Croquet’s Popularity Rose And Fell In Cincinnati But Its Dangers Lurked Ominously

Throughout our city’s long history, interest in croquet has ebbed and surged, sometimes in cycles briefer than a decade. One year, the Enquirer [19 September 1895] dismissed croquet as horridly passé: “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…