Cw York September 1909 Clean Sweep

Home , Chandler Egan, September 1909, The Apawamis Club, Western Amateur

CW YORK SEPTEMBER 1909 CLEAN SWEEP

FOR THE WHITE STREAK

at the Western Amateur Golf Championship held at Homewood Country Club, July 26-31. Then Championship won by "Chick" Evans, playing a White Streak in us' Low Qualifying Score won by Warren K. Wood with a White Streak, Making a phenomenal score of 73-73 (146) other Also lowered course record to 70 Investigate this wonderful ball and you will readily cou see why the champions use the White Streak I THE B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY, Akron, Ohio

CHICAGO, 24 East Lake St. KANSAS CITY, 1 728 Grand Ave. PHILADELPHIA, 1332 Arch St. MINNEAPOLIS, 827 Hennepin Ave. BOSTON, 161 Columbus Ave. PITTSBURG, Cor. Penn and Beatty Sts. DETROIT, 266 Jefferson Ave. ATLANTA, 64 North Pryor St. CLEVELAND, 2188 Ninth St., S. E. DENVER, 1422-24 Court Place ST. LOUIS, 3926-28 Olive St. LONDON, 7 Snow Hill, E. C. PARIS, No. 2 Rue Brunei, Avenue de la Grande Armee Cold Our Products are also handled in NEW YORK, 1625 Broadway BUFFALO, 731 Main Street By THE B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY OF NEW YORK and in SAN FRANCISCO, 50-56 Fremont St. LOS ANGELES, 818 South Broadway SEATTLE, 310 First Avenue, South COLDWELL HAND, HORSE, MOTOR. LAWN MOWERS

There are more COLDWELL Lawn Mowers in use on American Golf Courses than of all other makes together N? ^ ^ ^ COLDWELL LAWN MOWER.S Are Specially Adapted for use on PUTTING GREENS, ETC.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE Coldwell Lawn Mower Co. NEWBURGH, N. Y. JSaparb

142-144-146 WEST FORTY-NINTH STREET

NEW YORK

M. FRANK MEEHAN, Proprietor

TRANSIENT and family hotel; fireproof; 200 rooms; 100 baths. A well-kept hotel, quiet, yet close to Broadway. Six surface car lines within two minutes' walk, Subway and Elevated Railway Stations one block away. Convenient to everything. Best room values in New York. Single rooms, free baths $1.00 and $1.50 Rooms, with bath $2.00 and up Parlor, bedroom and bath $3.50 and up

GOLF BOOKS GOLF FOR WOMEN By QENEVIEVE HECKER (Mrs. Charles T. Stout) With a Chapter on American Golf by RHONA K. ADAIR, English and Irish Champion

8vo, with 32 full-page illustrations and many decorations. Net, $2.00; postage, 12 cents. HIS BOOK, by the leading woman player of the country, not only contains the best of Golf instruction, which will be useful to men as well as women, Tbut is also a complete guide for all details of Golf for women. It includes matters of dress, training and links for women, and furthermore is so prepared as to be a guide for the beginner and a complete manual of instruction for the more ad- vanced player. Miss Adair's chapter will be found full of interest to every woman golfer. N. y. Sun: "Direct ami helpful, and her advice that of an expert who should be heeded." N. Y. lJost and The Nation: "No woman player, however skillful, can fail to profit by a careful study of it. Admirably illustrated." it " The Reader Magazine: "Interesting and instructive, not only to beginners, but to old players as we GOLF, 48 West 27th Street, New York City

.It. Detroit . F. Thompson, Ilomewood

W, Fairbanks, \V. E. Ilertig. John D. Cady. Denver M inneapolis Rock Island

where

J'.-inl llnntir, Albert Seckel, harles Evans, Jr., Kenneth P. Edward^ .Midlothian Riverside Edgewater Midlothian 'J he Semi-Iinalists

PLAYERS IN WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "GOLFING," ESTABLISHED J894

VOL. XXV SEPTEMBER, 1909 No. 3

WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP Hotnewood (111.) Country Club, July 25-31

By Joseph G. Davis

Charles Evans, Jr., of the Edge- who was a foot from the hole, a half, water Golf club of Chicago, is the by knocking his ball away. Referee new Western Amateur champion by Bendelow at once notified Evans he virtue of his victory over Albert had lost the hole, the ruling reducing Seckel, of the Riverside Golf club of his lead to 3 up. The loss of this Chicago, in the final thirty-six hole hole produced a gruelling finish. match at the Homewood Country After hole twelve had been halved, club on July 31st. Evans, at the thirteenth tee, asked Evans won 1 up after one of the for a decision from the executive com- most thrilling finishes in the history mittee, but was told to play on. The of the western classic, which has been next two holes were halved, but in existence eleven years. All of the Seckel won the fifteenth and six- matches were closely fought all teenth, leaving Evans 1 up with 2 to through, but this year's final was play, where, without the decision at made notable by a grand uphill fight the eleventh hole, he would have been by Seckel, the Princeton freshman, comparatively safe at dormie 2. Before who, after being apparently hopeless- driving from the seventeenth tee ly outclassed in the morning round, Evans was notified by the committee carried the struggle to the home green that Bendelow's ruling was correct and where he missed a five-foot putt that a protest would do him no good. which would have extended the con- Seckel had a chance to win the seven- test to one or more extra holes. In teenth hole with a seven-foot putt, making this great finish Seckel was but was shy two inches, getting a aided by an infraction of the West- halt. ern Golf Association rules, under Doth men were under a strain at which no putts can be conceded. The the final hole. Seckel essayed to drive incident occurred at the eleventh hole the green 290 yards, but pulled to a in the afternoon, where Evans, after side blinker. Evans tried to place holing for a 4, conceded Seckel, safe, needing only a half, but his ball

Copyright, 1909, by ARTHUR POTTOW. All lights resrtvtd. 134 WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP bubbled over the hard green into the in the coveted list of thirty-two, the same bunker. Both pitched out short, other qualifiers coming from Denver Seckel being away. IIis long ap- (2); Minneapolis, Peoria, Toledo, proach ran rive feet by the hole, but Pittsburg, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Evans made a woefully strong pitch Much of the dope of the critics en the like, running eighteen feet past went awry in the first match round, the cup. He had a long curling putt which saw the Chicago players sweep to make and looked to be stymied by seven of the visiting cracks off the Seckel's ball, but he made a wonder- board, Elliott Callender, the tall fully tine attempt, curling to within Peoria player, being the sole survivor. two inches of the cup. Seckel had a He fell on the next onslaught, leav- downhill putt of five feet and studied ing eight Chicagoans to fight it out it for some time. Then he trickled from the third round on. All of these the ball just over the edge of the cup were golfers of the younger school, and they halved in 5, giving the with the exception of Ralph Hoag- title to Evans. Seckel, who is a game land, the former Princeton athlete, little sportsman, did not want to ac- whose work this year stamps him as cept the eleventh hole, but had no the best veteran in the West. alternative, and although he tried his best to win, he said at the finish he One of the great surprises of the was glad the ruling had not affected opening round was the defeat of Eben the final result. Byers, by Gordon Copeland, of the Skokie Country club of Chicago, and Semi-final honors and bronze a former student at Cornell. Byers - medals went to Kenneth P. Edwards, failed to display anything like his of the Midlothian Country club, who form of the qualifying round, and was beaten by Seckel, 5 and 4; and to went down by a margin of 4 and 3. Paul Hunter, of Midlothian, the Another great surprise was the de- Southern California champion, who feat of last year's champion, Mason was beaten by Evans, 8 and 7. E. Phelps, in the first round, the Warren K. Wood, who won the former Yale player losing to Nate medal, was the favorite for final Mears, of the Evanston Golf club, honors, but fell in the second round who is at Yale. Mears is a compara- at eighteen holes, losing to Robert tive newcomer in Chicago tourna- Gardner, of Hinsdale, the captain of ments, but showed his class by beat- the Yale freshman track team, 3 and ing Phelps 1 up in twenty holes. Ned 2. Sawyer downed Will Diddell of In- One hundred and twenty players dianapolis, three time winner of the started the first day, the early play- Tndiana State Championship, while Al- ers escaping a stiff wind which swept bert Seckel walked away from the the course in the afternoon. The Denver veteran, Walter Fairbanks, course was lightning fast and the 7—5. Addison Stillwell, of Mid- greens in fine condition, the same lothian, another Yale player, put conditions prevailing on the second Stewart Stickney, champion of St. day and through most of the week. Louis, out of the running, while Chicago secured twenty-four places Ralph TToagland defeated Harry G. WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Logg, of Minneapolis and Yale, the The semi-final round found the con- Trans-Mississippi champion, 5 and 4. sistent young Evans again burning up Iloagland had a medal card of 74. the course in his round with Paul Legg taking 80. With only local play- Hunter. He notched a 74 in the ers left for the third round much of morning and was 4 up on 1 Iunter, win the interest went out of the tourna- took j~. Hunter was weak at several ment from a Chicago viewpoint. Ken- holes in the afternoon, and Evans neth Edwards played the finest golf won, 8 and 7. ever seen in a match round of the Seckel had a 71 in the morning, Western Championship, equalling the beating Kenneth Edwards in the semi- record of the course with a 70 in the finals. morning round of his match with R. Evans played practically unbeatable A. Gardner. Edwards was 5 up at golf at the start of the final, making the turn and won in the afternoon 6 no mistakes, while Seckel floundered and 5. His 70 would have heen a in the rough and was weak on the new record for the course had not greens. The Edgewater player was 7 Warren Wood, who was competing up at the twelfth hole and Seckel cut in the qualifying round of consolation down this lead to 5 at the end of the event, made similar figures earlier in morning round. The afternoon bat- the day. The two record cards were tle drew the biggest gallery of the as follows : week, and while everybody looked for

Edwards—Out ... 5 5 3 4 4 5 3 4 3—3d an early finish, Seckel, by a great Wood—Out 3 5 4 4 4 ti 3 4 3—36 display of nerve, was not downed Edwards—In 3 4 4 5 l' 4 6 4 3—34—70 Wood—In 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 3—34—70 until the home hole was negotiated. Paul Hunter found Hoagland go- The cards of the final match were: ing in fine form in the morning, the MORNING: Evans—Out 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4—35 veteran getting a 75 against the Seckel—Out 4 rt 5 5 5 6 3 5 3—12 Evans—In 4 5 3 5 3 6 6 4 4-40—75 youngster's 78, and turning 3 up. Seckel—In 4 5 5 5 3 5 5 3 4—39—SI Hoagland was off in the afternoon, AFTERNOON: Evans—Out 4 5 4 4 4 5 3 6 4—39 taking 43 going out, while Hunter Seckel—Out 3 5 5 4 4 5 3 6 3—38 Evans—In 4 4 4 5 3 5 5 4 5—39—78 notched 39 and turning 1 up. Hunt- Seckel—In 5 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 5—37—75 er won, 3 and 1. The most notable failures to quali- Evans played great golf against Lee fy were those of W. I. Howland. of Maxwell, the former University of Glen View, the former Yale champion, Chicago football player, getting a 74 who lost on the play-off a tie for in the morning and turning 4 up. last place, and J. B. Schlotman, of Maxwell came strong in the after- Detroit, a former Michigan champion. noon, scoring 75 to 76 by Evans, the QUALIFYING SCORES. latter winning, 3 and 2. Out In T. Id. G.t. W. K. Wood. Homewood 38 35 73 73 14C E. M. Byers, Pittaburg '.7 :i7 71 78 152 Albert Seckel, going at a 75 gait, D. E. Sawyer, Wheaton 38 39 77 77 154 (". Evans, Exmoor 37 III 77 78 15f, brought Sawyer in 7 down in the H. Gardner, Hinsdale 41 36 77 7!t 156 M. 10. Phelps, Midlothian 39 ::•! 7S 79 157 morning. The former champion made H. I>esK, Minneapolis 40 36 76 81 157 R E. Hunter, Midlothian....38 43 SI J7 ir,s a game fight in the afternoon, being A. Still well, Midlothian 38 43 81 I t 15S C. McArthur, Homewood 4! 37 7S Ml 15S only 3 down at the twelfth hole, but A. Seckel, Riverside 38 :;s 76 S2 158 Seckel recovered and won, 4 and 3. <\ B. Devol, Riverside 43 88 SI 78 159 K. P. Edwards, Midlothian..4] 38 79 si wo 136 WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Out In T. M. G.t. Tot. R. B. Martin. Wheaton 38 41 79 82 161 R. D. Stuart, Homewood 174 P. Hunter, Midlothian 11 42 83 78 161 W. B. Quinn, Jackson Park 174 H. Fisher, Denver 37 40 77 84 Ml 1'". Sulzberger, Ravisloe 174 K. Callender, Peoria 42 3!) 81 SO 161 W. B. Fitch, Exmoor 175 ('. Baker, Beverly 38 13 81 SI M2 J. O. Hinkley, Midlothian 1;;, W. Diddell. Indianapolis !_' 39 81 SI 162 E, A. Engler, Glen View 176 G. Copeland, Skokie 40 39 79 S3 M2 O. H. Hunter, Homewood I7;i H. W. Loekett, Homewnml... 10 41 81 S3 164 H. McSweeney, Pittsburg I7(i R. Hoagland, Riverside 11 41 82 82 164 S. O. Dugger, Calumet 17C N. Mears, Evanston 37 43 80 S4 164 J. I. Bush, Racine 177 G. Lindsay, Homewood 41 41 82 84 166 E. J. Buchan, Racine 178 F. J. Douglas, Wheaton II 39 80 86 166 W. C. Salisbury, Glen View 178 \Y. Fairbanks, Denver 41 41 82 85 M7 J. B. Marfiek], Minneapolis 178 A. Stlckney, St. Louis n 43 84 83 167 Fraser Hale, Skokie 17s L. Maxwell. Hinsdale 43 44 87 80 167 G. W. Bunn. .Springfield 17s \V. Langford, Westward lb>.:i!l 41 80 87 167 D. Shallenbarger, Decatur 179 11. Weber. Toledo 39 40 79 88 167 Ivan Webster, Homewood ISO B. A. Eulass, Calumet 38 45 83 85 168 S. B. Peck, Midlothian ISO 44 S6 82 16S P. R. Talbot, Hutchinson ISO D. T. Magill. Jackson Park..42 W. O. Henderson. Columbus 182 A. G. Bennett, Skokie 182 FAILED TO QUALIFY. R. Hornby. Redlands, Cat IK Tot. J. E. Nyman, Westward Ho 1S2 W. I. Howland. Glen View 168 Ben Collins. Midlothian 182 L. L. Cossett. Beverly 168 S. B. Bush. Columbus 182 S. D. Wyatt, Fond du Lac MS H. Bishop. Edge water 183 L. A. McKown, Beverly 169 D. MeMurray, Homewood 1S3 C. S. Stanley, Indianapolis 169 F. S. Wilson, Homewood 181 J. D. Cady, Rock Island 169 J. L. Stack, Midlothian 1SG L. P. Hopkins. Skokie 169 H. Wyatt. Fond du Lac 187 \Y. Gilliam, St. Louis 169 H. T. Stewart, Columbus 187 J. B. Sohlotman, St. Louis 169 T. Magill. Maywood 187 R. Dennen. Detroit 170 C. W. Hubbell, Homewood 188 F. L. Griffith, Columbus 170 E. A. Smuck, Jackson Park 130 R. A. Mead. Wheaton 170 S. Y. Kamage, Oakmont 190 K. L. Ames. Glen View 170 P. Hyrie. Wichita 190 C. F. Thompson. Homewood 171 F. H. Holt, Detroit 193 w. E. Code. Westward Ho 171 C. W. Langdon, Minneapolis 191 F. G. Smith, Midlothian 171 J. L. Dunkley, Windsor 195 W. S. Kinnear. Detroit 172 C. Hyde, Wichita 197 c. B. Cory, Calumet 173 M. Platt. Chicago 197 w. Hertig, Minneapolis 17" R. L. Roberts, Irving 201 H. Wilson, Cincinnati 17.i F. AY. Lynch, Homewood 205 SUMMARY OF TOURNAMENT CxOLF PLAY. Qual. scores. 1st round. 2d round 3d round Semi-final 146..W. K. Wood, Homewood Wood 161..R. B. Martin. Wheaton 7—6 [_ Gardner ~| 156..R. A. Gardner, Hinsdale Gardner Edwards 164. .H. W. Loekett. Homewood 5—4 6-5 158..R. E. Hunter, Midlothian Hunter 166..F. I. Douglas, Wheaton Edwards Edwards 7-6 160..K. P. Edwards. Midlothian Seckel mi: it. 167..H. Weber. Toledo 1 up 5-4 161. Callender, Peoria Callender T. Magill, Jackson Park.... Seckel 168. 5—( f 15S. Seckel, Riverside 167. Fairbanks. Denver Seckel s Seckel 7—.~i 4—3 164. Mears. Evanston Mears 157. Sawyer E. Phelps. Midlothian l up 2" h. l up 154. E. Sawyer, Wheaton 162. Sawyer .EVANS Diddell, Indianapolis 3—2 1 up 155. Evans, Jr., Edgewater 162. Evans Evans 3—2 166. Baker, Beverly 158. Lindsay, Homewood Lindsay Evans 167. McArthur, Homewood 5—) 3—2 159. Maxwell, Hinsdale Maxwell } Maxwell MS. B. Devol, Riverside Eulass 161. A. Eulass, Calumet 3—1 Evans Ml. Fisher, Denver Hunter 8—7 167. W. HunterB. Langford. Midlothia. Westwarn d Ho 7—6 (. Hunter 158. A. Stillwell, Midlothian Stillwell 5-3 167. A. Stickney, St. Louis 2—1 Hunter 164. R. Hoagland, Riverside Hoagland 3—1 157. H. I Legg, Minneapolis 5—4 3—2 '"" I 162..G Copeland, Skokie Copeland 152..E. M. Byers. Pittsburg 4-:: BUNKERS By Harold H. Hilton Ex-British Amateur and Open Champion Fashion is changing in not only themselves one would say on their the shape, but moreover in the local- mere appearance that man had ar- ity in which bunkers are placed. Per- rived with a spade and fashioned haps it is not fair to suggest that them from beginning to end. They are mere fashion is responsible for the neat and tidy and have no broken very evident change. It might be edges. All the turf round them is firm more just to say that nowadays holes and well favored. It seems impos- are bunkered in a manner more in sible to imagine that just at the spot keeping with the requirements of good where some individual bunker is and bad play. The cult of the artifi- placed that there could ever have been cial hazard is of comparatively latter- any suspicion of broken ground. But day growth, as there can be no doubt I have no doubt there was at one that in the days of long ago, when the time, and at that time the ground in game was in its infancy, that the links the vicinity of the present hazard was were almost altogether dependent for not nearly so firm and sound as it their hazards upon the natural forma- is now. It was no doubt of a some- tion of the ground. The links archi- what loose nature, and the spot where tects placed the putting greens on a the hazard now is was no doubt the suitable plot of ground. If it so hap- very heart of the area of loose ground. pened that the natural formation of The playing of the game of golf in the ground supplied hazards for the any area of ground is a wonderful hole, all well and good, but if they maker and solidifier of turf. The did not it could not be helped, and most hopeless looking places eventu- the hole was played just as nature ally turn into self-respecting links, and made it. It may be that broken pieces nowadays those in charge of many of of sandy ground were cleared out and our seaside links have not to see that made into respectable sand pits, their hazards spread too much, but termed "bunkers," but it must have to take care that their character does been very seldom that any bunker not altogether change through the in- was carved out of hard, firm ground, roads of the ever encroaching herb- simply for the reason that a bunker age. They have a hazard on the clas- in such a spot would supply a good sic green which bears the significant hazard for the hole. No; everything title of "I [ell." There may have been points to the assumption that nature a time in its career when it was started the work by forming a rough, worthy of such a terrifying sobriquet, broken piece of ground and that man as it is quite large enough. But completed the task by just tidying that whereas I can remember it twenty broken piece up a bit. Take the years ago as a large tract of sand with classic green of St. Andrews as an a tiny green oasis in the center, it is example. To look at the hazards now a very large green oasis with a 138 BUNKERS narrow strip of sand around it. No a tract of land similar to that on which doubt it \va> all sand mice, but once the classic course is framed and the herbage obtained a firm footing told to lay out a links on it, would he it was only a question of time when lay it out the same? I think not; the sand would almost entirely be and if he did happen to place the covered with herbage. greens in the same position, would he Again, there are three hazards on construct the bunkers as they are British links which are world famous now? Again. I think not. In fact, for the terrors they once had. ( >ne if a man happened to lay out a links is the "Cardinal" bunker at the third just like St. Andrews he would stand hole at Prestwick, and the others are the risk of being called "as mad as a botli at Sandwich, the "Sahara" and hatter," and the position of fully the "Maiden." The "Cardinal" is still seventy-five per cent, of the bunkers a formidable hazard, as the sand still would be adversely criticised. remains under the sleepers on the far To turn to links of a later date than side, and those sleepers are very high ; St. Andrews. \\ estward Ho, the but the grass is encroaching even- pioneer of the first class courses in year. ]n the "Sahara" there is more the South, was until a short time ago grass than sand, and the "Maiden" is absolutely a natural course. Owing it nil nowadays simply a grass hollow. Its to the rights of the "Commoners" tht glories have departed; so much so, club was not allowed in any way to that lately the St. George's Club, in interfere with the natural formation rearranging their course, are trying of the ground, bunkers could not be the experiment of omitting it from cut. and natural hazards could not be the line of fire altogether. The fa- even modified. Result—some hazards mous "Maiden" had a short but a were unfair and at other holes there glorious life, as there can be no doubt was a paucity of hazards. But the in the earlier years of its existence it Commoners at last gave way, and was a hazard fraught with more possi- now it has been bunkered up to date, bilities of disaster than any other so to speak, and improved out of hazard in the kingdom. recognition. At least say all those To turn back to the classic green who can lay any claims to be con- and its hazards. It is, maybe, heresy sidered good golfers. That the bunk- to even suggest that many of them ers have not met with the approval are in wrong, not to say unfair, posi- of the elderly habitues, of whom tions, but I think it can safely be as- there are a very large number at sumed that the locality of the bunkers Westward Ho, was made evident a on the classic green was not the week or two back. One septuagen- result of abstruse thought and care- arian had taken a very rooted aver- ful consideration, and it may not be sion to one particular bunker, which untrue to say that like Topsy they had been placed at a spot just when' just "grew and grew.'' They may he was in the habit of driving to. IK' supply an excellent test of a player's found it round after round, and even- ability in the art of avoiding a bunk- tually his patience gave way alto- er, but if a man were presented with gether and he carved dee]) in the BUNKERS KVJ

