I have not often seen this game - which the Germans call Kugel-Partie - played
in England, but in Vienna and Berlin it is very popular. It is played with three balls,
one red and two white, and five Skittles of wooden pins. The Skittles are set up
in the centre of the table in a diamond square, about two inches apart, thus. 
The red ball is placed on the spot, and the first player strikes at it from one of
the corner-spots in the baulk semicircle. The game is made by Winning Hazards,
Cannons, and by knocking over the Skittles. It is usually played 21-up, though
the number of points may be increased at the pleasure of the players.
The following are the
RULES AND REGULATIONS
I
The player who knocks down a pin after striking a ball,
gains two points; if he knock down two pins, he gains
four points; and so on, scoring two points for every
Skittle knocked over. If he knock down the middle pin
alone, he gains five points; but should he topple them
all over at one stroke, he wins the game.
II
The player who pockets the red ball gains three points,
and two for each pin knocked over by the same stroke.
III
The player who pockets the white ball gains two points,
and two for each pin knocked down by the same stroke.
IV
The player who knocks down a pin or pins with his own
ball before striking another ball, loses two for every pin
so knocked down.
V
The player who pockets his own ball from another ball
loses all the points he would otherwise have made by
the stroke.
[For instance, if he play at the red ball, pocket it, and
make a Cannon, and at the same time knock down two
pins, and hole himself, he loses twelve points___three
for the red, two for the Cannon, two for each pin, and
three for his own ball going in off the red.]
VI
The striker who forces his own ball off the table loses
three points, and if he do so after making a Cannon or
Hazard, he loses as many points as he would otherwise
have gained.
[The rules as to foul strokes, &c. are the same as in the
English Game. The players make alternate strokes, after
each has scored as many off his break as he can without
missing a Cannon or Hazard.]
[Sometimes this game is played with seven or nine Skittles,
when the number of points played for is proportionally increased.]
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