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'''Roque''' is an American variant of [[Croquet]] game (the name was derived by removing the first and last letters). Roque was an event at the [[1904 Summer Olympics]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[United States]]. The American Roque League was founded in [[1916]]. It is played on a rolled sand court with permanently anchored wickets. The [[mallet]]s with which the ball is struck have a shorter handle (approx. 24 inches) and the ends of the mallet are faced with stone. It is still played at [[Chautauqua, Illinois]], [[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[Angelica (village), New York|Angelica, New York]], and [[Gallup, New Mexico]].
Roque, and most particularly the mallet used in the sport, features heavily in [[Stephen King]]'s novel ''[[The Shining (novel)|The Shining]]''. A chapter in [[John Steinbeck]]'s novel [[Sweet Thursday]] also describes a rivalry that arose among the town's residents over the game of roque.
== See also ==
*[[Roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics]]
*[http://www.spring.net/sports/roque/rules.html Roque rules]
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