sand, on the lace of the bunker, the larity. ( )ne is that unless it is made significant words, '•Damn Fowler." exceptionally broad or exceptionally Just a little reference to the fact that high, the rubber-cored ball is apt to it was Mr. \Y. II. Fowler who was either jump over it or run through the authority responsible for the it. And again, it is difficult to place positions of all the new hazards. Hoy- a bunker right across a course which lake like Westward Ho was for years is suitable to all winds and all con- mainly a natural course, the only at- ditions of ground; as whereas in the tempt at making hazards being to cast of the gutty ball there was a dig out the trenches which at one time difference of say fifty yards between must have represented the separating the distance, which could be driven line in the various allotments into with the wind and against wind, which the land was at one time di- this difference with the extra resil- vided. But as in the case at West- iency of the rubber-cored ball, is in- ward Ho, the hand of man has been creased to 80, or even 100 yards. at work at Hoylake and it is now Again, the present day player simply honeycombed with pot bunkers. Rut loathes having to play short of any naturally the course is wider than it hazard from the tee. They used not was in the days of old, as the ground to mind in the old days. It was all solidifies each succeeding year. in the game ; but a different race of hard hitting players has arisen and But there can be little doubt that they cry for freedom for their pow- the introduction of the rubber-cored ers, and the links architects of the ball has been responsible for a great present day apparently considers that alteration in many of our courses. there is justice in their claims, as on Hazards which sufficed for the old our new courses they do not place gutty are either in the way of a long any embargo in the shape of haz- hit ball with the rubber core or are ards to frighten the hard hitter who useless to catch the indifferent shot; can play comparatively straight. so year by year the old standard hazards are disappearing. They certain- The favorite form of bunker nowa- ly die hard, as sentiment and tradition days would appear to be of the wing are terrible enemies to progress; but variety. They are probably not eventually they disappear and for one placed there so much with the object taken away there arise three or four of catching the indifferent shot, but to take their places. The evidence with the idea of frightening the play- of the new fashion in hazards is to be er ; and there is much in this, as the found in the new courses which arise chicken-hearted player in his attempt on the landscape month by month, to avoid a particular hazard will and the evidence points to the fact often drive miles away in the other that the old time standard pattern of direction. These wing hazards have bunker, straight across the course, is a more terrifying effect on the anx- gradually dying out. It is still to be ious driver than the straight hazard found, but in case of being the rule, right across the course. In the latter it now is the exception. There air case he can just see one plain hazard, . several reasons for its dying popu- which it is essential that he should 140 BUNKERS get across, so he plays with just that his sight the possibilities of disaster one object. But when there are wing further afield. It is true that in a hazards which he can see, he is often long, flat hole, one simple looking pot caught in a certain mood of doubt, bunker, say about 180 or 190 yards and in consequence plays the shot in from the tee, will frighten half the a hesitating way and invariably finds players in the world. There is pos- trouble. To a man who can drive sibly not a great chance of getting any respectable length, the easiest into the bunker. In fact you might form of driving in the world is that deliberately play at it all day and not in which the player is given a set get into it more than once in eight or object to carry, as he concentrates ten attempts, but it is the anticipa- his mind on that one object and thinks tion which kills he man and causes of nothing else. And moreover, the him to find trouble on the other side hazard itself invariably hides from of the course.

"FAR AND SURE." By the late Sheriff Logan. [From a very rare book printed for pri- ate circulation only.] "Far and sure! far and sure!" 'twas the cry of our fathers— 'Twas a cry which their forefathers heard; 'Tis the cry of their sons when the mustering gathers: When we're gone may it still be the word. "Far and sure!" there is honor and hope in the sound: Long over tnese links may it roll! Ft will—O it will! for each face around Shows its magic is felt in each soul. Let it guide us in life; at the desk or the bar, It will shield us from folly's gay lure: Then, tho' rough be the course, and the winning post far, 'We will carry the stakes—O be sure. Let it guide us in Golf, whether "Burgess" or "Star," At the last round let none look de- mure: All golfers are brothers when driving is far, When putting is canny and sure. "Far and sure! far and sure!" fill the bumper and drain it, May our motto forever endure: May time never maim it, nor dishonor stain it; Then drink, brothers, drink, "Far and FIRST PRESIDENT'S CUP TOURNAMENT Elwanok Country Club, Manchester-in-the-Mountains, Vt., August U-J4

There was a field of 108 in this The other scores were:—II. If. annual event, and a glance at the Wilder, Vesper G. C, "/ ; W. T. names of those who competed will West, Philadelphia, 80; F. A. Martin, show that it was a very high class Ekwanok, 81 ; J. M. Ward. West- entry. As even- one knows. Ek- brook, 81 ; E. W. Clark, 3d, Ekwanok, wanok is a very good test of golf, 81 : H. Congdon, Agawam. 82; Archie having a course which is not ex- M. Reid, St. Andrews, 82: T. M. ceeded in merit by more than two or Claflin, Wollaston, S3; B. W. Cork- three in the country. Frederick ran, Baltimore, 83; S. D. Bowers, Herreshoff, who was medallist last Brooklawn, 83: W. J. Travis, Garden year, again secured the low score City. 85; C. W. Inslee, Wykagyl, 85; prize with j6, which figures were the ]<>hn Blossom, Cleveland, 86; James same as he made in each half of last L. Taylor, Dyker Meadow, 86; E. I. year's round. Qualifying Round, Hall, Rutland, 86; D. W. Houston, First President's Cup: Jr., Princeton, 86; A. J. McClure, Frederick Herreshoff, Bkwanok:— Out 4 4 4 2 5 3 6 4 4—T. Albany, 86- A. L. White, Wollaston, In 5 4 5 3 4 5 li 4 4—40—7C

H. H. Wilder W. T. West C. W. tnslee 142 FIRST PRESIDENTS CUP TOURNAMENT

ball off the tee and outplayed his opponent in his shots to the green. The character of the Wykagyl player's game is shown by his medal score, 75. Herreshoff played fine golf all day, beating Claflin in the morning by 5 and 4, and Inslee in the afternoon by 6 and 5. A. M. Reid put out F. A. Martin in the morning by 3 and 2, and he was victorious in the afternoon, at the nineteenth hole, against W. T. West, the old Prince- ton captain. West had beaten Wilder in the third round, the Harvard player finding himself off in his putting, whilst West went very strongly for a 76. Reid, in his match with Martin, had a 75 and Herreshofi had a 37, going out against Claflin, and a 36 against Inslee. Martin went out in 35 to Reid's 36, but had no advantage in holes. T, M. Claflin F. Herreshofi The final at thirty-six holes be- 87 ; C. M. Clark, Ekwanok, 87; Paul tween Reid and Herreshoff was a Waterman, Ekwanok, 87 : George R. hard fought match from start to fin- Balch, Cincinnati, 88; C. H. Gardiner, ish. Herreshoff was somewhat weak Agawam, 88; J. L. Hamill, Arlington, 88; F. W. Taylor, Philadelphia, 88; H. W. Brown, Philadelphia, 88; H. W. Stucklen, Dartmouth, 89; C. N. Fowler, Jr., Rutland, 89; George Abbott, Dyker Meadow, 89; F. T. Clark, Ekwanok, 89; W. V. Swords, Baltusrol, 89; E. M. Pond, Rutland, 89. In the first match play round the favorites generally won. In the second round John M. Ward was put out by T. M. Claflin, the Boston player, by 3 and 1, and Alverse L. White, another Boston crack, was beaten by F. A. Martin, the Vermont champion. Corkran, with an injured knee, de- faulted to Herreshoff. In the third round, Inslee beat Travis by 1 up. Inslee got the longer F. A. Martin A. M. FIRST PRESIDENT'S CUP TOURNAMENT

THE HERRESHOFF-INSLEE MATCH ON 6TH GREEN on the greens and his short ap- Both played good golf in the after- proaches were not up to his usual noon, Reid going out in 36. being 1 form, but still he finished all up at the turn. Herreshofif squared square on the morning round, each the match at the tenth, Reid having man having 79. bunkered his second while his op-

GALLERY WATCHING FINALISTS AT 13TH GREEN '44 CHICAGO GOLF CLUB ponent jumped it. At the sixteenth Cornell, beat F. H. Rossiter, Oakland, they were again all square, Reid driv- 4 up and 2 to play. Fourth Sixteen— ing out of bounds. Approaching Final—Clark Burnham, Dyker Mead- dead at the seventeenth, Herreshoff ow, heat D. A. Loring, Jr., Nassau, was i up, and at the eighteenth Reid 5 up and 3 to play. Fifth Sixteen— trapped his tee shot and went into a Final—George Morse, Rutland, beat ditch on his second, and a half won C. K. Gillett, Ekwanok, 8 up and 7 to Herreshoff the match. Herreshoff play. had 74 and Reid 75. Other results: [Manchester Cup—Losing sixteen, H. II. Wilder had best gross in the final—II. W. Stucklen, Dartmouth, handicap, j6. "The net was won by a beat D. W. Houston, Jr., Princeton, sixteen year old Philadelphia golfer 5 up and 4 to play. Third Sixteen— with 90, 18-72. The four-ball com- Final—R. E. Hanson, Philadelphia, petition was won by H. L. White and beat I [amilton Kerr, Wyantenuck, 8 W. Congdon with 71, while T. M. up and 7 to play. Losing Eight or Claflin and John M. Ward were sec- Third Sixteen—Final—W, D. Owens, ond with "j2.

