The best bar none in his 19th Century day: Jacques-Edmond Barre This is the third of four papers on the peculiar origins and development of tennis. In the second of the papers: Horrible Histories… …I explored the phenomena of wagering and handicapping, which date back at least as far as the late medieval period for … Continue reading Odds Oddities: 18th & 19th Century Tennis Handicaps & Traditions – Some Stranger Than Others, Part Three Of Four Pieces On Tennis History