TEnquirer
“Only a bold man would dare to be known nowadays as the croquet champion. Proficiency in that sport has come to be rated by the vulgar in the same class of accomplishments as superior skill in tatting.”
And yet, less than two years later, the Enquirer [July 18, 1897] carried this pronouncement:
“The famous old-time game of croquet has again achieved prominence, and this year the indications are that it will forge to the front as a society amusement, and leave tennis and golf in the background.”…