CHICAGO GOLF CLUB

Contestants in the National Ama- Hole 2. 358 yards, par 4—Sand teur Golf Championship, to be played pits eighty yards down the course get September 6th to nth, 1909, at the a topped ball, while half way down Chicago Golf club, at Wheaton, 111., to the right of the fair green is an- will compete over a course 6197 yards other pit for sliced drives. Pulled in length. In preparation for the drives are likely to fall in the road- championship the ground officials have way skirting the course, which is out increased the length of several of the of bounds. A cop bunker guards the holes, a • matter of 129 yards over green and a new pit has been installed that of last year. Always regarded to the left of this, making it a diffi- as one of the most scientifically bunk- cult matter to run up by the left of ered courses in the West, it now calls the bunker. The hole has been for even more accurate play, as a lengthened twenty yards. number of sand pits to trap sliced and Hole 3, ^yj yards, par 4—Three pulled shots have been added. The pits, one of them new, are located main changes are as follows: about ninety yards down to the right Hole 1, 408 yards, par 5—Three of the fair green, while on the left sand pits, 230 yards down the course, there still is the roadway with a tair have been filled in and new pits made on each side of the course. The cop space of rough inside the fence. Th« bunker guarding the green remains green, which is located near the unchanged. The hole is ten yards corner of the grounds, slopes quite a longer than before. bit, and is guarded by a cop bunker CHICAGO GOLF CLUB 145 on the near side with a sand pit for holes, is reached by a long drive, but strong approaches on the other side. pulls and slices are punished. Hole 4, 418 yards, par 41..—This Hole 9, 171 yards, par 3—This has hole remains the same as before, with undergone the greatest change of all the exception that two extra side pits of the holes, being previously 136 for sliced balls have been added. yards, with the tee at the edge of the There is a cop bunker to catch topped pond. It formerly took a pitch over drives and another guarding the the pond to a green unguarded ex- green. cept by the rough. The tee has been Hole 5, 334 yards, par 4—This hole placed more to the west and is now remains unchanged. A low cop bunk- about forty yards from the edge of er guards the tee and a higher one the pond, while the ball goes only guards the green, which is on a rise, over part of the pond. A mound has the highest part of the course. been constructed on the far edge of Hole 6, 545 yards, par 5' 2—This the pond and the green is surrounded hole has been lengthened nineteen by a sand pit, with a few inches of yards. It skirts the north boundary long grass on the hole side of the line of the field and pulled balls go pit. This hole will prove a teaser to out of bounds. About sixty yards the best of players. from the tee the ground dips, allow- Hole 10. 130 yards, par 3—This is ing a downhill run for the ball. A the same distance as before. The low cop bunker crosses the course tee is on the edge of the pond. 270 yards from the tee. The Formerly it was a comparatively easy thirteenth fair green parallels it, and pitch to the big green, on which the there are sand pits and high mounds eighth hole also is located. Traps to stop sliced drives. A cop bunker have been put in on both sides of the guards the green, which is at the top hole. of a small hill, necessitating a careful Hole 11, 287 yards, par 4—This approach. hole has not been changed. Three Hole 7, 310 yards, par 4—No bunkers have been put in on the left change has been made to this hole, to catch low pulled tee shots. A cop which runs along the north boundary bunker, 250 yards from the tee, line to the corner of the field. There guards the green, which is part of the is a sand pit to catch sliced drives one on which the seventh hole is lo- and a cop bunker across the fair green cated. to stop low drives. Another cop Hole 12, 330 yards, par 4—No bunker guards the green, which is change. A stiff bunker crosses the built up from the back about five feet, course 280 yards from the tee, and sloping from the roadway into the a lower one guards the green, which field. is on the sloping side of a hill, re- Hole 8, 260 yards, par 4—A sand quiring a well-judged pitch. pit guards the tee, with pot bunkers Hole 13, 40,2 yards, par 5—No on the left and right of the fair change. This fair green rises gently green. The green, which is a double upwards to the hole. A small chain one, containing the eighth and tenth of high mounds run along the right 146 CHICAGO GOLF CLUB side of the fair green, t<> stop sliced hole. A high cop bunker right up to tee shots, and there are two sand pits the edge of the green and a mound to on the left. A cop hunker crosses the left of the green and sand pits the fair green 250 yards up the on the other two sides make an ac- course and the green is guarded hy curate pitch necessary, as there is not a high mound, making a hlind ap- chance for an over-approach to proach to the hole which is on a big escape. green. Hole 17, 348 yards, par 4—Twenty Hole 14, 300 yards, par 4—There yards have been added here. A high are sand pits on the right and left mound crosses the course one hun- with two high mounds guarding the dred yards from the tee. The green, green. A pot bunker has been put which is slightly elevated, is guarded in to the right of the right mound. on three sides by pits and at the back A ball pitched to the right of the by a mound. green finds a trap. Hole 15, 364 yards, par 4—No Hole 18, 427 yards, par 5—No change in length has been made. A change in length or bunkers. A long cop bunker guards the green, but a low bunker runs at an angle across sand pit just ahead of it on the left the course requiring a pretty long and another just behind it have been carry. After that it is plain sailing filled in and a trap bunker placed to the green, which is wide open, ex- level with it on the right. cept that a roadway crosses the fair Hole 16, 318 yards, par 4—Eight- green about eighty yards from the een yards have been added to this hole. A ROUND OF GOLF

With Seymour Dunn Professional to the Lake Placid Golf Club PART VI— PUTTING (Continued)

We must not tarry longer on the left to right on that occasion and putting green or we shall never get somewhat with us. I played well out round; so to the third tee. Here we to the left of the direct line with a have a grand opportunity for a pull, little slice on the ball, got off a and an enormous advantage can be screamer halfway to the hole, the gained both in distance and position, slice curled the ball round so that it by utilizing the wind. traveled in a direct line with the wind, the wind caught the ball, and The hole is 288 yards to the old on it went, the wind full in its favor. green, which may be changed ere now The ball lit on the left approach, and to a still better place beyond. How- ever, there was a large natural sand bunker on the right hand side of the green running round to and completely guarding the front. By playing a pull, the wind and pull should run us well up to the green, and if we play so as to run well to the left of the course, we shall have a clear way for a running-up approach to the hole, which is without doubt the best and safest way to approach this hole. The sand hazard hugs the very edge of the green, and if you are so placed that you must pitch over it you are compelled to pitch clean on to the green, and owing to the size and slope of the green you are apt to find your ball anywhere but near the hole. So by all means play for the left-hand approach ; it is not wise to court danger when it can be avoided. I remember one time playing this

VV—Represent* r 1\^|M L^l.111s3 thlilet windtYlMli.i hole in a foursome with two gentle- S—Represents the course of the hall's flight when played out to the right and sliced round, men and Alec Robertson, who is now so that it travels directly with the wind on the latter half of its flight. professional there. The wind was P—Represents a pulled ball coming round into the wind and trying to cross it on the latter blowing across the course from the part of its flight. 148 A ROUND OF GOLF 11777/ SEYMOUR DUNN the slice had SO changed its course little slice, the slice turned the ball's that it ran clean round the hazard course so that it traveled in a direct and up to within a couple of feet of line with the wind, the wind got full the hole. (See illustration.) hold of the ball, and on it went, and I have seen a great many men play actually passed between the two sand that same hole time and time again traps guarding the approach to the under similar conditions and hook green, which must be fully three hun- into the wind, the ball having to fight dred yards from the tee. Robertson's across the wind on the latter part of ball, though well hit, did not reach its flight, its chances of getting any the two hundred yard mark. The distance were killed by the wind, and pull compelled it to fight across the consequently falls far short, leaving wind when it was in most need of its a most awkward approach to play, assistance; so again I advise every and the wind invariably sees to it that golfer to learn to utilize the wind— the ball finds the hazard mi approach- don't fight it. ing. I can well remember in that There is no doubt about it that, match referred to, Robertson, though although a ball may have to start out an excellent player, got off a good against the wind, it must be borne in ball, but with his habitual pull which mind that the ball when it starts out hooked into the wind and fell short. is traveling with terrific force, and I Although he played his second well, am satisfied that at that stage or the wind landed him in the bunker. I point of its flight the wind has hardly may add my drive was an unusually any detrimental effect upon its flight. good one, and perhaps I was as much On the other hand, when a ball is surprised to see the ball go clean on on the latter half of its journey, its to the green as any of the party. momentum has greatly decreased, However, the point is, that it was the and when it comes round into the best demonstration I ever saw of how wind the wind kills it on the spot, and the wind can help a ball if played down it comes. The ball that is played one way, and how it can completely into the cross wind gets out to where kill a ball if played the other way, no you want it because of its terrific matter how well the ball is hit. speed at the start; then, after it I remember, on another occasion, comes round and begins to lose stealing fully a hundred yards on momentum, instead of being killed by Robertson at the old fourteenth hole. the wind, the wind helps it along. Royal County Down golf course, in (See illustration.) a professional foursome, Fred Smith To return to our present tee shot. and myself against Robertson and We cannot reach the green ordinarily, Cromwell. Robertson got off a beau- and especially as the wind is from the tiful ball, but instead of playing it right; but as already explained we so as to make use of the wind, he can get good distance and position for pulled right into it. Had he played our second, which, owing to the cleW out to the left with a little slice on sweep up to the hole, offers the the ball, he would have got as far as chance of playing a running-up ap- I did. [ played out to the left with a proach if you prefer to do so. A ROUND OF GOLF WITH SEYMOUR DUNN 149

discuss on our way. (See illustration.) As our tee shot calls for a pull, no doubt many of my readers who have mastered the art of pulling and slicing by the first method I gave in my first article of this series, are anxious to learn how to control in- tentional slicing and pulling by another method which is productive of greater distance, even though it be more difficult. I will explain the second method now and let the running-up approach wait till we get to it. I will deal with the pull, and let it be borne in mind that to produce the slice everything is simply the reverse. W—Represents the wind. S—The course of a ball played out to the left or into the wind and coming round so that the wind is more or less in its favor. P—Represents the course of a ball played so that it pulls round into the wind and owing to its having to fight the wind, it does not get very far.

It has been said it is easier to play a running-up approach than to pitch. This no doubt is very true; but it should only be played when there is a clear sweep up to the hole. At best, however, you are taking chances, for the ball may be kicked off the line by an nnevenness of the ground or other obstruction, and as pitching is more difficult and must be learned because you can hardly play a round without being compelled to pitch several approaches, for that reason rathc-r make the pitch approach the favorite than the running-up. We nave a grand chance for a running- up approach here, so we will play our drive from the tee with pull, as the wind is from the right to left, and hope for a good position for our running-up approach, which we will W—Represents the wind. II -The course of the ball. A ROUND OF GOLF WITH SEYMOUR DUNN

First, calculate how much you are will be lost if the player does not have to allow out to the right for the ball's a very tight hold of the handle, and not curve created by the wind and pull, only must the handle be held tight but seventy feet or so, but never so much also in such manner as to prevent the that it would land you in the rough grip end of the shaft from turning. if your pull does not come off. As- Therefore allow neither the handle to sume a stance as if you were going turn in the hands, not the hands to to play straight for that point of al- turn. lowance, but stand a mere trifle You also know that a ball hit further from the ball than usual, be- towards the heel end of the face of a cause the method differs only in two club will slice; this is because the points from the ordinary straight shaft twists, but it twists in the op- drive. posite manner to that when a ball First, then, every golfer knows that is struck on the toe end. At first a ball played from the toe end of the one is naturally puzzled to under- face of a club under all ordinary stand why, but it is a very simple . conditions will pull. Now, at the problem. first opportunity, spend a good solid The lead weight which is centred in half hour driving balls from various the club head is responsible for this points of the face of the club apparent phenomenon. When the towards the toe end. The farther club head meets the ball on the heel towards the toe you take the ball the end of the club's face, there being greater will be the pull; but remem- little or no lead directly behind the ber, not unless you have a very tight point of impact, the lead naturally, by grip of the handle, because the pull its force of weight, carries the head is produced by the recoil of the twist on with it, but in a twirling manner, created in the shaft by striking the because of the ball's interruption at ball elsewhere than on the center of the heel end of its body. The re- balance of the club head. sult is the club shaft receives a very considerable twist. (See illustration.) In the case of the pull the toe end of the club's head gives under the Now it is not natural for a steely force of the impact, which twists the piece of wood to stay twisted, so back club shaft, and the twist naturally it snaps into its normal position, di- returns owing to the springy nature rectly the lead's forward momentum of the wood. The shaft in its return is checked sufficiently to allow its do- twist causes the club head to describe ing so. This retwist, which happens a turn which imparts a spin to the almost instantaneously, causes the club ball just as the ball is leaving the head to turn while it is still in con- club face, and owing to the peculiar tact with the ball, and owing to this position into which the club head is turn the club face is brought in con- twisted at the moment the ball leaves tact with a different part of the ball's the club's face, the club's face is in surface—a point a little to the side contact with the ball somewhat toward of the otherwise natural point pre- the ball's side, not the hindermost sented to the club face when the dub point. The return twist of the shaft head is not twisted. The result is a A ROUND OF GOLF WITH SEYMOUR DUNN very considerable spin imparted to of the club head from the point of the ball as it leaves the club face, impact; or in other words a greater which is the same spin that causes a amount of lead is towards the toe ball to curve from right to left, as end of the club head from the point explained in the first article of this <}f impact. The lead weight forces series. (See illustration.) the toe end of the club head forward, Now, a slice is produced by a causing the club shaft to twist. similar action, though in the opposite But a given force will twist manner; consequently, the opposite the shaft so far and no more, results are obtained. The ball being and when the shaft's resistance struck towards the heel of the club has checked that force it instantly face, the central point of the club- retwists to a little more than its head's balance is towards the toe end normal position in the reverse, and in doing so causes the club head to describe a turn which imparts a spin J to the ball, producing slice. The spin is therefore produced by two agen- cies, the turning of the club to its natural pose as it is held by the shaft and owing to the nature of anything that is spring}' or vibrator}' in its return, it twists to beyond its normal point and the club face is brought into contact with the ball at a point somewhat to the side of its hindermost surface. (See illustration.) Now it simply remains for me to say that though this method will drive a longer ball than the first method I gave, it is decidedly more difficult to master the art of hitting just so much towards the toe and no more, no less, or just so much towards the heel. And yet after all it is no more difficult than having to hit just in the center of the club's face when you want to drive a perfectly straight ball. At least, it is just as easy to one who will take the time to practice it. And one thing I must say, those who practice trying I—Represents the club-head just meeting the to hit the hall accurately on a certain ball. II—Represents how the club-head gives at the point towards the toe, then on a cer- toe end ami in all which creates the spin ;is per pull. 152 A ROUND OF GOLF WITH SEYMOUR DUNN

though it is more difficult to master, it is productive of great distance. I J may add that as a reminder that unless you grip the handle tight, and make a special effort to stiffen the shaft up against the twist, you will not only get no pull or slice, which- ever you were trying for, but you will JL also get nu distance; so grip tight but only at and during the moment of impact. ()therwise, the stance, swing, shoulder, arm, and wrist action are the same as in an ordinary straight drive. The club head swings straight through in line with the ball's flight, though, as before mentioned, everything is posed and the swing is made in the direction of the point of al- lowance. We will presume we have caught the ball about half an inch towards I— Represents the club-head just meeting the the toe end of the club's face from ball. II—Shows bow the lead in the head has the center, and that we have held the forced the club-head's toe forward and consequently has twisted the shaft. shaft stiffly up to the twist as we Ill — Represents the peculiar pose created first in the shaft by the toe end of the dub-head being carried everything through, so we forced forward. Then the recoil takes place which results in the club-head being re-twisted may expect to find our running-up into the opposite, presenting the peculiar contact with the ball which produces the slice spin. approach waiting for us. make them in hitting in the center (To be continued ) when tlie}' want to drive a straight In last month's article the explan- ball. This method is nevertheless by ation under Fig. 2 belongs to Fig. 1; no means as good as the method and the explanation under Fig. 1 lie- which I will give later on. and al- longs to Fig. 2. TINKERING WITH THE RULES By "Out of Bounds"

"It is a wise child who knows its amuck. It would seem that the West- own father," but it has remained for ern Golf Association is running the Western Golf Association to re- amuck. nounce its own offspring. The first three sections of Rule This unheard of lack of parental 32, supplemented by Rule 33—all of instinct was disclosed when the West- which are duplicates of the St. An- ern Golf Association upheld the drews and I nited States Golf Associ- referee in his decision against Charles ation rules—negative Section 4 of Evans, Jr., in the final match tor the Rule 32 of the Western Golf Associ- Western Amateur Championship. ation in all reasonable contingencies. At the eleventh hole, in the after- In fact, the only conceivable reason noon round, Mr. Evans ran down his why the Western Golf Association putt, and deeming Albert Seckel, his jumped in with its position that opponent, dead for a half, knocked "putts shall not be conceded," was the latter's ball away. because it imagined that the players under its jurisdiction were still in the Section 4, Rule 32, of the Western kindergarten stage of the game. To Golf Association, reads: "No putts put it mildly. Section 4. Rule 32, is a shall be conceded," upon which the reflection on the mental capacity of referee based his decision. This was golfers not only within a radius of appealed, and the committee of the Chicago, but extending from Buffalo Western Golf Association upheld the to Pittsburg, and all others "located referee. Yet Rule 33 of the Western in the United States, west of a north Golf Association says: "When a and south line made to pass through player has holed out and his oppo- Buffalo and Pittsburg." nent has been left with a stroke for a half, nothing that the player who Without going down to Pittsburg, has holed out can do shall deprive where there are golfers such as E. M. him of the half which he has already Byers, \\ . C. Fownes, Jr., George gained." All of which suggests that ( 'rmiston, etc., or reaching too far children should not play with fire, west, where Walter Fairbanks, nor endeavor to teach their grand- Messrs. Grant, Legg, Jewitt, etc., may parents to suck eggs. be found, the Western Golf Associ- Conceding the Western Golf As- ation boasts a few players round sociation more serious consideration Chicago who know enough of the than if probably deserves, i(s attempt game, without having a cane held over lo be different to the rest of the golf them, to tell them when they shall or universe has succeeded after the shall not concede putts. fashion of the impetuous youth who If, however, men of the calibre and knows it all. The latter either gets experience of Chandler Egan, Walter a good spanking or eventually runs Egan, Warren Wood, Walter and 154 WESTERN DEPARTMENT

Bruce Smith, Mason Phelps, Kenneth Under the Western Golf Associ- Edwards, D. R. Forgan, D. E. Saw- ation, a man playing out of turn yer, etc., require such maternal super- and " missing" the putt, has two bites vision, the Western Golf Association at a cherry, for he must play it over is justified in its attitude. There, again. Under the National rules, the however, is not this excuse for the opponent is not likely to recall the Western Golf Association tinkering putt, unless the player holes out. with Section 2 of Rule 31, which ( )ther tinkering on the same lines under the St. Andrews and United can only be compared with the pre- States Golf Association code reads: cocious youth who tinkered with his "On the putting green, if a player father's aeroplane. After twisting it plays when his opponent should have here and bending it elsewhere, he played, the stroke 'may' be at once started the machine and soared to a recalled by the opponent, and the ball point where there was a crash, the replaced," which the Western Golf machine was smashed, and the youth's Association has changed to read: carcase very much damaged. Will the "... the stroke 'shall' be at once Western Golf Association cut its wis- recalled." etc. dom tooth before it comes a cropper?

