As we announced some weeks ago, we are to have another great handicap under the management of W. Cook, and if it is carried out in the same manner and with the same spirit as former ones, it will doubtless be a great success. This time we are to have some fresh blood infused into it, which will add much to the interest of spectators, showing, as this handicap will, the comparative merits of players who have never before met in friendly rivalry. It has been arranged to take place in the Banqueting Hall at the Guildhall Tavern, City, London, the first week in January, 1876, and will be played in heats of 600 up on an ordinary Burroughes and Watts table.
First prize, £50 presented by W. Cook. Second prize, a handsome cue-box filled with cues, balls, &c., presented by Burroughes and Watts.
We hope soon to be able to announce other prizes, such as one for the best all-round break, another for the greatest number of spot strokes, and also one for the best average.
We shall be happy to receive subscriptions for any of the latter prizes, adding as they would so much to the general interest of every game. The handicap will be made by the members of the press and the players, when we trust our suggestions for forming handicaps in a previous number will be acted upon.
Arrangements have been made for the following players to compete:—
W. Cook; Taylor; Stanley; A. Bennett; Kilkenny; F. Bennett; Richards; Hunt; Shorter; A. Hughes; Stammers.