bound, specially made for durability, and adapted for Asphalt or Hard Courts_