WESTEKN DEPARTMENT

Conducted by Joseph G. Davis

Western Champion Charles Evans, Elwee, of the home club, a former Jr., of the Edgewater Golf club of Florida champion, took third place Chicago, won the fourteenth annual with jS, 74-152, Mason Phelps of tournament of the Onwentsia club, the Midlothian getting 75, 79-154. field being almost as classy as that in the Western Amateur Championship. He was opposed by Gordon Copeland, In the first round R. F. Mundv, of of the Skokie Country club, and won Exmoor, and formerly of Cornell, de- the thirty-six hole final, 7 and 6. Paul feated Paul Hunter, 1 up, Ralph Hunter, of Midlothian, who won the Hoagland defeating R. A. Gardner, low score medal in the qualifying 5 and 4, and Mason Phelps defeating round of the Glen View tournament, Kent Clow, of the home club, 5 and led in the qualifying round with a 4. In this round Albert Seckcl, of score of 74, 75-149, Evans being sec- the Riverside club, defeated W • ond witli 74, 77-151. R. H. Mc- Schatz, of Wheaton, equalling the WESTERN DEPARTMENT 155 amateur record of the course held leaving the home pair hardly a chance by H. Chandler Egan and R. H. Mc- to win at any stage. Elwee. Seckel made 38 going out # and a wonderful 32 coming in, the The fourteenth annual contest for latter figures never having been the Onwentsia cup was won by H. equalled, nor beaten, by amateur or Chandler Egan, who tied with professional. Former National Open Charles Evans, Jr., at the end of the Champion, Willie Anderson, made the 36 holes medal play, and beat the first nine in $2 in August, 1906, when youngster 35 to 36 in the play-off he set a mark of 135 for thirty-six at nine holes. Two long putts gave holes, getting 67 in the morning and Egan his victory, and as he had won 68 in the afternoon. His scores for in 1903 and 1904, he gained perma- the last nine holes were 35 in the nent possession of the trophy, which morning and 34 in the afternoon. bears upon it the names of Charles Seckel's card was as follows: B. Macdonald, who won in 1896, H. Out i 3 6 4 4 5 5 ."1 4—38 J. Whigham, D. R. Forgan, William In 43434334 4—32—70 Holabird, Jr., D. E. Sawyer, and several other players of note. In the next round Seckel took 78, # being beaten 2 and 1 by Evans, who The Lake Forest cup, which was had 75. Hoagland beat Phelps in this donated fifteen years ago by H. C. round, 1 up. The semi-final round Chatfield-Taylor, was won by Ralph found Evans with a card of ~2, which Hoagland. This event is open to was good enough to beat Hoagland, players of thirty years of age and who had a 76, 3 and 2, Copeland and over, last year's winner being the Mundy did not go as fast as the late Phelps B. Hoyt, of Glen View. former, winning 2 up. Hoagland had 78, 80-158.

Hoagland and Seckel, representing Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Carpenter, Jr., the Riverside club, scored their sec- of the home club, won the annual ond successive win in the play for contest for the Benedict cup, which the Lake Count}' Foursome cup, is played for at twelve holes, getting which has now been in competition 66, 12-54. Low gross was made by for ten years, the original winners in Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Smith, with 1906 being David R. Forgan and D. 61. Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss Mark Cummings. The Onwentsia Pauline Mackay, of Boston. L. W. club had two legs on the cup, and a Mida, of Jackson Park, won the Chi- third victory would have given the cago City Championship, played over club permanent possession. In the the public links at Jackson Park, de- final match Hoagland and Seckel defeating Ralph Gates, of the Ravens- feated R. H. McElwee and Bruce D. wood Golf club, 2 up. Charles Evans, Smith, of Onwentsia, 6 and 5. The who won the title in 1907 and 1908, Riversiders, who are both Princeton did not compete, being engaged in the men, gave one of the best exhibitions Onwentsia tournament, which clashed ever seen in a foursome in the West, with the Jackson Park fixture. WESTERN DEPARTMENT

Mi>s Sallie Ainslie, of the West- Midlothian quintet, which had been ward Ilo golf club, retained the looked upon as a sure winner, and Women's Championship of Chicago, which finished 2 down. Midlothian by winning an exciting final from had four wins to its credit, Exmoor Miss Myra Helmer, of .Midlothian, i two, Onwentsia two, and Glen View op, 20 holes, at the Exmoor Country one. As the executors of the Mar- club. Miss Ainslie led in the qual- shall Field estate had refused to sup- ifying round with a score of 88, Mrs. pi)- funds for carrying on the compe- E. T. Perkins, of Glen View, being tition, the officials of the Western second with 92, and Miss Helmer Golf Association decided to have a third with 93. Miss Helmer defeated final contest for permanent posses- Mrs. W. France Anderson, the West- sion, to which previous winners were ern champion, 1 up, 19 holes, in the eligible. Exmoor now owns the cup, first round, while Miss Ainslie defeat- but as Mr. Stanley Field has ex- ed Miss Llewellyn, of La Grange, 1 pressed a desire to carry on the up. In the semi-final round Miss competition inaugurated by his late Ainslie defeated Mrs. W. L. De uncle, it is thought the Exmoor club Wolf. 3 and 1, and Miss Helmer will put the cup in play again in won from Mrs. E. T. Perkins, 2 some other form. and 1.

II. Chandler Egan, who did not J. A. and Kenneth P. Edwards won play in the Western Championship, the annual Pater-Filius event at the turned out for the event, and Midlothian Country club on August showed his class by coming home 7 12th, with a score of 172, 24-148; L. up on the colonel in the morning. He L. and H. R. Cossitt, of Beverly, finished with a total of 151. the best were second, with 168, 18-150. This card of the day, and was Sup. Charles event clashed with Onwentsia tourna- Evans, ]r., who is a member of Ex- ment, but as the club had applied for moor in addition to Edgewater, came dates to the Western Golf Associa- home well in the afternoon, and fin- tion, and the Onwentsia club had not, ished 5 up. Walter Egan, who cap- the Midlothian officials refused to tained the team, broke even, while postpone their event. Alden Swift was 2 down and \V. B. Egan, 9 down. The Midlothian team, which led at the end of the morn- There was a great upset in the ing play, finished as follows: K. P. final play for the Marshall Field Edwards, 5 up; Mason Phelps, 5 up: trophy, which was contested at the Paul Hunter, all even; R. E. Hunter, Homewood Country club on the 5 down; Donald Edwards, 7 down. Saturday preceding the start of play Glen View, the only other team to for the Western Amateur Champion- compete, was 36 down. Kenneth Ed- ship. Contrary to general expecta- wards and Chandler Egan had 7.} tion, the Exmoor Country club won each in the morning, and Evans led 2 lip on bogey, nosing out the strong in the afternoon with a 74. WESTERN DEPARTMENT '57

The junior brigade scored another the Calumet course, the veteran, Jim victory when J. 1). Standish, Jr., of Fotllis, who was playing with the Mid- the Detroit Country cluh, won the lothian professional, declaring the ex- Michigan State Championship, defeat- hibition the best he ever had seen. ing T. T. Wylie, of Saginaw, a form- McLeod's card was as follows: er title holder, 4 and 2, at the Sagi- ( Hit :. 5 3 4 3 3 4 4 3—32 naw Country cluh. J. I!. Schlotman, In 3 5 3 4 4 4 5 3 5—36—68 who won the championship last year, led in the qualifying round with a Tom Yardon, the English profes- score of 85, Standish taking two sional, has been busy giving lessons strokes more. ever since bis arrival at the ()n\vent- sia club of Chicago, having only played the full course once or twice. Ralph Hoagland, of Chicago, won He will take part in the Western < >pen the second half of his match, 72 event at the Skokie club this month. holes, with John D. Cady, of Rock Island, by a margin of 1 up. It was intended to have the second half H. C. Simon of the La Grange played at Chicago, but on account of club, won the Invitation tournament the notoriety given the match and the of the Skokie Country club, defeat- exaggerated statements made as to ing Douglas Smith, of the home club, the amount of wagers made on the in the 36-hole final, 6 and 5. The contest, the second half also was tournament, which was open to play- played at the Rock Island Arsenal ers of thirty years of age and over, golf course. Hoagland won 9 up on was one of the best of the Chicago the 72 holes. season, nearly 150 players starting in t\ age the qualifying round. In the final match for the championship of Central Illinois, played Professional Harry Turpie last just before the Western Amateur month lowered the record for the Championship, at Decatur. G. W. double and single round of the Edge- Bunn, of Springfield, defeated G. \Y. water course of Chicago, his figures Chatterton, of Decatur, 8 up and 6 to being as follows: play. First round .. 55444844 4—37 Second round 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 5-31—68

C. II. Stanley won the championship of Cleveland by defeating T. D. Miss Myra Helmer, of Midlothian, Climo in a play-off at 36 holes. Both added another record to her long list players scored'316 in the original con- b-v »eg°tiati»S the Homewood course test at -J2 holes played at the Euclid in QO. Her card read: ( Illl .4 7 g r, 5 5 3 6 2—42 club. 111 . 6 5 5 6 4 5 7 5 5—IS—90

Fred McLeod, the former Open William Sheehan, a seventeen year champion, set a new record of 68 for old player of the Hyperion club of 158 DENVER COUNTRY CLUB

Des Moines, won the Iowa State mate, in the final, at the Blue Mound Championship, which finished August Country club of Milwaukee, 3 and 2. 13th, at the Ottumwa Country club. It was Cavanagh's second win of the In the final he defeated Ralph Rider, title, as in 1904 he defeated Allen for of the Waveland club of Des Moines, the title. 1 up. Nearly 100 players took part in the Officers were elected as follows: qualifying round, Allen winning the President, Dr. A. L. McLaughlin, low score cup with 75. In the after- Sioux City; vice-president, Dr. noon match round Cavenagh made a George Kinney, Burlington ; secretary 70, breaking both the professional and and treasurer, \Y. T. Maxwell, Cedar amateur records for the course. Rapids. Among the former champions who competed were W. H. Yule, B. M. Pettit, F. W. Jacobs, and Hamilton R. P. Cavanagh, of the Kenosha Vose. Country club, won the Wisconsin Kenosha won the Yule team cup, State Championship on August 13th, finishing 5 down on bogey, Racine defeating Chester C. Allen, a club- being second, 26 down.

DENVER COUNTRY CLUB

The winning of the Tom Morris During normal winters the game trophy by the team of the Denver can be played two-thirds of the time, Country club, and the selection of its and the clubhouse is an all-the-year- course for the 1910 tournament of the round resort for the members. In ad- Trans-Mississippi Golf Association, dition to an eighteen-hole course, has recently brought the club into tennis courts and a polo field are notice in the golfing world. It will comprised within the hundred and be of interest, therefore, to many fol- twenty acres of the club property. lowers of the game to learn something It has been the constant object of definite concerning the foremost club the golf committee to evolve a first of the Rocky Mountain region. class course, comparable in every way One striking advantage in the lo- with the best inland courses of this cation of its links is that it is within country, and great study has been twenty minutes tram ride from the made of the proper placing of bunk- business center of Denver, and is easily ers, use of the natural hazards, and accessible from the residence district. the development of a fine quality of What this means will be readily turf for the fair and putting greens. understood by those who have to take It is a sufficient answer to the half a day or more off to enjoy the critics who have recently been quoted sport in the neighborhood of the as saying that the links is "disin- larger cities. tegrated granite," to say that three DENVER COUNTRY CLUB 159

CLUB HOUSE. DENVER COUNTRY CLUB

SIXTH GREEN, AND BUNKERS GUARDING IT i6o DENVER COUNTRY CLUB

LOOKING TOWARDS 15TIT OB "CLIFF" HOLE horse and one automobile mower are live water at the back for the over constantly employed during the sum- ambitious. The approach is usually mer on the fair green, in addition to "blind," as the green lies at the foot the hand mowers on putting greens. of a steep bank. This hole is a very It is not possible in the space GOLF good 5 and that figure will put the has at command to describe all the player 1 up on "the Colonel." holes in detail, but a detailed account Xo. 2, 405 yards. is here given of some of the holes, And then we have a short hole, No. typical of the others, both long and 5, 165 yards: This is an extremely short, which will enable the reader to good short hole. Cherry Creek has form sufficiently accurate judgment to be crossed diagonally and the ball on the course as a test of the game. landed on a high bank. There is all Here is a long hole, No. I, 540 yards: sorts of grief for any but a clean, A straight carry of 125 yards will well-lofted stroke. It is a difficult 3 clear some very rough ground ter- in spite of the distance. minating in a deep sand bunker. The An excellent two shot hole is the long player must avoid a slice or pull, tenth, 358 yards: This is an "elbow" or he will find trouble in sand pits hole, and one of the best on the links. and long grass. A topped second, The feature of the play is to carry either with driver or brassie, will en- Cherry Creek safely on the second counter a bunker well across the stroke and be well up over the high course, but two well played strokes bank on the opposite side. After a will put the ball, unless a head wind proper drive it is a good midiron to is encountered, within reach of the tlie green, or a possible full mashie, green. This is well protected by a for the long player, but the timid deep bunker on the right, plenty of usually play short and are content to bad going on the left, and a ditch of reach the green in 3. GOLF IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

The distances are: Out, i, 540; 2, 10, 358; 11, 300; 12, 460; 13, 378; 405 ; 3- 39- ; 4. 230; 5, 165 ; 6, 400; 7, 14, 116; 15, 487; 16, 315; 17, 203; 18, 301 ; 8, 335 ; 9, 206—2974 yards. In, 528—3145 yards. Total 6119 yards.

