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WILMINGTON COUNTRY CLUB. VIEW OF SEVENTEENTH HOLE TAKEN FROM NEAR THE TEE
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VOL. XVIII. APRIL-MAY, 1906 NOS. 4 and 5
WILMINGTON COUNTRY CLUB
HHE selection of the golf course The club house, erected at a cost of of the Wilmington Country Club $25,000, furnishes from its wide piaz- at Wilmington, Del., for the 1906 zas a view of a large portion of the tournament of the Middle Atlantic course. It is thoroughly equipped with Golf Association (made up of Dela- every convenience for comfort and ware, Maryland, District of Columbia, pleasure, including dining rooms, cafe, and Virginia clubs), to be held Sep- tember 2~, 28 and 29, makes a short parlors, locker rooms, shower baths, account of the club and a description electric lights, local and long distance of the course a matter of interest to telephones. The large open fireplaces, golfers in general. with their cheerful wood fires, form a The Wilmington Country Club was pleasing feature of club life during organized and incorporated in IQOI the cool days of the late autumn and and has now a membership of nearly winter. seven hundred. It is well situated on The club has already held four invi- the northwest limits of the City of Wil- tation tournaments. The first in No- mington, occupying a tract of about vember 1902, was won by Mr. Her- one hundred and thirty-five acres, man Wendell; the second, in October which from the diversified nature of 1003, by Mr. Percy Pyne, the one-time the ground is well suited fur gulf, while its location makes it very easy intercollegiate champion; the third, in of access. The Delaware Avenue cars ( >ctober 1904, by Mr. Harry A. Mack- run on a six-minute schedule to the ey, and the fourth, in June H)Oi, by entrance, reaching it in twenty minutes Mr. 1\. C. James. The tournament for from the heart of the city and in con- the present year will be held June 28, siderably less time from the main res- 21) and 30. and the golf committee idence section. takes pleasure in inviting the members
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io8 WILMIK GTON COUNTRY CLUB nt clubs in the I nited States GoH As- and beautiful. The fair green is as sociation, of which the club is an al- line as can be found anywhere, while lied member, to participate. the putting greens are large, far above Besides golf, great interest is taken the average, varied in character from in tennis and shooting, and a number dead level to sloping, and keen and nf tennis courts, b >th gravel and turf, true. A .steam grass cutter and roller and a gun club house and traps have has been found of great benefit in been added. keeping the course in good shape. The genera] plan of the golf course Hole I—314 yards, has a bogey of is an inside and outside triangle, nine four. A drive and an iron shut reaches holes t«i each, offering a double cir- the green. The second shot is bunk- cuit of the grounds and giving greater ered. If in the bunker, better play variety and less collision than would back. have been the case with the mure usu d Hole 2—166 yards. Extends along gridiron plan, lis present length is the Kennett pike. A drive and two T.M^O yards, and is laid out over roll- putts make the bogey three. A trap ing ground, studded here and there bunker guards the green. with patches of woods, while a small Mule 3—47'> yards. Is gently roll- winding stream gives several natural ing ground, long grass catching a pull, water hazards, offering every variety while "over the fence is out" on the of golf as well as being picturesque right. The second shot is bunkered
