46.—I have heard good local amateurs say that after the red has been potted twice from the top spot it is then placed on the pyramid spot. I had always been under the impression that the red should be spotted on the middle spot.
The red ball, after being twice consecutively potted in a top corner pocket from off the spot, is placed on the centre spot of the table. A pot made in conjunction with a cannon does not, however, count.
47.—Why is billiard cloth always green? Would not some other colour do equally well?
We do not think that there is any colour more restful to the eye than green, and one would not like the grass or the leaves of the trees and shrubs to be blue, red, or yellow. Apart from this, there is no good reason for the capricious changing of a standardized colour, otherwise any of the coloured snooker balls might be used in billiards instead of the red.
48.—Will you please state where I can purchase a billiard chalk called "Green Jockey?" Also which is best for cue tipping—glue or wafers?
We do not know who are the makers of "Green Jockey" chalk. For cue tipping we prefer glue to wafers, and Spinks's self-stickers to either.
49.—I am a marker at a local small institute, and have heard various opinions regarding these few points: (1) A. plays in=off the red and gets it, but in doing so forces the red off the table. What should this count? (2) How many successive misses can be made in a four=hand, two or four?
If the red or any other ball goes off the table, after being in contact with another ball, it is two away and is a foul stroke; consequently there is no score. Partners in a four game are, for the purposes of the rules, one person, and Rule 12 applies to such partnership as it does to a single player.