GOLF IN THEORY AND PRACTICE By H. C. S. Everard

PLAYING THE GAME

To describe a person as "a golfer" tract the keen man, who is also chol- may mean little, or much, according to eric and nervous (perhaps the worst the standard of general knowledge or combination), which would altogether ignorance applicable to the user of escape the notice of his more stolid the phrase. It may be the grossest brother. Fretting and fuming at the of misnomers, or it may indicate a wind, at that "verdammte" lark, at very Bayard of the links: one whose "that ship bearing down on him," the practice, knowledge, instincts, are one lacks the requisite concentration alike without reproach. It was by of purpose; his delicately-adjusted this phrase that one of the greatest machinery cannot fail to be thrown of all authorities on golf tersely out of gear by any trifle, whereas the summed up a discussion as to the other lays to right masterfully, and relative merits of two players, A and goes ahead in blissful oblivion of the B. both admittedly in the front rank; fact that wind, larks, and ships have so far as mere skill went, there was also their allotted place in nature's nothing to choose between them. cosmogony. Fortunati nimiuml the "Ah, but Air. A is a golfer," said the "dour" phlegmatic man has the ad- pundit. Volumes could have added vantage, but constant practice may do nothing to the trenchancy of this re- much for his less well-endowed mark, rightly understood, and it friend, who, if he will exercise sternly should be the aim of every learner to repressive measures, take himself by fall no whit behind this ideal. It is the head, and resolve with determina- no part of the writer's duty to indite tion that nothing shall put him off, a treatise on the cardinal virtues, all will have done much towards school- and singular, in their relation to golf, ing himself into " a golfer." but there is room for (he broad re- As a first step towards taking our mark that the cultivation of most place on the links, apart from the of them is desirable; for in truth the merely mechanical aspect of the game, game is one of the most exasper- it is our bounden duty thoroughly to ating hitherto devised by the wit of acquaint ourselves with the laws and man. In practice, therefore, success etiquette of golf. Now it is a singu- is largely due to temperament; a lar fact that there is no game known thousand little trifles hopelessly dis- into which a tyro will more confi- GOLF IN THEORY AND PRACTICE dently plunge without the most ele- do, but would be inadequate in the mentary acquaintance with either the given instance. There is a more subtle one or the other than this very game reason: fate and a bad shot having, of golf. Having bought a few clubs, in all likelihood, landed you in your and a ball or two, gaily he rushes predicament, you must abide the con- into the middle of things, outrages sequences—must suffer and be strong; law and order in nearly everything resisting the temptation to rest the he does, but says of himself, and his head on the ground ever so lightly, friends say it of him, that, save the •for thus, in every sense, you would mark, he is a golfer. be more in touch with your ball, and the shot proportionately easier to Not so, indoctissime virorum; there are a wheen stey braes up which you play. You gain an indefinite knowl- shall win, or ever you lay that unction edge, a sense of greater accuracy by to your soul—and one of the stiffest the sense of touch, which is an unfair of them, at this moment of writing, advantage properly tabooed, and loss is that known as the rules of golf. of the hole is the consequence. It will Now very much has been said, and be well if the learner discovers and more written in derogation of these remembers what other peccadilloes rules, regarding which it would not entail this serious penalty; for it must be surprising to learn that the spooks always be remembered, if he were in of lawyers and grammarians of all a fair way to win a hole which, how- nations and ages, from Hermes Tris- ever, by some such disaster he has megistus to Lindley Murray, have by thus actually lost, that would be a them been made uneasy in their difference of two holes on the match; graves, and are now busily haunting and many hundreds of pounds have the framers thereof: but meanwhile been thus lost and won by a narrower our Justinian has not arisen. But margin. You die the death if you while, of course, the Abbot of Un- bend or break anything growing, ex- reason himself would not suggest that cept as reasonably provided for: if the learner is to assimilate these you ground your ball in a hazard; if rules to the extent of offering de- your ball hits you, your partner, cisions on minute points as to which caddy, or clubs; if you strike it twice; old and experienced players may dis- if you touch the line of your putt, agree, there is every reason—indeed, except lightly with the hand ; be espe- it is imperative—why he should mas- cially careful not to touch it with ter the elements, the legum incuna- your club or foot. An unwritten law bula, as far as possible. Tie will then of etiquette is always observed; never learn, for instance, that it is not al- walk over your opponent's putt, nor lowable to ground the club in a haz- touch it with anything whatever. ard, say, a hard road. "( )h, but J Your opponent is expected to look out made no impression," he might say. for himself, and not allow your lull That would be so far satisfactory as to hit him, his caddy, or clubs; it he indicating a partial mastery of (he fails to be sufficiently circumspect, hi distressing subject of bunkers and is penalized by the loss of the hole; ;i what to do in them, or what not to like penalty overtakes him if he move1; GOLF IN THEORY AND PRACTICE 163 your ball. All this, of course, unfortunate victim had driven off, mutatis mutandis, applies to you. "at once followed his ball, and had When on the putting green, you must proceeded quite thirty yards, when not interfere with the action of the his opponent, whose turn it was to wind, you must not ask advice except play, cried 'Fore,' and drove off." from your caddy, partner, or part- The ball hit the first player, stupified ner's caddy : and under St. Andrews' him; he recovered temporarily and Rules a lost ball is a lost hole; though went home, but died next day. Com- there are many greens where, owing menting upon this occurrence, a to local circumstances, this penalty writer in the Dundee Evening Tele- can scarcely he upheld. "Oui facit graph, remarks, inter alia, "the eti- per aliitui facit per se;" for legal pur- quette of golf is very clear on this poses you must regard yourself and point, but it is mure often honored in your caddy as a homogeneous whole, the breach than the observance. I and accept responsibility for your have seen golfers—enthusiastic, no joint and several actions. Attention doubt—become so much interested in is specially drawn to the cases where their own game that it was hardly loss of the hole is entailed, since they possible for them to give the slightest are the most important; but those in- consideration to a partner. The de- volving loss of a stroke must also plorable accident on the Braids will be carefully studied in the original, perhaps have effect on the impetuous not to say very original, language. golfer." A consideration of the deca- Pass we now to a no less impor- logue, now printed with the rules tant topic—that of etiquette. Follow- proper, will disclose the fact that nine ing the ancient custom by which a out of ten paragraphs are based upon card of directions was handed to those altruistic principles; but yet it can who attended court, so now it has scarcely be said that on the links a seemed desirable to incorporate with faithful observance of the Comtist the rules a few paragraphs indicat- doctrine entails upon us a particularly ing the accepted usages in golf. large amount of self-sacrifice. These Formerly, when the game was con- paragraphs comprise most of the es- fined within narrow limits, all these sentials, but cases occur—are reported customs were observed as a matter of from time to time in the golfing press course; but experience shows almost —to grapple with which in a spirit of daily that there has arisen a disre- prevision would baffle all the Solons gard of the most ordinary courtesies, of history. Consideration for others, which can only be described as scan- courtesy, gentlemanly feeling; this is dalous. If this be thought too strong the basis of all golfing etiquette ; for an epithet, attention may be directed those not thus happily endowed there to the report of an accident which oc- is the letter of the law to be studied, curred on the Braids about the end and one hopes, observed. Therein is of 1894 or early in 1895. Jt resulted to be found an intimation that no in the death of a player, and was di- practising of putts should be indulged rectly attributable to a breach of in after the hole has been played out, established custom, or etiquette. The when other people are behind. That 164 GOLF IN THEORY AND PRACTICE is very obvious and proper, but wl ordinarily produces the worst offend- could have foreseen and provided ers, and unless a standard can be against such a case as the following, reached, an average, say, of not much which has appeared in print? Time: more than five strokes per hole, any one of the shortest, darkest days in attempt at counting should be aban- winter. Scene: a crowded green. doned as the merest futility, and Dramatis personae: two men playing under any circumstances the practice a single, relays of people waiting their for the ordinary run of players is far turn. One man gives up the hole, from commendable. The result in nevertheless the other persists in any case is of little value, since in holing out by himself. Again, the matches every ball is not holed out, present writer has played behind men, stymies again come into the account, worst of the bad, it is needless to say, or perhaps a man holes out casually who, after a hole finished, would pro- with one hand, and credits himself duce pencil, scoring card (doubtless a accordingly, whereas if he had been patent), and go through the intricate under the actual stress of medal play, calculations necessary to show the he would have treated the same putt number of strokes taken. Now apart with respectful deference, and even- from all question of the courtesy of tually, after infinite pains, have the green, it cannot be too strenuously missed it. Like wealth, irritamenta insisted on that this is the most malorum, so is the counting of a wretched travesty of golf that can be score; it is apt to become a mere conceived. Match play is not a game fetish, bringing evil on its worshippers, of scoring at all; nay more, the two and through them on the innocent are incompatible, for what is apt and who unjustly suffer as when ordinary suitable in the one case would often etiquette is set at defiance. be the rankest of foil}' in the other. Another nuisance is the solitary Sir Robert Hay, the best, or one of player, who of late years has evinced the best amateurs of his generation, a tendency to obtrude his unwelcome was once asked at the end of his presence even on a crowded green. round what his score had been; he With all the assurance in life he has replied that there were only two days been known calmly to tee up in face in the year when he could answer of matches twenty deep and more, such a question, the spring and and march off in state by himself. His autumn medal days. To hole out in amusement is not golf, for that "is fewer strokes than your opponent is played by two or more sides." He the point, and if it is desired to gain has no locus standi whatever, and is some general idea of the .standard of simply in the way—a cumberer of the play as a whole, any golfer worthy ground. At the same time, if the of the name can recall his strokes links where he is pleased thus to when he comes in, counting them up disport himself are public, it cannot at leisure. It may be granted that this be said he has no right. In such is a difficult matter when the total case, again, nothing seems feasible runs deeply into three figures; but but to appeal to his sense of the fit- this is exactly the class of play which ness of things—of etiquette. Where GOLF IN THEORY AND PRACTICE 165 adequate regulations exist, of course, breach of etiquette continually to harp he can be suppressed; indeed, in some on the bad luck, the bad lies, and so places, this eminently desirable con- on, which fall to your share; but ten summation has already been reached; times worse an offender is he who but anybody who bona fide desires to throws his opponent's good luck in practice—to have it out with some his teeth as matter of reprobation. club which has temporarily disgraced Doubtless it requires a measure of itself and its owner—such an one can self-control to abstain, the more so almost always discover opportunity, as no one ever seems to think himself only, bicn ciitcndu, he should invari- specially befriended of fortune—no, ably give way to the regular traffic. not if he has run through four Or again, what is to be said of him bunkers in succession and holed two who starts off without a single wooden thirty-yard putts in four holes. While club in his possession—carries per- careful as to your own conduct, then, haps a cleek, an iron or two, and a for your own comfort, avoid playing niblick? Consider the labor of it! with those who care for none of these Pity the poor green-keeper, and those things. Shun the man with a griev- whose fate it is to find their ball in ance like the plague, or him whose the holes the offender has dug; for tongue goes like a bell-dapper on to this stamp of person it never oc- every subject except the matter in curs, or rarely, to replace a divot. hand. "I just enjoy a match with Any game—marbles, pitch and toss Jones, he never opens his mouth from —would have been preferable, one start to finish," was a remark, mutato would have supposed, to this dismal nomine, once made to the present caricature ; but, truly, the new golfer writer. "surprises himself" in the multi- Now, after all these homilies, of plicity of his devices for setting eti- which the reader will be heartily tired, quette at defiance. Better leave the let us return to more practical golf. game alone altogether than attempt Since it always blows, more or less, it after such fashion as this. upon seaside links (as we have re- Once started on your match, it be- marked before), one of the first comes necessary for you to consider things to be studied is the effect of generally the other players on the wind upon the ball; and according to green, and more particularly your im- our powers, so must we modify our mediate opponent. Some men dis- usual methods. Some play a better like one thing, some another; most game down wind, others against it, people dislike a solitary figure stand- though this is less often to be seen. ing behind them fin what at cricket A great deal depends upon a man's would be the prolongation backwards style of driving; thus, those who of the line of sight) when they are naturally drive a long-carrying ball about to make a stroke. The safest will enjoy themselves when there is plan of all is to plant yourself at the half a gale behind them; those, again, back of the striker where you cannot whose trajectory is lower, and who be seen; but wherever you are, be drive a ball that runs a good deal, motionless on the stroke. It is a are usually better when the wind is 166 GOLF IN THEORY AND PRACTICE in thdr teeth. But something may he staff. Of course, the change is in done by art to assist nature. The low ourselves; a hot, moist day may make I driver can take a higher tee than us languid, or that much-maligned usual when he wants to drive high, organ, the liver, may really, for once, and he may stand a trifle further be to blame; but, be the reasons sub- away from his ball; or if there he a jective or what they may, this is the bank at the tee with some slight up- time to swing calmly and play easily ward inclination, all or any of these witli a light club. Be master of your things would be likely to help his ball set, though the heavens fall. Grasp- in its aerial path: for it stands to ing the leather lower down sometimes reason, the lunger he can keep his ball does good when your clubs run away in the air, so much the more time will from you, for this of course de- there be during which the wind will creases the leverage, and makes them act favorably upon it. A light chili less unwieldly for tired wrists. To is to be preferred to a heavy one for drive really well with a strong gale this style of play, with the reserva- of wind behind is not so easy as might tion, however, that it is nut a good be supposed, for the club is often plan to change your favorite in the blown down too hurriedly, and the middle of the round if you are doing striker is fighting to maintain his good work with it. It is almost im- balance; consequently the timing of possible to get two clubs so exactly the stroke is rendered more difficult. alike in spring, weight, and balance And supposing all goes well, the extra that you cannot tell the difference, distance gained is discounted by the and it ma}' well be that you will re- difficulty of persuading the approach quire a couple of drives or so to to remain within reasonable distance, familiarize yourself with the one in to say nothing of the further diffi- reserve ; these two drives may be but culty of putting, if the ball be oscillat- half hit, and that is quite sufficient ing all the time we are addressing it. sometimes to turn a match. It is Nothing save judgment and experi- proverbially risky to swop horses ence is of much use under such con- when crossing a stream; if playing ditions. In driving against wind, low to your satisfaction, therefore, let tees, or, better still, no tee at all well alone, for you will not better it. should be used ; this is admirable prac- It is different if you are driving bad- tice for playing through the green. ly ; on these sad occasions a change It is often observed that if a player of club will often exorcise the demon, accustom himself to the use of a high more particularly if the spare one be mountain of sand he may certainly of decidedly different weight. There drive the first shot well, but he will are some days when nothing comes be anything but dexterous at the amiss to us—heavy or light, supple really importane one—the second, or stiff—the muscles seem in proper that is, if it has to be played with a trim. A day or two later, again, wooden club. But he who fays his and lo! our driver has transformed ball flat, or even hanging, as do some itself into a cumbersome instrument, artists, in order to cheat the wind, will with no more life in it than a quarter- be master of most situations through GOLF IN THEORY AND PRACTICE 167 the green; he has an additional ad- steel their hearts sufficiently. Allow- vantage also in that he will gain ance is instinctively made for a cer- something in length by using his driv- tain amount of run ; but, as a fact, the er, where the other would not feel ball will not run at all, or very little, safe but with brassey or spoon. In unless it be hit in a very special way. approaching against wind, the great In the writer's opinion, all approaches difficulty with every amateur, short of this sort are perfectly simple and of a really tirst-class player, is to he easy to play, either with an ordinary up the full length of the hole. It cleek or driving mashie; this last is astonishing how easy it is to catch, should be as straight in the face as it can be made. Mr. Forrester, of as one may say, this prevalent dis- Elie, makes an iron that is useful in ease—to find oneself ten, fifteen, or these circumstances; it is so weighted twenty yards short, even though, con- that the mass of metal behind the face scientiously and with all foreknowl- is applied above, or perhaps exactly edge, we put as we fondly hoped suffi- at the center of the ball. If the cient pith into the stroke. A fairly weight be at the bottom of the head, plausible reason for this all but uni- the ball will be lofted high, and vice versal shortcoming (very literally) versa. Use, therefore, a cleek or may be this: the majority play ap- what you please, and play with about proaches of all sorts with an iron ; all the same strength as you would have irons send the ball pretty high into used had you taken your iron, and the the air; it is the one club you call lower trajectory and increased run for when you are plastered up against will save you from the universal re- a high face; an adverse wind makes proach, at least, on an average of an iron shot rise higher than it would occasions. Often the wind blows otherwise—in a calm, for instance, from some angle that makes it ex- thus its tendency is, to use a shoot- tremely difficult to judge whether it ing metaphor, to tower, so much so, is favorable or the reverse. It is that in anything from a stiff breeze perhaps safe to say that, for all ordi- to a strong gale, although perhaps nary purposes, when it comes from a the ball while it was in the air may, direction exactly at right angles to so far as the distance is concerned, your proposed line of flight, from have reached the hole, yet it is blown either side, its general effect is in back, and on touching the ground a measure to retard progress. It is actually rolls backwards towards the perfectly true, however, that there is player. If, in addition to this, the a way of utilizing it, even though it stroke has been what we have de- be slightly more against you than is scribed as of the "bent," distinguished represented by a right angle. Some from the "stiff arm" variety, the spin prefer a wind from the right, some which will have followed as a neces- from the left ; but he is a professor sary consequence will still further re- of high art indeed who can extract tard progress. To make sure of being advantage from it both ways and up, the ball would have required to drive perhaps longer balls than in a carry well up to, or even beyond, the calm. bole; and few there are who could ( To />(' continued) 108 EDITORIAL

It has always been played for under GOLF (he auspices of the Western Golf As- EVERY MONTH sociation, according to the rules of the United States Golf Association. Entered at Post-office at New York as Second Class Matter. Recently, however, the Western Golf ONE YEAR, $2.00. SINGLE COPIES, 25 CENTS Association modified and altered the Postage frit United States, Canada and Mexico To other foreign countries, 36 cents per year Remit by Express rules of the Royal and Ancient club Money Order, Post-office Order, Registered Letter, or of St. Andrews, as adopted by the Check payable to ARTHUR POTTOW. L'nited States Golf Association, and Edited by Van Tassel SutpJien issued its own set of rules. This always seemed to be an ill-advised step, II e stern Representative and the policy is criticised somewhat Joseph G. Davis, Chicago Tribune, severely in this issue of GOLF by a Dearborn and Madison Streets, Chicago recognized authority on the game, Publisher: ARTHUR POTTOW who writes under the signature of 48 West 27th Street New York "( hit of Bounds." But this is so far as the rules affect match play.