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while a small stream guards the green. on the top. A pulled hall goes out of A drive, a brassey, an iron and two bounds. Bogey three. putts give a bogey of five. Hole 8—558 yards. "The long- Hole 4—2J3 yards. A ditch and hole." The ground is rolling and the row of trees running' parallel with this long- grass punishes a pull or a slice. course and a small stream guarding' A hunker is placed to catch a topped the green form the hazards of this second shot, another is contemplated hole. The bogey is four. to guard the green. Bogey six. Hole 5—370 yards. Is guarded by 1 Iole 1;—333 yards. Is slightly down a hedge on the left, and a series of hill all the way. The drive is bunk- i bunkers extending' along the course ered, while a stream hack of the green on the right. There is a trap to catch will punish an over-zealous approach. a topped second shot. Bogey five. Bogey is four. Hole 6—430 yards. Is slightly more The journey out has a distance of rolling while the green is somewhat 3.075 yards, and a bogey of thirty-nine. sloping. A stream forms a hazard for 1 Iole 10—415 yards. This course the second shot, while the woods will parallels the fifth from which it is punish a slice and "out of hounds," separated by a series of small hunkers. a pull. Bogey five. A stream ot water forms its right- I Idle 7—155 yards. The tee is at hand boundary. The second shot the bottom of a hill while the green is must slice a little around the woods. I
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VIEW OF THIRD PUTTING GREEN The ground is gently rolling". Bogey Hole 14—475 yards. The ground is is five. quite rolling, and just in front of the Hole II—238 yards. The tee is green is a depression. Grass is left beautifully located in the woods. A lung for sixty yards in front of the ledge of rocks just cropping above the tee. A drive, a brassey, an approach surface will punish a slice. The green and two putts give a bogey of five. is inclined considerably. To take only Hole 15—302 yards. This course the regulation two on the green, is a presents no peculiar difficulties, though difficult matter. The bogey is four. a pulled ball is apt to go out of bounds. Hole 12—2~T, yards. The ground It is gently rolling. A couple of trap slopes rapidly towards a piece of hunkers guard the green which is woods which will severely penalize a stlightlv en the punch-bowl order. sliced ball. A stream of water back Ilogey is four. of the green makes an over approach Hole 16—2(x> yards. Long grass dangerous. This is one of the pic- and a couple of traps catch a topped turesque greens of the course. The drive, while a pulled ball goes out of ground is quite rolling". Bogey is four. bounds. The green is beautifully sit- Hole 13—334 yards. This course uated between groves of trees. Bogey has a gentle upward slope from the tee is fi mr. to the green. A bunker about fifty Hole 17—^y^, yards. The tee is in yards short of the green will catch a the edge of the woods. A small ditch tupped second. Long grass on the and rough grass guards the right hand, sides punishes a pull or slice. Bogey is while "over the fence is out," on the I'' mr. left. A bunker protects the green. II'ILMLXGTON COUNTRY CLUB
which slopes gently away from the This completes the journey in, and player. There is an opportunity to gives a distance of 2,875 Yar VIEW FROM SIDE OF CUB HOUSE I lilt • / SOME LITTLE GOLFING SERMONS By Clericus Major XI Golfing upon the cure of slicing and the golf-swing generally. I consider VALEDICTi >RY MUSINGS. them to have presented the golf-swing In common with main of his cloth, in a way not previously understood, "Clericus Major" has found an almost and have kept my copies for reference, insuperable difficulty in coming to a and should advise you to do the same. conclusion, and has on several occa- They are by (here 'C. M.' was ob- sions assured the long-suffering Editor served to he affected by an emotion the that the particular paper then enclosed cause of which was not obvious) a was positively the last. This, how- person calling himself Clericus some- ever, has been so named as to preclude thing c ii" i ithcr." a successor. In presenting his vale- "C. M." suggested "Major." dictory exhortation "Clericus Major," "What." said the golfing enthusiast, win i was .so named 1>\ grace of the Editor of Golfing, and might be better "have you read the papers yourself?" termed "Clericus Minor," presents his "C. M.'s" answer was given in the compliments to those readers who have historic words of the