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Les diegrammes suivants iliustrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 • 5 6 "^"'^w \^'^"-«^ ■w-^^ CONSTITUTION OF.THl THBEEi ItlVERB — w.TTa >- fiirtBS OF taE GAME 1- H .»*' 'K AMP LIST OF MEMBERS I' fc . 1 'i/j ^ .- tj P* •s*^^ 1875 ae^: .^t-.^ I ■ wiM^ Myji'iJ ii f ii ) L i^ i|i-. ..I m »l l| I ' ' lp« l ' ' u s ' yiJ B« .'!"i ' .w' *y * siSii •f •^^IfpT" ■-.^ ^.i^;;;A.-.^#'*^H^-'* ',-^--»^*sp|*i-:;r; .'>• 'if I ■) .; \:';r^{;>'^ > V ■i'^'. pf I 'Stf / .« ^■il>J 4 »W»\M_ iH. ~"R,) li • I— Ti^i^*, ^^^iy i v.. F l^-TV ^, * c 1 .. ( CONSTITUTION OF THE ': THREE RIVERS CURLING CLUB — WTTU — RULEiS OF THE GAME — ANIJ — LIST OF MEMBERS THREE RIVERS. ^' COKSTITUTIONNEL " PRINTIKG OFFICB 1875 I Tfll 1,- exoept pose, each give tfa propos( oaodid aembe 2.— Prepide also ao( seven, i be elect office f€ CONSTITUTION or THl THRBK RI7BR8 CURLING CLUB 1, — Xo persoQ shall be admitted a merabsr of the Olub, except by ballot at a Quaeral Meeting called for that par- pose, of which at least three days notice shall be given to each member aotaally in Three-Rivers ; such notice to give the names of each candidate and the name* of the proposer and seconder. To seoarc the admission of any candidate, it shall be necessary th it four fifths of the I members present at the billot shall v»to in his favor. 2. — The Office Bearers of the Club sh ill consist of a IPrepident, two Vice-Presidents, and Secretary who shall also act as Treasurer and three members miking in all seven, who shall form the Committee of Management and Ibe electetl ^tthe Annual General Meeting, continuing in joffice for one year, but may be re-elected. 3.-— The Annual General Meeting, for the election of Office Bearers and other purposes shall be held on the last Monday of November in each year, from and after this date — seven to form a quorum wich number shall be the quorum at all meetings. 4. — Each member shall upon his admission into the Jlub pflty an Entrance fee of Five Dollars, besides an an- lual subseription of Ten Dollars, payable on the Utduy )f December in each year. These payments to form a fund for defraying the expeuses of the Club under the /^ rr6'd ^ g-. ■ -t ^r:i tr.. '.if;' .1.' ! ♦M ^■'i^ ••(: ./r i^iVM.:ii~' !»;yiV'^' '^•fc»- ;'&*■''. 's'. •fi-.>i.ii:(;:. .*v. ■ «i! "';'-- . ,(';' J.ii^Sv^*- ■"'■> •:f-j Idireoti ber wl] haf; pa 6.— from ' otherw an H( Club should resuaiti withou sball h 6.— giviog •ligibl pajmei mora tl [majorii 7— IdayB, a ipaat tl Itha CI slttsioa »ot wh Ipreaenl iauiy b lajs H [any p. 4 oonseo IdireotioD of the Oommiltee of Managnment, and no men- ber who shall be ia arrears to bu allowed (o play till he h$% paid them up. 6. — Any Regular Member not in arrean, removing fVom Thre^-Rivers or being unable from ill-health or otherwise to take part in the noble Game, may be eleeted an Honorary Member at any Gaoeral Meetiag of the Club without payment oftheannuil eubacription, and should auy Ruoh Honorary membar afterwards desire to resume his place in the Oiub, he shall ba entitled to do so without the payment of any new entranoo fee. This Rale shall have a retroaoti^ e effuot. 6. — Any Member not in arrears may resign upon his giving due notice in wril.og to the Secretary, but shall be •ligible for re^lestioo in the usual way witboit renewed payment of entrance fee^ and any momber in arreai. %r mora than twelve months may be expei^^d by a vote of t|i% majority at any General Meeting. 7. — Tuesdays and Fridays of eieb week shall be 01 ok days, an 1 the Game shiU on these d ys oomiBtoee at half past two o'clock sharp. No individual, not a Member of the Club, shall be allowed to join in the Game to the if^ ilusion of any member present and desirou* of playing, ot when there is not a sui&oient number of members present to make up a game, then one or more strangess may be aiisitted. S.-^No nerson whether a member or not shall on Club days ^e admitted during the Course of a Game, nor shall any pt^yer be piif mitted to retire from a Game without no nsent >f the skips. — i — ■ t .. , ii ij 1, ; j ■«■ 1 i' - »• 4 - ■. J.. ? 'I •5'^ 9, — The Secretary shol! invariably record ttie first jiame played in each season, and it shall also be his duty record any Game played, [of which particulars shall be lauded to him by either of the skips. 