The Editor ivtll be glad to receive for considera- It appears that the United States Golf tion Photographs and Contributions on the general sub- Association has given notice that if ject of the game. Stamps should be enclosedJor rt'urn the competition is held under West- postage ij found unavailable. Contributors are re- ern rules none of the Eastern associ- quested to •write their Names and Addresses on the The J back of all MSS. and Photographs. Photographs ations will take part in it. This should be carefully packed and accompanied by descrip- action was doubtless intended to pro- tions of their subjects. Club Secretaries ivill confer a voke a crisis, but it is questionable Jaxror by notifying the Editor of the dates and par- whether the national body is on very ticulars of coming club events, especially open and invitation tournaments. strong ground. Jt must be remembered that the Olympic Trophy is a medal competition, and that the rules A GOLF SCHISM for stroke play govern it. Now, For several years the relations ex- when the Western Golf Association isting between the Western Golf As- tinkered with the rules, it kept its sociation and the United States Golf hands off the rules for play in stroke Association have not been what one competitions, so that these are pre- would describe as cordial. It is not cisely the same under both associa- worth while inquiring into the rea- tions. It is therefore quite immaterial sons for this, and doubtless there are which of these two sets of rules faults on both sides. Matters, how- govern the competition. The dispute ever, appear to be very strained now, is of the utmost importance, as, fail- and in fact the breaking point seems ing a settlement, there will be two to be within measurable distance. The associations in the field, each claim- trouble is over the rules, and particu- ing to be the national body. From larly the competition for the Olympic such a state of things may the game cup. This is a Western event, be preserved. It is altogether too open to teams of four from any recog- good a thing to be wrangled and nized golf association in the world. fought over. Through

The Amateur Championship of the The West wi >e very strongly United States Golf Association will represented, and at this season of be held at the Chicago Golf Club, the year their players are generally Wheaton, 111., September 6th—nth. at the t<>]) df their game. In recent It was held at the same club four tournaments the young men who con- years ago, when it was won by II. stitute the strength of the West have Chandler Egan. The conditions are been going very fast, and one of them precisely the same as last year at should win. Some near-amateurs Garden City, so that they are ap- may enter, but their proceedings do parently proving acceptable. not interest lovers of the game.

Following what has happened in Arden M. Robbins won the Annual previous years, the great majority of Championship of the Kebo Valley club, the competitors will no doubt belong at Bar Harbor, Me., beating Hugo R. to that section of the country where Johnstone in the final, by 4 and 3. the contest is held, and the Eastern Robbins lowered the record to 73, entries are not likely to amount to Austin Diddle won the second cup, more than quarter of the whole. The beating Gouverneur Morris, 1 up, in chances seem to favor the West. The 37 holes. amateur champion, Jerome 1). Trav- ers, appears at the time of writing to be a not probable entrant, and we In the Bretton Woods (X. H.) have no other amateur either amongst golf club tournament, August 12th— the veterans or the younger element 14th, Alex Wilson, the ex-Canadian who command confidence. champion, defeated J. \Y. Yuile in the 170 THROUGH THE GREEN final, by 7 and 6, Wilson also took The Buffalo Park club beat the the low score medal with 7(1, and dur- Oak Hill Country club of Rochester, ing the toum&ment had a 69, beating August 21 st, at Buffalo. A return Alex Smith's record, 70. The second match will he played at Rochester. cup went to W. Vaughan.

\V. C. Chick, the old Harvard player, won the Ivers Cup for the third The Metropolitan Open Champion- time, at Poland Spring, Me. He beat ship will be held at the Wykagyl Hiram Ricker, Jr., in a 36-hole match, Country club, New Rochelle, N. V., by a score of 9 up and 7 to play. September 15th—17th. The first day Travis was not there this year. there will he a 36-hole four-hall competition for amateur and professional, the prizes to be given by the Wykagyl According to an advertisement, club. The championship proper will there is a "real" golf magazine now, be held the next two days, at seventy- and it is edited by a "real" gentle- two holes medal play. The prize man. Happy combination! money amounts to $735. It is a great pity that this fixture clashes with the \\ estern ( )pen. There are not many The Senior's tournament will be opportunities given to our profession- held at the Apawamis club. Rye, N. als and it seems a strange thing to Y., September 29th to 30th. curtail them. Under this arrangement there will he thirty-six boles of handicap medal play for four prizes and eighteen- Miss Dorothy Campbell, British hole handicap medal play for four Ladies' champion, will play in the prizes. The prizes are equally di- Women's Championship at Merion, vided between the main event of October 4th—9th. She will be ac- thirty-six holes and each day's sep- companied by Miss F. Teacher, who arate contest, players if pressed for won the Scottish Championship two time having the privilege of starting years ago, the Misses S. Temple and in either of the heats and to waive G. Spurling, of Westward Ho, and the Marathon race. The start from Mrs. C. H. Gray, of Barnburst. the first tee will be made each morning at 9 o'clock and no scores will be posted after 5:30 o'clock. The eight C. Zuehlin, of Brae Burn, won the prizes will be awarded in this order: chief cup at the Essex (Mass.) Thirty-six Holes—Best gross score, County dub tournament, August 19th second best gross score, first and sec- —2ist. He heat T. M. Claflin, Wol- ond best net scores. Two days' play, laston, in the final, by 2 and 1. A. four prizes. G. Lockwood, Allston, was put out First Day—Best and second best in the second round by 2 and 1, by net scores, two prizes. II. Potter, St. Louis. J. E. Kcdian, Second Day—Best and second hot Woodland, won the medal with yj. net scores, two prizes. THROUGH THE GREEN I 71

All who intend to play are request- ed to send their .Metropolitan Golf Association or club handicap rating to the committee, Horace L. Ilotch- kiss and Edmund C. Converse, at the Apawamis club, on or before Sep- tember 25th. 4* August 21st, the cup offered by Herbert M. llarriman for an 18-hole medal play handicap, at the Newport ( R. I.) golf club, was won by Stuy- vesant Leroy, with 8r, 9-72. Augus- tus Jay, 90, 14-7(1, was second. In the mixed foursomes for the Gam- raell cup, Airs. Nathaniel Thayer and Richard Gambrill beat Airs. Eugene Hale, Ir. ( formerly Miss Eunice Terry), and W. H. Sands, by 7 and 5.

The championship of Xantucket Is- land was played at the Siasconset golf club, and the President's cup, pre- CHARLIE TAFT sented by Digby Bell, was won by Roy D. Webb, Englewood, who beat Hills golf club, Southampton. X. Y., A. E. Barry, Englewood, by 8 and 7. August 5th to 7th. The old Harvard player, Owen Winston, Bernardsville, won the medal witli 81. Winston, ten The well known professional, Wil- years or so ago, was Inter-Scholastic lie Dunn, for so many years in this champion. R. C. Watson and John country, has been appointed profes- M. Ward, both of Westbrook, were sional to the Bramshot golf club, of second with 82, and the ex-Amateur Fleet, Hampshire, England, which champion, E. M. Bycrs, Allegheny has a good 18-hole course. County, had 83.

Harry Yardon seems to have recovered his putting, for he had a 65 In the first round Watson put out recently in England, at the Bude C. B. Macdonald by 2 and 1 ; R. L. and Cornwall course, beating the best Jackson, Williams, heal Ward by 4 ball of two good amateurs by 7 and 5. and 3 ; E. C. Jennings, Nassau, beat Winston by 1, and Byers put out S. K. De Forest, Shinnecock, by 7 There were 69 starters for the an- and 6. B. P. Merriman, Yale captain nual tournament of the Shinnecock and Connecticut champion, was in THROUGH THE GREEN

Harry Yinall, the professional to the Tuxedo (N. Y.) golf club, has been busy breaking records at his course. August 5th he made the eighteen holes in 70 and the thirty-six in 141. The best previous record was held by Yinall, 147. and the late L. S. Kellogg had the best amateur record, 156. Two days later Vinall lowered his record to 69 in a match with C. E. Russmore, of the Wood- bury golf club.

Alex Smith beat Willie Maguire, the club professional, at Maplewood, X. II., by 5 and 4, in a 36-hole match. Smith had 67 and 68. In a four-ball match at Maplewood, C. H. Brown, F. A. MARTIN, VERMONT CHAMPION St. Andrews, and Alex Smith, beat II. P. Farrington, Boston, and Willie the second division and had to play Maguire, by 4 and 3. Their best ball twenty holes to get rid of T. T. Reid, was 131. the Montclair player.

Recently, George B. Martin broke the amateur record of the course at In the second round Watson beat tlie Yountakah Country club, Xutley, Jackson by 2 and i, and Byers beat X. T., going round in 74. The pre- Jennings by 5 and 3. Watson won vious best amateur score was the 75 the final by 4 and 3. Merriman won of Findlay S. Douglas, made last the second cup. E. L. De Forest, summer. Shinnecock, won the third cup, and the fourth cup went to N. H. Lord, Shinnecock. Rev. E. M. Kerridge, A number of Pittsburg players took Amagamsett, won the handicap, with part in the annual tournament of the 180, 30-150. John M. Ward had best Lambton Golf and Country club, On- gross, 87, 80-158. tario, Canada, July 30th—August 4th, which was a very successful affair. Five teams entered for the team match cup, value $250, to be won Frederick A. Martin, of Dartmouth ,- College, who plays from Ekwanok twice. It was won by this team Country club, won the Vermont State from the Oakmont Country dub, Championship at the Mount Anthony Pittsburg: IT. C. Fowncs, W. C Country club, Bennington, Yt. He Fownes, Sr., C. R. Fownes, W. C. beat Percy Jennings, Ekwanok, by 2 Shute. Douglas Laird won the chief and 1 in a 36-hole match. cup, beating Legge in the finals. A STYLE T Carter's Worm Eradicating NEATNESS \ For Golf Courses COMFORT! FERTILIZER Tennis Grounds, Lawns, etc. THE IMPROVED I Instantaneous effects obtained. The worms struggle to the surface of the turf and die, leaving it true and clean BOSTON A GREAT STIMULANT AND FERTILIZER FOR THE GRASS And Guaranteed Non - Poisonous to Animal or Bird Life GARTER Now in use by nearly all the best- *W The Name is stamped on known Clubs in the United States every loop — Be sure it's there and Great Britain, and considerable saving in cost of upkeep effected. The "Practical Greenkeeper," an illustrated booklet of sixty-eight CUSHION pages, will be mailed free upon re- BUTTON quest. For prices and all particulars apply to LIES FLAT TO THE LEG—NEVER SLIPS, TEARS, NOR UNFASTENS PATTERSON, WYLDE & CO. WORN ALL OVER THE WORLD Sole Agents for the United States and Canada Sample pair, Silk 50c., Cotton 25c 102 Chamber of Commerce Building Mailed on receipt of price. BOSTON, MASS. GEORGE FROST CO., Makers or from ARTHUR L. JOHNSON CO., Selling Agents Boston, Miss., U.S.A. 180 Devonshire Street INSIST ON HAVING THE GENUINE BOSTON, MASS. REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES "^—

PETER DAWSON

GREEN CIRCLE WHISKY The Green Circle Golf Ball Scotland's Best Made of the Best Center The Green Circle Ball is coming into its own in Chicago. At the Westward Ho! Golf Course, Chicago, the Sth inst., the three leading players in the tournament used Green Circle balls. Mr. Kuncie Martin established on that day a new amateur record on that course of 72 for the 18 holes. The good players are swearing by the Green Circle anil the demand is increasing. The most resilient and toughest White Gutta Core. The popular Lynx style English marking. Will fly as far as any ball and I'utt and Approach better. Price, AMERICAN AGENTS per dozen, $7 50. The A. H. Kindlay Golf Clubs are made up in the most Waldorf - Astoria popular models of the best seasoned wood and by a superior class of Golf Club Makers, Catalogue free to any address. Importation Co. The latest GOLF Rm.BS will be mailed to any address upon receipt of % cents. NEW YORK CHICAGO WRIGHT & DITSON 344 Washington St., Boston 18 West 30th St., New York 84 Wabash Ave., Chicago •74 III ROUGH THE GREEN

CLUBHOUSE, LAMBTON GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. TORONTO. CANADA number of Pittsburg ladies motored well attended. It is always a highly to Toronto and took part in the enjoyable affair. tournament, Miss Alary Fownes and Mr. Shute being second in the mixed foursome. The Queen's Royal, at Niagara-on- the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, has been very well patronized by golfers this The Hot Springs (Va.) golf club season, and much interest in the game announces its annual fall tournament, has been exhibited. There are two October 5th—8th. The club has an courses at Kiagara-on-the-Lake and excellent 18-hole course of 5,100 they both afford a good test of the yards and its tournaments are very

BOMB OP T11 !•: I'LAYKItS AT Tl I K I.AM USttN 1 «>l: His AM KV *•

« * floating round in the liquid depths of a High Ball made of * HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE strongly suggests how to keep cool during the hot weather Sold at all first-class cafes and by jobbers. WM. LANAH AN & SON, Baltimore, Md.

One hundred and Our pamphlet, "The seven years in Seeding and Preser- business in New vation of Golf York City. Links," revised edi- tion, mailed free on request. Autumn sowing is recommended from the latter part of August to the end of September.

Always on hand a large stock of the Shall be pleased to recommend suit- FINEST TURF-FORMING GRASSES. able kinds for all conditions of soil, climate or situation. J.M.THORBVUN <& CO., 33 Barclay Si., through to 38 Park Place. N.Y. City Our SKKJ> C'atalot;u>- Ki'.-icly January 1st / Our BULB Catalogue Ready August LBth fBOTH MAI^ED FREE

175 THROUGH THE GREEN

Every phase of the game conies under notice, from the seasoned veteran to the novice. The latter sings:

"And this is the game, begad! You said was unlimited fun. It's put me all to the bad, You damn old son-of-a-gun! I've tried every way that I know- To eye that ball—but gee! What I need is a ball to keep A fatherly eye on me."

Mr. Webling writes gracefully and v with point, and the proper golfing spirit pervades his verses. The book ought to be on the table of every golf club, and golfers should keep it by them. To turn its pages will give Miss Hart and .Miss Harvey, two Of the players at Lambton you a taste of the game and solace you until you, as Mr. Webling says, The H. M. Caldwell Co., of Bos- ton and New York, have published "Bring out your clubs and polish a volume of verse by W. Hastings The rust and dust away; Webling, entitled "Fore! the Call of Bring out your boots and sweater the Links." Mr. Webling has for And the balls you love to play; some time been a contributor to GOLF, Far out upon the links, boys, so that its readers are familiar with The greens are Waiting fair, the quality of his work. In the dedi- To give you sport and pleasure, cation, Mr, Webling gives the key- That you alone can share."' note to his writing—that of fraternity. The volume is very attractively printed, with golf pictures on every When Anglo-Saxons meet on top of page. The price is 75 cents. God's creation. It matters not what flag we fly, or what may be our nation ; One mutual "link" unites us all, and grips above all others— The National Freight Traffic Golf A bond most true, that binds anew, Association had its summer tourna- and brands each golfer—brothers! ment at the Fox Hills golf dub, RULESforaGAMEonHONOR kk IN A GARDEN OF LIES "The Revised Rules of Golf" VIYELLA FLANNEL Registered As approved by ihe Royal and Ancienl Colt Club of St. Andrewi FOR This comprehensive little booklet is yours for the asking. Among its contents are found definitions, Men's Shirts for Golf, Polo. rules for match play and stroke competition, Tennis, etc., aJso Ba.th Robes recommendations for local rules, the form and make of golf clubs, and the etiquette of golf. Every a.nd follower cf the game, no matter how well-informed, will find it of inestimable value. Women's Shirt Waists and Shirt Write today. There's no W».ist Suits string to it. You'll be glad to get it. Address PHILIP MORRIS & CO., Ltd. Children's Layettes 403 West Broadway New York ,

••VIYELLA1' can be obtained 2J the leading Retail Stores and Men's Furnishers DOES NOT SHRINK "I LOVE POSSUM, but Oh, You Golf!"

