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"The Short Jenny"

the pocket. But you will never score a short jenny in this way. The least graze on the near jaw of the middle pocket, never mind the side cushion, will cause a short jenny to fail. If you play slowly enough, your ball will drop if it strikes a portion of the far jaw of the pocket, but this is as much as you can trust side to do for you when you attempt a short jenny. It is much better to play them as far in the centre of the pocket opening as you can, which is an excellent rule to adopt when playing for any pocket, as it is slovenly billiards to trust to your ball "bumping in" after a perfectly needless contact with the jaws of the pocket. This failing proves terribly costly if a man becomes addicted to it on an easy table and is called upon to play an important game on a standard table. Then, with unfailing regularity, he will see his ball bumping out instead of in the pocket, which is invariably so demoralizing that he has no chance unless he happens to be pitted against another amateur who is in the same predicament. The best remedy, of course, is never to play except on a standard table.