The objection may be urged that under this arrangement the owner will have paid for the rolling and marking of a court for the use of strangers. Constant use will injure the court and it is not fair that the owner should pay for other people's amusement. The way of meeting this objection would be to have all the courts marked by the association at the common expense. Let every tennis player pay a certain fee for the privileges of the association, and let those privileges be limited to the members. In this way too, the marking could probably be done at less expense than at present, as the present rates are exorbitant. Even should the association be unwilling to assume the responsibility and expense of marking the courts, the owner of the court could with justice be expected to pay for the marking as a sort of fee for the exclusive rights he possesses, especially as continued use of a court is a distinct advantage apart from the slight wearing of the marks.

We offer these suggestions in the hope that more general satisfaction can be obtained from the use of the grounds now occupied by tennis. We feel that a perfectly satisfactory solution of the difficulty is well-nigh impossible, but as the ground is inadequate and likely to become more so, we wish to do our best to lighten the labors of the association.