Rev. Mr. Bar- patiently sat him out. That there are low in "Sanford and Merton" such is evidenced, not onl) by ago- ( Burnand's edition ) : nized letters which reach him from "Which I have not only read, hut anxious sufferers desiring private in- was myself also the person to write." terviews, but also from the following Collapse of golfing enthusiast at anecdote, which, unlike other golfing having honored by mistake a prophet stories which are concerned with birds, in his own club-house—prophet also especially gulls, is an actual fact. somewhat disappointed at being re- Some time ago "C. Major" was wait- ferred to his own prescriptions, and ing' to pick up a partner in the club- feeling much as Mr. Iieecham might house of the society of which he is a be expected to do if medically recom- member, under, however, a less hon- mended to resort to a dose of his own ored name than that of "Clericus pills! Major." After such an experience, which is The usual conversation was being literally and absolutely true, "Clericus carried on upon the usual subject, and Major" hopes that others besides the the great man, with his customary ur- golfing enthusiast have been similarly banity, was condescending to take his affected by the papers written as a share. He was addressed by a prom- diversion from other less serious la- inent member of the club, who in- bors. The present paper indeed is quired if he were a reader of Golfing. itself a recreation after writing a dozen "I here have," said this appreciative pages on Passive Resistance. Passive g-entleman, "been some very remark- Resistance indeed! Who but a golfer able papers recently coming out in can understand the terrible meaning \ SOME LITTLE GOLFING SERMONS 203 of the word as seen 111 the passive re- writer considers this swing to be, on sistance of a gutty? More must not the whole, the best, as giving the max- be said on this top it, lest "Clericus imum both of control and power. It Major" be accused of endeavoring to is a swing especially suited to those silence Nonconformist opponents by who are short of stature, since by its means of the gentle suasion of a nib- means alone the}' are able to secure lick, which he reserves for hunkers sufficient length of movement. It has and burglars. the further advantage that it seems But to resume the more important possible with it to check the backward subject of a true swing, which is the movement of the club at any point only certain method of overcoming the winch may be desired, as is seen, for passive resistance which meets us on example, in the swing of Mr. John the links. "C. M." desires to recapitu- Ball, Jr., and in, perhaps, that of the late the main points of his theories. majority of professionals. It is also These all concern the inclination of apparently indifferent to length of the plane of the swing. Upon this de- clubs, and may be practiced equally pend all its main features as exempli- well with bludgeons and fishing rods. fied in the individual. It has not, per- Were it possible to re-write the past, haps, though this was done for the "Clericus Major" might, perhaps, have taken his own advice, as it is he still sake of greater clearness, been suffi- "keeps his perpendicular." ciently stated that the plane of a swing may be at any angle from, say 45 de- That the perpendicular style also grees to perhaps 80 degrees. has advantages peculiar to itself can- Taylor is an example of the swing not be denied. It has the merit of at its flattest, and. consequently, at greater straightforwardness, and ap- its greatest circularity. Just in so pears to conduce to greater steadiness far as a swing partakes of this char- and to simplify the operation of hitting acter it will, or certainly should, have the ball. It is also well suited for the following features. In the first purposes of extrication, whether from place there should be the turn upon bunkers or bad lies, and is, we think, the left foot, more or less pronounced peculiarly fitted for the adoption of according to the greater or less in- all players who excel in inches. clination of the plane. If this