Pool

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from 20 Ibs. to 60 Ibs. in weight. The poodle
is gifted with a, keen sense of smell, will take
readily to the water, and is remarkably in-
telligent and unsurpassed as a retriever. The
head should be long, straight, and fine; Ih2
skull rather narrow and peaked ct back;
eyes almond-shaped, very dark brown, full
of fire and intelligence; back short, strong,
and slightly curved; legs well set, straight
from the shoulders; tail set on rather high,
never curled or carried on the back; coat |
profuse and of good hard texture—if corded,
hanging in tight, even cords; if uncorded, i
thick and strong, of even length, and free
from knots or cords. Colors should be black,
white, and red, but not mixed.
Pool, a game somewhat similar to billiards
but requiring less skill The game is played
on a flat table similar to a billiard table, but
with six pockets. There are 15 numbered
balls and one white ball, the latter being the
cue ball with which the player plays from
within the string at any of the numbered
balls at the beginning of the game, and
afterwards as he finds it upon the table.
There are more than a score of variations of
the game, such as Chicago, Two-ball, Forty-
one, High-low-jack-game, Color ball, Skittle,
Kelly, and others.
Poole, Ernest (1880- ), American au-
thor, was born in Chicago, 111. He was grad-
uated from Princeton University in 1902 and
since then has lived in New York City. In
1915 he was magazine correspondent in
France and Germany, and in 1917, in Russia.
His published works include None So Blind,
and A Man's Friend) both plays, and the
novels The Harbor (1915); Danger (1923);
The Avalanche (1924); The Hunter's Moon
(1925); The Little Dark Man (1925); With
Eastern Eyes (1926); Silent Storms (1927);
Great Winds (1933); Giants Gone (1942).
Poole, William Frederick (1821-94),
American librarian, was born in Salem, Mass.
From 1856 to 1869 he was librarian of the
Boston Athenaeum; from 1869 to 1873 ^ne was
librarian of the Cincinnati Public Library,
and was later in charge of the new Chicago
Public Library until 1887, when he was ap-
pointed librarian of the Newberry Library in
Chicago, which position he held until his
death. He is best-known for his Index to
Periodical Literature, which appeared in
1853. In 1882, with the assistance of many
other librarians, a greatly enlarged edition
was published, followed at intervals until
1900 by supplementary volumes edited by
William I. Fletcher.

Poona, town, and cantonment, India, cap-
ital of Poona district, Deccan, Bombay;
120 m. e. of Bombay. It is the headquarters
of the Bombay army, and during the rainy
season the seat of the government of the
presidency. It has two arts colleges and a
college of science. Gold, silver, and brass
ware, ivory-carving, paper-making and the
modelling of small clay figures are its chief
industries. Poona is the center of Brahman-
ical influence in West India; p. 234,000.
Poona Wood, the timber of Calophyllum
inophyllum, an Indian tree belonging to the
order Clusiacea*. It is highly valued for masts
and spars, and also for building purposes.
Poor, Charles Lane (1866- ), Ameri-
can scientist, was graduated from the Col-
lege of the City of New York in 1886, and
from Johns Hopkins in 1892. He was tutor
in mathematics in the College of the City of
New York in 1886-88; instructor in mathe-
matics in 1891-92; associate in astronomy in
1892-95, and associate professor of astron-
omy in 1895-99, in Johns Hopkins. In 1903-
4 he was lecturer in astronomy, in 1904-10
professor of astronomy in Columbia Univer-
sity, N. Y., and since 1910 professor of celes-
tial mechanics. His published works include
The Solar System (1908); Nautical Science
(1910); Simplified Navigation (1918); Grav-
itation versus Relativity (1922); Relativity
and the Motion of Mercury (1925).
Poor, Enoch (1736-80), American sol-
dier, was born in Andover, Mass. When the
Revolutionary War began, he was living in
Exeter, N. H_M and was given command of
one of the regiments raised by the New Hamp-
shire province. He participated in the siege
of Boston and in the unsuccessful campaign
against Canada. In February, 1777, he be-
came a brigadier general, and played a large
part in the defeat of Burgoyne's army at Still-
water and Saratoga. He spent the winter of
1777-78 at Valley Forge, fought at Mon-
mouth, and commanded a brigade in General
Sullivan's expedition against the Indians.
Poor, Henry Varnum (1812-1905), Am-
erican journalist, was born in Andover, Me.
He was graduated from Bowdoin College in
1835, ^was admitted to the Maine bar, and
began to practice in his native town. In
1849 he became editor of The American
Railroad Journal, the first periodical in the
United States to be devoted to railroad
news. He assisted his son, H. W. Poor, in the
publication of Poor's Manual of Railroads,
and was one of the promoters of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company. He was a prom-