V Let Don all High Grade Golf Clubs Look lor this Trade Mark N.Y. ^i J-V w wi The game consists in each side PUTTING (jllljf * a t>all into a h°le by successive strokes. The hole is won by the side using "BRAID-MILLS" ALUMINUM PUTTER as used by many leading Amateurs nd Pr including JAMES BRAID, C Ch Price, $2.50 Each LOGAN'S BRAID'S "Autogra ph "GENII" Cleek, Mid- Heavy Iron, Have Special Mashie, iron, Mashie, Mashie confidence Special Niblick, — the club Niblick, Putting Cleelc. and Putter. $2.50 is RIGHT $2.50 Each. each. when you purchase one shafted by us. Thomas Stewart's Send for famous PIPE BRAND VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD Golf Catalogue. Irons. $2.00 Each. FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING 200 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. City

VARDON'S IRONS WILSON'S IRONS GIBSON'S IRONS Special Ribbed Facei O. K. Special Five-pointed Star $2.00 each $2.00 each $2.00 each i78 THROUGH THE GREEN

Staten Island, N. \\, August 3d—5th. Some years ago the international J. S. Marvin won the championship, matches between Canada and this beating C. M. Booth by 4 and 2. country were abandoned, but now, on D. F. llunl won the Beaten Eight the initiative of the Royal Canadian cup, finishing 1 up on W. B. Grose- Golf Association, they are to be re- close. W. S. Howell won the handi- sumed again. This body has agreed cap with 91, 20-71. The one-day with the United States Golf Associa- tournament was won by F. H. But- tion that a ten-a-side match shall take terworth. place at Garden City in October, and thereafter at such places as may be agreed upon. David Ogilvie, the Morris County Ltll.1 professional, recently made that .it'.S course in 69. Max Behr has the The sure Canadian representatives amateur and competitive record, 71. would be Messrs. Lyon and Martin of the Larnbton club, Toronto; Messrs. Legge, Canadian Amateur John Pearson, the Richmond Coun- champion, and Laird of the Toronto ty professional, had a 71 at his home golf club: Mr. Reith of the club early in August, equalling the Beaconsfield club, Montreal; Mr. record of the course held by himself. Mutton, another Beaconsfield player; Mr. Reekie, Lambton, and Mr. Glenn July 31st, Dunwoodie (X. Y.) Moss, Toronto. Mr. Leveson Gower Country club heat Siwanoy Country of Ottawa would be a probability if club by 17 to 13. available, but he will be absent in Western Canada in October. Other 4. probabilities are Austin of the Lamb- George Sargent, the Open cham- ton club : Alec Wilson of Royal, Mon- pion, was beaten in a 36-hole match treal, last year's amateur champion in Van Cortlandt Park by Gilbert of Canada; Ross, Toronto golf club; Nicholls, July 28th. In the morning Morgan and Morris of Beaconsfield; Nicholls was 1 up. In the afternoon Lees of Outremont, and Garneau of Sargent had a bad putting streak and Quebec. The choice rests with the lost by 8 and 6. The scores were: executive of the Royal Canadian Golf Nicholls, 72, 74-14(1. Sargent, ji,, Association, and Mr. Ross is taking 82-155. the sense of the members.

A team from the Oakland (N. Y.) S. I'. Jermain recently made the golf dub has won the International first hole of the Inverness club of cup at the Carlsbad golf club, and as Toledo, in I. ' this is their third victory, it becomes * their absolute property. The team was: Tolui B. McDonald, Judge The famous Calcutta cup of the Henry Gildersleeve, and T. F. Royal and Ancient club of St. An- Murphy. drews has been won by Captain R. -*p» GOLF SARGENT AUTOGRAPH DRIVERS AND BRASSEYS $3.00 SARGENT AUTOGRAPH IRONS (All Models) - 50 L. & U. PATENT SOCKET DRIVERS AND BRASSEYS 50 IMPORTED GIBSON IRONS (All Models) 2.25 IMPORTED GIBSON LOGAN AUTOGRAPH 50 IMPORTED GIBSON BRAID AUTOGRAPH 50 IMPORTED GIBSON MASSY AUTOGRAPH 50 IMPORTED GIBSON DOMINIE PUTTERS 2.50 L. & U. HAMMER-HEAD PUTTERS - 2.50 L. & U. SPECIAL KILGOUK MATCH PUTTERS - 2.50 All Clubs Have the L. & U. Specially Prepared Horse-Hide Grips LEATHER & CANVAS CADDY-BAGS ... - $2.50 to $7.00 All Makes of Rubber Covered Balls WHITE DIAMOND - - doz. $9.00 BLACK DIAMOND - - - doz. 6.00 SWEATERS, JACKETS, SHOES, ETC. LEE & UNDERHILL 98 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK

The Caloris Bottle FRED. H. DECKER, Sole Agent 503 Fifth Ave., cor. 42d St., N. Y. PHONE: 4^56 MURRAY HILL No Vacation Trip complete without a "Calorie" Bottle FORE! First: Keeps drinks piping hot for 30 hours, or ice cold for 84 hours. THE CALL Second : It is the only bottle that can be properly sterilized or cleaned. OF THE LINKS Third: Our guarantee is back of every bottle. B, W. Hastings Webling Nickel or Aluminum, Pints $3.50 Nickel or Aluminum. Quarts 5.50 Illustrated Nursing Bottles, 8 Ounce . 3.00 Tea ami < Soffee Pots, Dedicated Ice Water Pitchers, etc. Call and lei us ilHinonsiiiite tlif intrits "To Golfers All" of Caiorla Every lover of the game will enjoy the 96 pages which are brim- ful of bright and witty Magnet Worm Eradicator rhymes about golf and TUCKER'S and Fertilizer golfing. Printed in Is a concentrated, perfect, soluble, green on coated paper. complete fertilizer and worm eradi- Illustrated on every cator, for putting greens, grass tennis courts, lawns, etc. page. Size 7 V x 4'2. It will positively eradicate worms Price 75 cents. and produce a close, even growth of grass, and not conducive to ants as are others. Trial will convince. KNOW ABOUT Highly recommended and used fry the leading clubs. IIV BIGHTBSN HOLB8 Prices, Circulars, and Testimonials Sent lH*i-«^e Ui>t>ii Ret^nest upon application to WILLIE TUCKER, Professional and Grecnkeeper H. M. CALDWELL COMPANY Ardsley-on-Hudson, N. Y. NEW YORK PUBLISHERS BOSTON

y i8o THROUGH THE GREEN

A. Anstruther, who played from changing as they are in golf. A drive scratch. There were sixty-one com- that might run 350 yards downhill petitors. would not go 250 yards on the flat, + and on one day a score of 75 may be a much better performance than a 70 It has been suggested in England the next on the same course, owing that a match should be arranged be- to differences in the wind, state of tween amateurs and professionals, the ground, etc. In other sports true similar to the matches in cricket that records are possible, because the con- have been played annually for many ditions are constant. But this is not years between Gentlemen and Play- the case in golf; so that when we ers. At cricket the amateurs and pro- read of a record drive or record score fessionals have had many a hard it really amounts to little more than struggle, but it is to be feared that a that an exceptional performance has similar fixture at golf would be very been done, as the result of exception- one-sided. Mr. Hilton apparently all favorable conditions." thinks that such an event would not be very popular with the professionals, as he says "they might not relish the idea of being beaten by the George Low, of Baltusrol, and mere amateurs." Orrin Terry, of Canoe Brook, have just played a 72-hole match, and Low finished 1 up at Baltusrol. In the The golfers of Great Britain are in first thirty-six holes played at Canoe arms against the modern Jack Cade, Brook, Terr_\- was 1 up. as they style Mr. Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It seems that that gentleman's finance proposals include a tax on undeveloped land, Theodore R. Plunkett, Adams, won and it is contended if it becomes the Berkshire County Golf Champion- law, the financial position of most ship at the Pittsfield ( Alass.) Coun- clubs will become very seriously af- try club. There were twenty-two fected, while in many cases it will starters and Plunkett had low score, mean that the club will have to close 163, for the thirty-six holes. The altogether. Golf and cricket clubs handicap was won by E. J. Noble, are signing a petition against the Adams, with 170, 8-162. Budget proposal.

The London Globe says: "Even if officially authenticated, it is open to In the final of the Woman's goli question whether a phenomenal drive tournament for the lvers cup, at Po- or score at golf is worthy of being- land Spring, Me., Mrs. 11. P. Dixon, classed as a record. There can be of Wallingford, Pa., beat Miss Helen no proper 'record' in a game where B. Fay, of Lexington, Mass., 6 up a11( the conditions are so constantly ' 4- ^Champion Golf Ball Marker

THE LINE-O-GRAPH "ASK ANY USER" (SECOND SEASON ON THE MARKET I The only perfect device for marking EITHER DIRT OR GRASS Tennis Courts, etc. Marks perfect Marks your Initials Indelibly on your lines with Liquid on any surface. No court com- Golf Balls. Does not mutilate the ball. plete without it. The Line-O-Graph has been enthusiastically Does away with the annoyance of some adopted by clubs and private court owners, etc., other player playing with your ball. everywhere. Write at once for full particulars and testi- Is a positive means of identification. monials. Sent Post Paid for $1.00. W. A. JOHNSON J. J. BLUMBERG Office and Works, YONKERS, N. V. 1123 49th Street BROOKLYN, N. Y.

Virginia Hot Springs Golf Club

OF HOT SPRINGS, VA.

ANNOUNCE THEIR Annual Fall Tournament

TO BE HELD

OCTOBER 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th

H. T. TALIAFERRO, Secretary

181 182 THROUGH THE GREEN

(>swald Kirkby, Englewood, has Southern Notes, by Percy II. made a new 36-hole amateur record Whiting, will be resumed next month. for his dub course, 145. In the morning he had 73 and in the after- Attention is directed to the "Caloris noon 72. There will be a big club Bottle," which is quite a necessity in handicap on Labor Day, for prizes these days of long trips. Besides presented by George C. Clustin. keeping drinks hot or cold it is claimed for it that it is the only bottle that can be properly sterilized or cleansed. It must seem to most people that •§• we do some things better in golf than The Champion Golf Ball Marker they do in tennis. We make our seems to have caught on with golfers champion play through the whole con- everywhere. Reports of constant and test and they allow him to stand out increasing sales are made, and it is and come in perfectly fresh to meet ( without doubt the most popular Suites (wH a somewhat jaded opponent. marker with players. 111

ALLS! Oit boh

OX fHE COURSE, LAMBTON GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB We offer you the most delightful Hotel accommodation at moderate cost-in the centre of ^everything worth while HOTEL EMPIRE BROADWAY NEW YORK and f 63d St. CITY

Rooms (use of bath) Restaurant noted for its Rooms (with bath) excellent cooking, effi- Suites (with bath) cient service and mod- FIVE MINUTES WALK TO SHOPPING erate prices AND AMUSEMENT CENTRES Send for Guide of New Yorlc—Free ALL STREET CARS One Minute to "L" and Subway W. JOHNSON QUINN, Prop.

• GREAT LAKE TRIPS All ports on the Great Lakes are reached regularly by the excellent service of the D & C Lake Lines. The ten large steamers are safe, speedy and com- fortable. Every boat is of modern steel construction and equipped with the Clark Wireles., Telegraph Service. The D & C Lake Lines operate daily trips between Buffalo and Detroit, Cleveland and Detroit, four trips per week between Toledo, Detroit, Mackinac and wayports, and two trips per week between Detroit, Bay City, Saginaw and wayports. Special steamer leaves Cleveland twice a week direct for Mackinac, stopping at Detroit every trip and Goderich, Ont., every other trip. Send two cent stamp for illustrated Pamphlet and Great Lakes Map. RAIL TICKETS Address: L. G. Lewis, G. P. A., Detroit, Mich. •AVAILABLE ON ALL STEAMERS

P. H. McMILLAN, President A. A. SCHANTZ. Gen. Mgr. DETROIT & CLEVELAND NAVIGATION CO.

-.dZ. >t?,£ FIXTURES

September i—4.—Denver Country September 22 — 25 — Allegheny Club. Colorado Championship. Country Club. Western Pennsylvania September 2—4.—Van Cortlandt Golf Association Championship. Park, New York. Herald Cup September 23—25—Morris County Tournament. Golf Club, Convent, N. J. Invitation September 4—Worcester (Mass.) tournament. Golf Club. Open tournament. September 25—2-j—White Marsh \ alley Country Club, Pennsylvania September 4—Bellevue Golf Club, Slate Championship. Melrose, Mass. Open tournament. September 28—October 2.—Evans- September 4.—Chicago Golf Club, ton Golf Club, Kansas City. Mis- Wheaton, 111. < >lympicChampionship. souri Championship. September 5—7—White Marsh September 20. — 30. — Apawamis Valley Country Club, Philadelphia. Club, Rye. X. V. Senior's Tourna- Imitation tournament. ment. September f>—7.—Intervale Coun- ( Ictober 1— 2—White Marsh Val- try Club. New Hampshire Champion- ley Country Club, Philadelphia. Les- ship. ley Cup matches. September 6 — 11. — Chicago Golf October 2.—Myopia Hunt Club. Club. Amateur Championship of Open tournament. United States Golf Association. October 4 — 9. — Merion Cricket September 9.—Philadelphia Cricket Club, Haverford, Pa. United States Club. Philadelphia Open Champion- Golf Association Women's Cham- ship. pionship. September 10—11—Chestnut Hill October 5—8.—Hot Springs (Va.) Golf Club. Open tournament. Golf Club Annual Fall Tournament. September 13 — 18. — Apawamis October 6—7—Wollaston Golf Club. Inter-Collegiate Championship. Club. Open tournament. September 15—17. — Wykagyl October 7—9—Philadelphia Crick- Country Club, New Rochelle, X. Y. et Club. Invitation tournament. Metropolitan Open Championship. October 8—9—Chestnut Hill Golf September 16—17.—Skokie Coun- Club. Open tournament. try Club, Glencoe, 111. Western ()pen October 14—16—Country Club, Championship. Brookline. Open tournament. September [6 — 18 — Philadelphia Cricket Club. St. Martin's Ninth An- October 14—16.—Montclair (N. J.) nual Invitation tournament for the Golf Club. Invitation tournament. Philadelphia Cup of the Golf Asso- October if)—19—Oakley Country ciation of Philadelphia. Club. Open tournament. September 16 — 18 — Woodland October 18—19.—St. David's Golf Golf Club. Open tournament. Club, Philadelphia. Seventh Annual September 18—Vesper Country contest for the Mary Thayer Farnum Club, Lowell, Mass. ( )pen tournament. Memorial Cup. AUTO WATCHUNC GOLF RUN MOUNTAINS DRIVES HOTEL Minutes from Broadway ami 'JO Mimitea from Philadelphia. Truell EARLINGTON (Formerly Hotel Nether wood. 1 An Ideal Summer Home. Open All Year. 55 WEST 27th STREET Erected at a Cost of One Half Million Dollars. Near Broadway, NEW YORK

well known, absolutely fireproof hotel, after being entirely reno- vated, redecorated and fitted up complete with new plumbing, has now re- opened. Rates from $1.00 and up With Bath, $2.00 and up

Special rates by the season or year for permanent guests. A special feature will be the cuisine, both in 3 Minutes from Station. the dining room and in the new cafe for ladies TEN ACRES OF BEAUTIFUL SHADE HIGH AND DRY and gentlemen. A la Carte and Table d'Hote. NOT TOO HOT, HOT TOO COLD, JUST RIGHT Hotel under the management of AMIDST JERSEY'S PICTURE LANDS Healthful Climate. Excellent Views GUERNSEY E. WEBB Also Truell Inn ami Truell Court. Formerly of the Ansonia J»irf t'.r Rook let autl Kates.

Do You Want "Golf" Sent to Hnnounccmcnt Your Address Absolutely Free Our regular Semi-cAnnual Sale ivill take place during the month of June. for the Rest of Your Life? You are cordially invited to inspect A small amount of money invested in LARCHMONT FARM secures a good in- come with a safe investment, and a sulj- scription to GOLF as long as you are a stockholder. Read their adv. on page 3S3, fill out the coupon and mail it to them today.