is not Generally a safe style, it has, how- done the swing will be unduly short, ever, one liability to error which must and there may be a tendency in the be guarded against with unremitting direction of a slice. Some people are. care. This is the tendency to over- however, so strong that a short swing- swing consequent upon the fact that does not hurt them. Let them do what there is no automatic locking of the arm as in the ease of horizontal play- seems to them best. ers. This may he dealt with in two The second feature of horizontal ways. swings is the extreme depression of the point of the right elbow, an in- In the first place, over-swing may evitable consequence of a low swing, be accepted as inevitable, and no at- and which possesses the no small ad- tempt made to prevent the club drop- vantage of automatically locking the ping over to its extreme limit of back- arm at the top of the swing. The ward swing. This is the style of the I PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN GOLF By Launcelot Cressy Servos T.\ the March number of GOLF I of advanced years to attempt, although *• notice certain criticisms of my (and this may seem strange, but it is books by the Jinn. R. Stanley Weir, nevertheless true), the "upright who appears to disagree with me on swing" off the "right foot" is most some of the principles I have laid practical for stout persons. down in "1'radical Instructions in These nine swings form the basis of Golf." Mr. Weir is most straightfor- every swing used in golf and no mat- ward, and devoid of any malicious- ter what individuality may be shown ness. His arguments, advanced as in the making of a swing, the founda- they are, in such a gentlemanly way, tion of that swing rests on one of these could be most admirably discussed be- and in order to advance the would-be tween us, after a good dinner and golfer, the swing of which he has the while smoking a cigar. Hut while I foundation has to be built upon. There might have the satisfaction of con- are three different ways of manipu- vincing the honorable gentleman, this lating the left foot on the backward would not quite satisfy me, as he has swing, each one of which is as good seen tit to bring his arguments into as the other, but can only be used print, and so I, too. must bring my with the swing to which it is adapted. retaliation also before the public, in So much for the nine swings. a like manner. Mr. Weir further says: "We are .Mr. W'eir mentions the fact that I not sure, however, that Mr. Servos' say there are nine ways of making a analysis of the swing selected by him perfect swing and says: "It is per- from the nine will commend itself to haps fortunate for his readers that he the majority of students or players." only attempts to describe one." There In reply to this, all I have to say is arc nine different full swings. The that the swing I describe in "Practical club can be drawn back in three dif- Instruction in Golf" is the one I have ferent arcs of circles, each arc being found most successful in teaching to as different from the other arc as a golfers who have wasted years in a straight line differs from a crooked vain attempt to acquire one of the line. They are the "upright," "medi- other eight. Mr. W'eir does not agree um." and "flat," the "upright" being with me on the "outward" reaching of the arc I teach, and expound in my the left hand on the backward swing. book. These three swings can be If one did not reach out he would be played ofl the "left foot," "standing playing one of the other two swings, square." or "olt the right foot," mak- either the "medium" or "flat," the ing nine ilillerenl swings. The "flat "upright swing" being distinguished swing" ofl the "right loot" is the one from both these, by just this move- played and advocated by J. II. Taylor, ment. Mr. Weir says: "Horace (I. which is not a practical swing For one I [utchinson does not go as far as this." LIE RA PRACTICAL INSTRUi Ti ", r^ass. 2C7 Some of Mr, Hutchinson's treatises nn 11r 1 are sound and correct. But he makes holding firmer on the irons," after the common mistake of