10. — It shall likewise be the duty of the Secretary to lavo on the Rink etch Club day a Copy of the Rules of he Royal Caledonian Club, and of the Constitution and iy-Laws of this Club. 11. — Any Members not in arrears shall have the privi- edge of introducing a friend not a resident of the City as a previledged Member for a fortnight. 12.— The Members of the Club shall dine together each year on the 14th of January, being the anniversary of the opening of the Rink in 1876, and each Member, on givinn; due notice shall have the right of entertaining ut such dinner one or more Guest at his own expense. Members in Three-Rivers, and not attending the dinaer, shall pay their proportion of the expenses thereof, but not of the Wines. 13. — The preceeding regulations shall be considered as ermanent rules and not changeable, but by the concur- rence of two-thirds of all the members present at a ueeting expressly convtued for that purpose. F. G. WOTHERSPOON, President. UHARLKS A. BOXER, Secretary* Three-Rivers, 30th December, 1875. — 6 — RULES OF THE GiME. 1. The length of the Rink played shall be forty two rards. The Tees shall be put down thirty eight yards ipart. In a continued strait line with the Tees, and Tour yards distant from each, a circle, eighteen inches iu' liameter shall be drawn on the left hand side of said line [(looking in tbe directien to be played) and it^ edge jus* touching it. Within this circle whether standing on the Ice, or on any rest, support, or abutment whatsoever, per- litted by the Rules, each player, when playing his stone, shall place his right foot nnd left foot on the left hand side >f the central line. (T he circle to be on the opposite side )f the line if the player be loft handed.) When a hack or |iatch in the ice is used, it must be behind the circle above lescri bed, and not of greater length than fourteen inches leasurino; from the central line. A circle of seven feet Radius, to be de.«;crib«id from each Tee as a centre and no •tone to count which is wholly without this circle. The tog- score to be distaui from eaoh Tee ono sixth part ►f the length ol the whole Rink played. Every stone to a Hog, which doet not clear a square place upon this ^core ; but no stone to be oouHidered a Hog, which has Struck another stone lyinp: ovor the Hog-score. A line ibal! bo dr.wu on thr ice at right angles to the Rink, ialf w.iy b;'twixt the Tec, , which shall be called '* The- Vliddle iin«. " in no c.se shall the Rink played be les? iLun ilnty two y..rda . rr^ 1 ! f w \\\ — 8 — 1 So s( ' play ated t eviou rties 1 io D . ' , eviou :'Zi-:i .; r V ---a So 800D afi the Rink is marked off,aDd before beginniDg play the Terms of the match or game must be distinctly lated and fixed by the Skips, if they have not been ^eviously arranged. These terms may either be. that the rties shall play for a specified timey or a game of a cer- lio number of shots. Though the terms have been [eviously fixed, they should here be repeated. |2. — Every Rink to be composed of four players a side, Ich with (WO stones, unless otherwise mutually agreed m. Before commencing the game, each Skip shall ite to his oppo8iog Skip the rotation in which his men 10 play, and the rotation «u fixed, is not to be changed irinjg the game. Euch puir of players shall play one me alternately with his opponent, till he has played I. — The two Skips opposing ei cb other shall settle by lot any other way they may agree upon, which party shall ^d, after which, the winning pnrty of the last end shall so. —Each party before beginning to play, and durinf^ course of each end, to be arranged along the sides of Rink, uny where betwixt the middle line and the Tee lich their skip may direct ; but no party, except when peeping according to rule, shall go upon the middle of Rink, or cross it under any pretence whatever. The ^ips alone to »tand at or about the Tee, as their turn luires. —If a player plays out of turn, the stone so played |iy be stopped in its progress and return ad to the player, [the mistake shall not be discovered till the stone is \\u at rosij the tpposite party shall have the option to ■— 10 — 7. il idd oue to thtiir score, and the game proceed io its origi* Kil rotitioD or to deciure the oad uull aad void. 6. The swcepiug departmcut shall bo under the exclu- [ive direction aud control of the Skips. The player's par- ly shall be allowed to sweep when the stooe has pa^>spd Ihe middle line, and till it reaches the Tee. The sweeiv- Ing to be always to a side, or accross the Rink ; and no meeping to be moved forwards, and left in front of a run- ning stone, so as to stop or ob-itruct its course. 