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

To any subscriber of GOLF wishing to make an investment we refer you to LARCHMONT FARM, a New York Corporation whose full page advertisement appears else- Aftcr Iuly I5th to where in these columns. 534 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK CITY

-* FIVE-FOOT-TEN-INCH jfltnmture (Trade Marked)

S proving a constant and increasing source of wonderment and delight to all musicians and music-lovers. Scientific experiments and acoustical I researches have determined the exact size, namely, five feet ten inches, necessary to reproduce the remarkable attributes and qualities of our larger Grand Pianos. Any Grand under this size crosses the danger line, as it cannot yield a tonal result superior to that of the discarded Square or the present Upright Piano. The full, rich and sweet tone of the Steinway Miniature Grand and its dainty appearance are already giving the utmost satisfaction to thousands of purchasers, and we recommend a thorough examination and trial of this unique instrument to anybody desirous of possessing a Grand Piano, but who does not wish to exceed the investment of $800 in a Piano purchase. STEINWAY & SONS Steinway Hall, 107 and 109 East Fourteenth Street, New York Subway Express Station at the Door

[86 ALEX SMITH GEORGE LOW United States Open Champion, 1906 GOLF CLUB MAKER Western Open Champion, 1906 Eastern Professional Champion and Florida Open Champion Has always on hand a large stock of Clubs of every Has a large and well-selected stock of description. Drivers and brasseys made from the best HAND-MADE CLUBS always in seasoned wood obtainable. stock, made from the very best material, Stewart's Hand Forged Iron Heads carefully finished and well seasoned PRICES ON APPLICATION Mail Orders Receive Prompt At- tention NO MACHINE MADE CLUBS Every Iron Head warranted hand forged Why struggle with a cleek any WRITE FOR PRICES longer? Get a " Baffy Spoon" Mail orders promptly attended to ALEX SMITH GEORGE LOW BALTUSROL GOLF CLUB WYKAOYL COUNTRY CLUB NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK Springfield, N. J.

WEAK ANKLES AUTOMOBILE CROOKED HEELS ^TOURING PARTIES-^ NATHAN'S pat. ventilating corset ankle sup- ports for weak or sprained ankles, chil- When Passing Through Cincinnati Will Be Assured " dren learning to walk, skating and of a Royal Welcome and Royal Accommodations at The athletics. Are recommended by sur- geons and physicians. Price, men's and ladies', 75c. pair. Children, 60c. pair. All sizes. GIBSON HOUSE NATHAN'S PATENT ANTI- OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS Or THE CROOKED SHOE CUSHIONS CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE CLUB Because of This, We Make Very Special Low Rates Keeps shoes from running over. Worn in- To All Automohilists, en tour. side of shoes. Price, 35c. pair. All sizes. At all shoe stores, or sent by mail on re- Regular Rates, European Plan, $1.50 and Up ceipt of price. NATHAN NOVELTY MFG. CO. THE A. G. CORRE HOTEL CO. Depl. 214. 88 Reade St.. New York L CORNEI.HS A. BURKHARDT, President and Manager J

MAKERS of GOLF CLUBS We have a large force of experienced chili makers, and use the best materials obtainable in all clubs turned out. We make a specialty of making clubs to order of any desired model or brand for dealers in golf supplies. We make dubs for some of the largest retail dealers, also wholesale, in the country. It will save you money to let us quote you prices, before you order your golf supplies fur this year.

P. G. Manufacturing Company, HOMEWOOD, ILL, (Consisting of some of the best known club makers in America) An Ideal Fruit and Poultry Farm

Description of a New Yorfy Farm Conducted on Scientific Principles

PON the west bank of the Hudson River, about a hundred miles from New \ ink City, there is located in the quiet little village of West Camp U a model farm known as Larchmont Farm. Not long ago a company was organized under New York State laws to engage in raising fruit and poultry products for the New York City market, and the selection of a site for a farm was immediately begun. It seemed at first as though the project must be abandoned, for although nearly three hundred farms were considered, there was not one that met all the requirements specified. In Mime the water supply was insufficient, in others shipping facilities were poor, some were too far from New York City, etc. The company considered the Following as being the general requirements of a site suitable for the industry:— 1. Proximity to New York City. 2. A large frontage on the Hudson River near a dock. 3. Land elevated so that from some spot entire farm could be seen. 4. Convenient facilities for freight and express shipments by rail. 5. Land must be well drained. 6. Land must slope to the south or east. 7. Must contain several hundred young fruit trees. 8. Must contain a stream with abundant water supply. 9. A fertile soil free from stones. 10. Must contain some timber. 11. Telephone facilities. 12. Telegraph facilities. 13. Should have some sand, gravel for roads, and stone for buildings. Finally a farm was thrown cm the market which the owner had recently inherited. This farm was visited and inspected by the company and immediately purchased, as every requirement had been met. Considering the remarkable adaptability, the farm was purchased for a sum far below its intrinsic value. It is an interesting fact that the company in less than two months after purchasing, were offered for one-tenth of the farm as much as they paid for the entire tract. Development work soon commenced, and as a result the company owns a splendid one-hundred acre farm, unsurpassed in fertility, and located in the fruit belt of the beautiful Hudson Valley. On the west the tall peaks of the Catskill range of mountains; on the east the Berkshire Hills in Massachusetts; to the south the Shawangunk Mountains; while by the farm runs the Hudson River, visible for twenty miles. The river frontage of the farm is about three thousand feet. A narrow -trip of land was purchased running Irom the farm to the railroad station, over which a private road was built. This road shortened the distance to the railroad station from two miles to a thousand feet. By railroad express shipments reach New York City in about three and a half hours. A steamboat landing adjoins the property, where shipments to New York in the evening reach there the next morning. For shipping facilities there are few farms as well located.

iSS From the extreme north end of the farm the land slopes to the south and east. Here the office building" and manager's house were erected, where a view of the entire farm is obtained. The land is well drained, fertile and free from stones. There are at present about five thousand young fruit trees just coming into bearing. They consist of many varieties of apple, pear, peach, plum, cherry, and quince, with an abundance of small fruits as currants, berries, grapes, etc. These are maintained in tile highest state of productiveness by modern scientific agricultural methods, the products shipped to the "fancy trade" in an attractive manner, and the highest prices obtained. Through the farm runs a stream furnishing an average flow of 120,000 gallons daily. This is fed by a number of never failing springs of pure cold water. Additional water is obtained from wells, one of which runs one hundred and thirty-six feet into the earth through solid rock. A portion of the farm is in timber, much of which is cedar. There is also sand, gravel, and rock which is used for buildings and roads. There is not an acre of marsh or waste land on the farm. Outside of the woodland the entire farm is arable. The location is dry and healthful—so essential to success with poultry. Telephone and telegraph communication is available, and every facility for the rapid and satisfactory handling of business has not been overlooked. Ice may be obtained from the Hudson in any quantity. Main- of the buildings are already up. They have been designed to reduce labor expenses to a minimum and to afford convenience. The location and contour of the land is such as to afford an excellent air drainage for all parts of the farm, which in a large measure insures against destruction from late spring frosts so damaging to fruit buds in some localities. The soil is deep, rich, and black, and contains an abundance of humus, and showing by the tree and vegetable growth on the land to contain plenty of available plant food of all kinds. The physical and chemical composition of the soil make the farm ideally adapted to the production of fine quality fruit. Fruit grown at Larchmont Farm attains remarkable size owing to the care given the orchards, and cannot be surpassed for richness of flavor and coloring. A large yield is always assured. Scientific fruit culture and poultry raising are two of the most profitable business enterprises known, and in which this company are making a grand success. The demand for their products is unlimited. The incorporators of the company owning this farm decided that modern "High Finance" would not be desirable and to the best interests of stockholders, and have therefore kept the capitalization low. Although the assets of the company are over $60,000.00, the capitalization is only $20,000.00, which is divided into two hundred shares, full paid and non-assessable, with a par value of $100. The company is offering the balance of its unsubscribed stock to investors at par, in order to complete development work. No bonds or preferred stock has been issued, thus giving the shareholders the first lien on the company's earnings. The officers of the company are assuring stockholders of the future brilliant success of their enterprise, by agreeing to receive no compensation for their services until after dividends of 24% are earned. With these dividends and the assets behind the company, the value of the stock will be greatly enhanced and will mean a profit of many hundred per cent, for present stockholders and those subscribing to the present offering. The company is putting out a prospectus which deals with the science of investment, and describes the enterprise, with an outline of the poultry business. This prospectus is mailed postpaid to any investor requesting it. The company is quite sound financially, and with every prospect of increasing revenues each year. With the issuing of the balance of its treasury stock, the plant will be fully equipped and turning out its maximum with the efficiency the additional capital will provide. If you are looking for a safe and sound investment where the element of risk is eliminated and large dividends assured, write to LARCHMONT FARM, INC., Box 110 WEST CAMP, N. Y. Who will be glad to receive your subserip tion until the balance of its stock is subscribed.

t8o WHEN YOU COME TO NEW YORK YOU MUST LIVE SOMEWHERE 17 CENTS A DAY WHY NOT BUYS AN OLIVER A FIREPROOF HOTEL OF THE HIGHEST CLASS HOTEL FREDERICK Broadway, at 210 West 56th Street (Near Central Park) Save Your Pennies and Own NEW YORK CITY Tlje *_ All rooms large and airy, American and European Plan, at moderate prices, with special rates by the month, season or year. OLIVET} Situated in the best residential part of the city and convenient to Subway, Elevated and Five Surface Car lines. The Standard Visiblt Writer Can you spend 17 Cent! a day to better advantage Special Rates for the Summer Months. than in the purchase of this wonderful machine ? Write tor Special Easy Payment Proposition or see J. HOFFER, Proprietor the nearest Oliver Agent. Late ol Hotel Cecil, London Ghezireh Palace, Cairo The Oliver TypewriterCompany Galle Face Hotel, Ceylon, Etc. 310 Broadway, New York City, New York

Hotel Cumberland NEW YORK S. W. COR. BROADWAY AT 54th STREET Near 50th Street Subway Station and 53d Street Elevated

"Broadway" Cars from Grand Central Depot pass the door Only N. Y. Hotel with Window Screens throughout

NEW, MODERN, AND ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF Most Attractive Hotel in New York. All Outside Rooms Transient Rates, $2.50 with bath and up Special Rates for Permanent Guests 10 Minutes' Walk to 20 Theatres

SEND FOR BOOKLET

HARRY P. STIMSON R. J. BINGHAM Formerly with Hotel Imperial Formerly with Hotel Woodward

190 GOLFERS' HOTEL DIRECTORY

Length Course Rates City Hnfpl Open Greens Holes Yards Day Week Asheville. N. C The Manor 9 2,450 All year Clay Augusta, Ga Bon Air 18 5,853 1 4 Dec.-May Sand Belleair, Fla Btlleview.. . . 18 5,800 No chg. Jan.-Apr. Turf Camden, S. C Kirkwood 9 2,800 Sand Coronado, Cal del Coronado .. 9 3,000 % 2 All year Sand Hot Springs, Va Old Homestead. 18 5,iou All year Lake Placid, N. Y... Stevens House.. 9 June-Nov. Turf Niagara-on-the-Lake, 1 9 2,447! Turf Ontario, Canada. . Queen's Royal. {18 5,000! June-Oct. Pinehurst, N. C*.... Carolina 18 6,013 1 4 Nov.-May Sand Pinehurst, N. C* .... Holly Inn 18 5,797 1 4 Nov.-May Sand Pinehurst, N. C*. .,. Berkshire 9 2,906 1 4 Dec.-May Sand Summerville, S. C.. . Pine For't Inn.. 18 Dec.-May Sand Vittel, Vosges, France C) May-Sept. Turf

"Guests at Pinehurst hotels can play on all of the three courses.

MRS. WINSLOW'S - FOR CHILDREN TEETHINC - We are the Manufacturers For tale by all l>nicci-<«. 25 Cents a bottle. A RECORD OF OVER SIXTY- FIVE YEARS For over sixty-five years MRS. WINS- LOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used by mothers for their children while teething. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth? If so, send at once and get a bottle of "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for Children Teething. The value is incalculable. It will relieve the poor little suf- ferer immediately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about it. It cures diar- rhoea, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, cures 'Wind Colic, softens the Gums, reduces Inflammation and gives tone and energy to the whole system. "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for children teething is pleasant to the taste and is the prescription of one of the old- of "Willowcraft," the finest grade of French Willow est and best female physicians and nurses in Furniture. Our prices are reasonable and the quality the United States, and is for sale by all drug- of our gnods cannot be surpassed. Send tor catalogue gists throughout the world. Price, twenty-five it interested. cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP." Guar- THE WILLOWCRAFT SHOPS anteed under the Food and Drugs Act, June Box H - NORTH CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 30, 1906. Serial Number 1098.

TC,r

^ LESSONS IN EVERY GOLFER SHOULD READ GOLF

OPEN CHAMPION AND WESTERN OPEN CHAMPION, 1906

|HE latest and best book on the Royal and Ancient game. Every part of the game is discussed in these " Lessons," and the instruction is furnished in simple, clear and direct language. The directions given are free from complication, concise, and absolutely to the point. Every golfer who wants to improve his game should give the book his most careful study. ^[ In addition to what has appeared in GOLF the book contains a large number ot new illustrations and much added text of a very valuable nature.

ALF.X SMITH

"Whatever he may have to say upon the game is "The new book covers the subject in a compre- certain to rind readers who will benefit by his hensive manner."—Chicago Record-Herald. instructions."—2V. )'. Evening Post. "The book is highly interesting and instructive." " Beginners and even experts can derive any —X }\ Tribune. amount of help from the book. The text is remarkable for its clearness and simplicity. It is an author- • His instructions to golf players are plain and to itative anH complete guide that all golfers and the point. The pictures are particularly flue ex- intending golfers will want."—If. >*. Sun. amples of half-tone printing."—Philadttphie PreM,

Cloth, 90 Illustrations; 48 West 27th Street postpaid, $2.00 New York City

192 Slazenger SOCKET Golf Clubs Patented

Special Department Longest and Straighest Drivers for duplicating and Brassies made old Clubs

Ask the International champions

Shaft is screwed and glued into head of Club and cannot become loose in Socket. Shaft is in direct line with ball. FRANK L. SLAZENGER The Oldest Established Golf Goods Mouse- in the United States 8 WEST 28th STREET NEW YORK Between Broadway and Fifth Avenue

GOLffr

e Im r ov ement the ra,, i u l P . , - 'Charging Motor," has made possible the building of Flectric Launches which are independent of all outside electrical supply, making them serviceable for use on all mountain lakes, rivers and the remote sections of the country. "The Ideal Launch "All the com- orts of a summer cottage piazza while afloat; can be operated by a lady. Visitors are always welcome to.nspect our stock of various sizes, 21 ft. and upwards. Elco High Speed Gasoline Boa s ''WilTse ve re^p" Sfc cents%orUpomstkbgee **" °" La"Cl" °Ur *»«**> U=ted ^^ «* * •« THE ELECTRIC LAUNCH CO. Marrnoffice and Works, Avenue A, Bayonne, N. J. I'

The

SPALDING GLORY SPALDING BLACK AND WHITE Dimples

A. G. SPALDING & BROS.

HEW YORK SYRACUSE, N. Y. CHICAGO MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. 39 Sixth Street. South """124-128 Nassau St. University Block 147-149 Wabash Ave. 1 1,,, H n BALTIMORE, MD. ST. LOUIS, MO. ST. PAUL, MIHB. 29-33 West 42d St. 20S East Baltimore St. 710 Pine Street 386 Minnesota Street BOSTON, MASS. WASHINGTON, D. C. CINCINNATI. 0. KANSAS CITY, MO. 141 Federal Street 709 14th Street, N. W. 27 East Fifth Street 1111 Walnut Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Colorado Building) Fountain Square DENVER, COL. 1210 Chestnut Street NEW ORLEANS, LA. CLEVELAND, 0. 1616 Arapahoe Street 140 Carondelet Street 741 Euclid Avenne SAN FRANCISCO. CAl. PITTSBURG PA. ATLANTA, GA. 43<> Wood Street COLUMBUS, 0. 156-158 Geary Street 74 N.Broad Street 191 South High Street BUFFALO, N. Y. MONTREAL. CANADA SEATTLE. WASH. 44.? St. James Street DETROIT, MICH. 711 Second Avenoe 611 Main Street 254 Woodward Avenue LONDON, ENGLAND (Three Stores^ EDINBURGH,SCOTLAND SYDNEY. AUSTRAlIA 7H Cheapside, 317-318 High Holborn. W. C. 3 South Charlotte St. (cor. Princes St ) 228 Clarence Street West End Branch: 29 Haymarket, S. W. BIRMINGHAM. ENGLAND, 57 New Street