all great golf- years of toil in the orthodox, viz.: the ers who write, in describing his own same grip as used on the wooden method of play and setting it before clubs—I gave it up in disgust, and of every other method. Some of his the hundreds of pupils I have taught theories are worse than useless to this new method to, they, one and all, ninety-nine golfers out of a hundred. pronounce it so far superior to the old As, for instance, the "turning of the way, that there is no degree of com- club in the right hand" on the back- parison. ward swing. "Elevating the right Xor is the advice "to putt off the elbow to the level of the right shoulder toe of the putter," "to turn the face on the backward swing," etc. These of iron clubs to the left" idiosyncra- may be good for him, but no one else cies, as Mr. Weir calls them. I have can use them any more than they tested them in my own play and in could use my interlocking grip. Mr. teaching, which latter test is the only Weir further says: "To rise on the left true test of a theory, and found them toe is the worst possible advice to give correct. a golfer." To rise on the left toe with- A ball can be driven as far cross- out bending the knee is. But if Mr. handed, and the game played as well Weir had put in the whole sentence as this way as any other. Dr. William it appears ( p. 22, line 3 ), "Rise on the Fleming of the Hermitage Golf Club, left toe, and as you come up on it turn of Richmond, \"a., is one of the long- the left knee in toward the right," the est drivers south of the Mason and full force of my meaning would be- Dixon line. He drives cross-handed. come apparent. Mr. \\ eir says I "in- Mr. C. M. Ransom of Buffalo, X. Y.. consistently" urge the putting into the one of the best golfers in western New stroke of the whole weight of the York State, plays cross-handed, and body. He does not add, however, that several of our good players in the I say "by a turning of the hips," which Boston district,and others where golf is he should have done. The body is not played. For that reason and because the FULCRUM, as Mr. Weir says it is. I have taught a number of cross- The body is the POWER and FULCRUM handed players how to improve their combined, which transfers to the lever, game without changing their grip did i e., the arms and club, the power to 1 add the chapter on cross-handed move the weight, i. e., the hall, by the play. combined turning and power derived • THE UNITED NORTH AND SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP Pinehurst (N. C.) Country Club, April 2 to 7, 1906 ~* HIS year's contest for this well- son, St. Paul, 86, 102—188; John known fixture showed no sign Shepard, Jr., Wannamoisett, R. I., 94, of diminishing popularity. Eighty- 95—189; G. M. Robeson, Oak Hill, seven players drove off from the first Rochester, 90, 99—189; John Y. Boyd, tee and all but seven returned cards. Harrisburg, Pa., 98, 92—190; G. W. George T. Brokaw, the well-known Watts, Baltimore Country, 94, 96— metropolitan player, did a very fine 190; Dr. D. B. Bogart, Siwanoy, N. performance in the qualifying round. Y-, 95, 96—191 ; C. E. Cameron, Bal- He had two rounds of 75 each, and his tusrol, 99, 92—191 ; Walter Vaughn, total 150 constitutes a record for the Royal Montreal, 102, 89—191 ; A. F. course as it is now laid out. The bogey Southerland, Fox Hills, 101, 90—191 ; for the new course is 158, so it will Clarence Angier, Piedmont, Atlanta, be seen that Brokaw played good golf. 98, 94—192; George E. Morse, Rut- The scores of the four sixteens to land Country, 98, 94—192; C. E. qualif v were: Towne, Glenview, Chicago, 97, 95— First Division—George T. Brokaw, 192 ; G. A. Mosher, Troy, 95,98—193; Garden City, 75, -5—150; C. L. Beck- G. Lee Knight, Philadelphia, 98, 95— er, Woodland, Mass., 76, 80—156; E. 193; R. H, Dana, Oakley, 103, 91— A. Freeman, Montclair, yy, 70—156; W. K. Wood, Homewood, Chicago, Third Division—George Worthing- 83, "6—161 ; L. A. Hamilton, New ton, Mount Anthony Club, 99, 96— York, 83. 