COLOUR OF THE EYE IN BILLIARDS.
Billiard players (says a writer in' English journal) have often wondered W ii is that when once the balls are gotw position for the spot-stroke it should* be possible to continue it indefinite? Various explanations, none of wholly satisfactory, have been gi yeI \n I have met with one, from a me*j source, that seems to me to unravel J mystery. It is not a case of mere W cular weariness of the arms, but it uJ muscles of the eye that tire. In k&B up the spot stroke, a series of verv»j adjustments of " accommodation" h be made in quick succession, and so*] or later the eye becomes weary, | failure is the consequence. Possiblyjj brain-centres in connection with the m by which the calculation is . ma^e j3 much muscular force is to be liberated,; the stroke, and how the muscles have>°i co-ordinated, are chiefly affected u> exhaustion; but the muscular of the eye itself is implicated. As H be expected, from the experience "' rifle range, grey or blue have an over other coloured eyes; and; it+Jj found, a large proportion of those'JA' the Hpot-stroke well have light-co!?« eyes.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 63, 4 July 1876, Page 2
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195COLOUR OF THE EYE IN BILLIARDS. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 63, 4 July 1876, Page 2
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