after deuce was called four times Foote scored, mainly
through his persistent lobbing. Perhaps the best tennis of all was shown
in the tenth game, when applause by the spectators was almost
continuous. Ware won it, although Foote had him 40-15, and was within
one point of the match. Losing that point gave him another set to play.
Eighteen games were required to decide this set, which was the longest
and, beyond a doubt, one of the most exciting of the tournament.

The fifth set consumed one solid hour of play, and went to Foote--8-6.
As in the former sets, Ware gave a great exhibition of pluck, and with
the score 2-4 against him, tied the figures. It was then nip and tuck
until each man had secured five games. At a critical point, however, and
one which probably would have altered the result considerably, Ware was
unfortunate in getting an obviously poor decision from one of the
linesmen. The whole set was largely a question of endurance rather than
of proficiency, and in this the older and stronger player naturally
excelled.

This Department has been questioned a number of times as to how the
racing length of a yacht is determined. As the International Cup races
are interesting every sportsman just now, and as the ROUND TABLE this
week gives on another page an article descriptive of cat-boat-racing,
this seems a particularly apt time to devote a few paragraphs to this
very complicated feature of yachting. We all know, of course, that upon
the difference between the racing lengths of two yachts depends the time
allowance which one boat must allow the other in a contest of speed.
This length is obtained by adding the square root of the sail area to
the length of the load water-line, and dividing the result by two. The
quotient is the racing length.

The load water-line, which is the distance between the points of the bow
and stern, exclusive of the rudder-post, is ascertained as follows:
Strip the yacht of everything except what she will carry in the race,
and assemble amidships the crew which is to man her. Then drop a
plumb-line from her bow to the water, and measure accurately the
distance between the point where the line strikes the water and the
intersection of the forefoot with the water. Repeat the same operation
at the stern. Then mark off these distances on the deck, the first being
measured back from the bow, and the second forward from the stern. The
distance between these two points is the length of the lo