79—162; E. D. Pierce, 195 ; A. R. Gausler, New York, 99, 97 Woodland, 8^,, 85—168; Norman — 196; C. W. Royce, Arlington, 101, Towne, Glenview, Chicago, 86, 84— 96—197; K. H. Cutler, Blue Mount 170; J. O. H. Denny, Oakmont, 86, 86 Country, Wis., 95, 103—198; A. P. K. —172; E. N. Barnes, Englewood, 84, James, London, Eng., 100, 98—198; 88—172; L. E. Wardwell, Megunti- H. S. Gordon, New York, 96, 104— cook, Camden, 87, 86—173; Oscar 200; F. M. Chapman, Englewood, 102, Woodward, Englewood, 83, 93—176; 98—200; W. A. Taft, Jr., Arlington, W. C. Freeman, Montclair, 89, 90— IO3, 97—^oo; R. L. Titus, New York, 179; H. W. Ormsbee, Crescent A. C, 101, 99—200; A. D. Higgins, Spring- 9°. 93—X83; B. E. Smith, Saginaw, field Country, 102, 98—200; D. Rob- Mich., 89, 96—185; A. Havemeyer, erts, Moorestown Field, N. T-, 101, Seahright, 87, 88—175 '• Harry But- 100—201 ; Benjamin C. Tower, Bos- ton, Oakley, 95, 91—186. ton, 97, 104—201 ; R. B. Carpenter, Second Division—T. J. Royce, Rut- Lakcwood Country, 102, ioo—202; land, Vt., 90, 96—186; A. D.S. John- Frank Pring, Arsdalc, East Orange, NORTH AND SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP 200 n -.-• ^' .- - -'--•• GEORGE T. RROKAW C. L. BECKER 104, 99—203; C. T. Nelson, 99, 106— 1 14—225 ; T. W. Weeks, Storm King, 205; R. Havemeyer, Seabright, X. Y., X. Y., 112, 115—22~. 104. 103—207. As a result of the first two rounds Fourth Division—G. L. Cutler, these players were left in for the semi- Spring Haven, Pa., 101, 108—209; A. finals in the various divisions. H. Xorley, Saginaw Country. Mich., First division—Woodward, Wood, 103, 106—209; Butler Sheldon. Co- Becker and Brokaw. Second division lumbus, 100, 109—209; S. F. Taylor, —Boyd, Shepard, Morse and Souther- Montclair, X. J., 106, 103—209; R. land. Third division—Havemeyer, S. Crocker, New York, 103, 107—210; Gordon, Tower and James. Fourth G. L. White, Waterbury, Conn., 107, division—Rogers, West, Taylor, Kel- 103—210; J. E. Kellogg, Alpine, logg. Fitchburg, 105, 107—212; F. Van C. L. Becker, of the Woodland Golf Roden, Jr., Mount Airy Country, Pa., Club, Auburndale, Mass., was in his 106, 99—215; A. H. Ide, IIO, 105— best form when he met Brokaw. In 215; J. A. Wood, Homewood, Chica- the morning Becker finished 2 up and go, 105, in—216; F. E. Rogers, St. in the afternoon he had Brokaw dor- Andrew, N. Y., 108, 108—216; Wil- mie at the twelfth green and won by liam West, Camden, X. J., 115, 104— 5 up and 4 to play. Becker had a 219; G. I'>. Waterhouse, Centreville, medal score of 78 in the complete R. I., 110, no—220; Edward Chand- round and Brokaw had 80. Wood won lee, Philadelphia, 105; 115— 220; C. From Woodward by 6 up and 5 to A. Lockwood. Jamaica, N. Y., in, play. • 210 NORTH AND SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP First Division—W. K, Wood. Homewood, Chicago, heat ( . L. Beck- er, Woodland, .Mass., 2 up. Consolation—\.. Wardwell, Ale- gunticook, Me., heat E. M. Barnes, Englewood, 1 up (thirty-seven holes.) Second Division—|<>lm Y. Boyd, Harrisburg, Pa., beat A. F. Souther- land. Fox I [ills, 2 and 1. Consolation—R. II. Dana, Oak- ley, heat C. E. Towne, Glenvisw, Chi- cago, 1 ii]>. Third Division—K. Havemeyer, Seabright, X. Y., beat A. I'. K.James, 1 .< mdi m, Eng., 8 and 7. Consolation—R. L. Titus, New York, beat George Worthington, .Mount Anthony Club, \ t.. 2 and 1. Fourth division—I. K. Kellogg, Al- pine, Fitchburg, heat F. !•-. Rogers, St. Andrews. New York, 6 and ^. Consolation—T. W. Weeks, Storm W. K. Wi HID The final was very interesting. In tlic morning \\<> Mr. W. K. Wood, Chicago 155 Mr. C. L. Becker, W Hand. . . 161 Mr. (r. E. Morse, Rutland, Vt.. . 161 Mrs. M. I). Paterson won the wo- men's championship, defeating Miss lulia Mix of Englewood, by 2 up. Mrs. Paterson putted so finely that she was 5 up at the turn. She was dormie going to the home hole. There Miss Mix played her approach shot into the hunker and lost the match. Mrs. Pat- erson had a medal score of 95, Miss Mix taking 97. L. E. WARDWELL King, Xew York, beat G. L. Cutler. Springhaven, Pa., 4 and 3. The open championship was won by Donald Ross, the Pinehurst profes- sional, with a score of 14'". This same score won him the championship last \ear. "I he best scores were: Donald Ross, Pinehurst 14'! Alex Ross, Pinehurst 150 A. II. Fenn, Poland Springs.... 