7. If in sweeping or otherwise, a running stone be mar- id by any of the party to which it belongs, it shall be ^ut off the ice ; if by tny of the adverse purty, it sh mII be Placed where the Skip of the party to which it belongs lirect. If marred by any other means, the player shill jplay his stone. Should itiy phiyed stone be accidentally lisplaced, before the last stone is played and at rest by ly of the party who are then lying the shot, they ^hall )rfeit the end; if by any of the losing party at ihat end, [ho have the stone yet to play, they be prevented bm pl'iying that stone, and have one shot tleductei from leir .score. The number of .^hots to be counted at said id by the wieners to be decided b}^ a majority of the layers, the offender cot having a vote. 8. Every player to come provided with a besom, to be jady to play when hi;* turn comes, and not to tiji I while running ; but if not stopped till it is again at Vi^t, shall be replaced by one which h:* ought to h^ve played. 9. — No measuring of .shots allowable previous to the [rn-ination of the end. Disputed ^hots to bo determined it — 13 - \j the Skips ; or if they disagree, by the Umpire, orwhea lere is no Umpire, by some neutral person mutually tosen by them, whose dicisioo shall be final. A!l measu- tments to ho taken from the centre of the Tea, to that irt of the stone which is nearest to it. No stone shall be msiderod within or without a circle, unlesi^ it clear it ; id every stone shall be held as resting on a line, whioh is not completely clear it ; — in every case, this is fy bo )termined by piacin^ a square on the ice, at thut part of le circle or line in dispute. 10. — Each Skip shall have the exclusive rej^ulation and lirection of the game for his party, and may play in what irt of it he pleases ; but having chosen his place at the iginning. he must retain it till the cud of the game, [he players may give their qdvice, but cannot control icir director ; ni»r are they upon any pretext to address lemselves to the person about to play. Eieh Skip when is own turn to play comes, shall name one of his party to [ke charge for him. Every player to follow implicitly the ireotion given him. If any player shall improperly speak \^ taunt, or interrupt another, while in the act of delive- ig his stone, one phot shall be added to tho score of the irty so interrupted, nnd the end proceed as before. 11. — If, from any change jf weather after a game has ten begun, or from any other reasonable cause whatso- ^er, one party shall desire to shorten the Bink. or to ^ange to another one, nnd^i/the two Skips cannot agree m it, the Umpire for the occasion shall be called, and shall after teeing one end played^ determine whether |e Rink shall be shortened, and how much, or whether ^shall be changed, and his determination shall be final id binding on all parties. Shoald there ba no Umpire [pointed for the occasion, or should he be otherwise [gaged, the two Skips may call in any Curler unoon- )ted with the disputing parties, whose services can >8t readily be got, and, subject to the same conditions, powers shall be equally extensive as the Umpire )rA««id. 12 — Every stone touching the Boards of the Rink (fore passing the Tee shall bo immediately taken off the s, and any stone it may acoidentully displace ufter ton- ling the Boards shall bo replaced as nearly in the same )sitioQ as possible. MEMBERS or TUB [REE RIVERS CUHLLXG CLUB ^rom its foundation In 1875 with date of admission First Oommittee of lCaiiagem«ni rjB. WOTHKRSPOON, President. PJB. NORMAND, 1st vice do r<|. RETNAR, 2Dd do do MEEK, [. BALOER, niSS DEAN, CHARLES A. BOXER, -- 18 — • ..• uvn'.r^^** ..\t, .«■• c .: • \J imc ^' i. £ m. . E K .^ .J .K . » U- A B F. / r» 'J lU im ORIGINAL MEMBERS :- iL y : i - '. JI 1 1 i-f • I ^r. Wotherspoon, ^mes D-3UQ, |)s. Reynar, ^m. Ritchie, )hn Baptist, i. Kiernan, ^m. McDaugall, t. E. Hall, K. Ogdea, ^ W. Welch, , |. J. Harkio, U E. Normand. [. M. Balcer, U. Meek. M. D. A. Boxer, B. Vauatifie, F. Gaudet, J. McDougall, j|. Turootte, |. Baptist, MeKelvie jr., N. Martei, mea Shortis, |. Baloer, ^mes McDougall,. A. Rocheleau, . Broster, McDougall Geiin, B. Little ^ * 6th December 1875. ] .20 Deo. 75. .23 Dec. 75. .20 Jjny. 76. .21 Jany. 76. 24 Jany.76. . 4 Feby. 76. — 20 — — «1 - — 22 — --2:>-. -24 ^xt — 25 ^ I % '■*s9s -%>, ■«^.*..,*ia. 2G — \ 1