150 Jack Jolly, Xew York 152 Mr. Wardell, Meeunticook, Me. 152 DONALD ROS3 FLIES IN THE OINTMENT (Continued) "PI IK only really celebrated fly, means rapid for several reasons. Xow however, a Sir Cranion, in short, and again we would linger lovingly with whom 1 have ever been brought over one of the perambulators—an into persona] contact, appeared on added charm to golf, that would, no these Kinks, a little later than the last- doubt, have commended itself to the mentioned, with one wife and 11 sur- late -Mr. Allan Robertson—and ever viving children, lie was a breezy sort and aye. perform those nameless little of blue-bottle, and blew like the wind acts of tomfoolery, that are so engag- Csecias. Cloudy, above all. were his ing to the earnest votary. Still, we did, reminiscences of foreign parts, but we in lime, succeed in nearly making the preferred them. 1 think, to his stray Mile Dyke, when suddenly—in a very Spells of veracity. (The reader must big voice, though he was but a very not conclude from this that a love oi wee man—my model mariner ex- truth is a foible here, as that would in claimed: "Back, lulia, back! kind itself be diametrically the reverse of friend, away! I see my first wife on true. ) 1 lis wife was a portly creature ; the other side of the wall!" and though rather frightened on first The words "model mariner" were learning that she proposed to take part used advisedly. He had been such to in our little foursomes, I soon found me—an Aeneas guiltless of a Dido's that she had one very engaging qual- doom ; a Jason, who had never known ity, which she said she had inherited a larky Creusa. And now the revul- from both parents, that endeared her sion was naturally extreme. It is prob- to us all. At this distance of time, I able that the sternness of my gaze cannot recall a single occasion when awed him, for, with a meekness. she appeared without her flask, which, worthy of Moses himself according to like herself, was portly and always Rabelais and Defoe, he promulgated brimful of kindly spirit. Out of a the following staggerer: "You mistake neat and delicate courtesy, we invari- my position, Sir. and the cause of my ably left our long spoons at home on emotion—/ <7/// Enoch Arden." such occasions, although many a I was dumb—the wolf had, indeed, merry crack was indulged in by the seen me—and I couldn't putt worth a lisping waters of Piggy's Burn—and button for the next fortnight. SO on. Iiut, if we think of it, it will be The twenty-third of July, in the year found that there are flies in the golfer's referred to, was a dreadful day—tor- ointment of quite another kind. We rid, blistering, blazing—a day on all know what used, in childhood, to be which man dreads sunstroke and wo- told about misplaced matter. Similarly, man freckles. Scoonie Burn, as usual, it may be taken that what in ordinary seized the opportunity of drying up circumstances is considered a supreme entirely—with a result that brought to and priceless charm, not infrequently memory the anecdote quoted by Sir in others proves nothing but a fly, and Walter. < lur progress was by no that of a vile and base kind. \ FLIES IN THE OINTMENT 213 Thus. We have few more graceful None but a wooden-legged pilgrim and beautiful shrubs than the broom. would dream of acting otherwise. Even the most ruthless pilgrim—the Blue bells have wrecked the wrist horrid Moloch; Tamora and "that play of many a kindly golfer, who damn'd Moor" Aaron, nay, (.lilies de never knew of their association with Retz himself—might own to a pang of St. George; but the line must be regret, when an untoward fate forces drawn at dandelions, about which, or the hacking to bits of a bonny broom- elshender, no golfer cares twopence. cow. It is difficult to avoid remember- Roses, and we in Leven have knoll ing that it was from one such that the after knoll lush with them, have been maiden of the old ballad pulled the the cause of remarks that would have flowers to strew upon the fordone pained Flora deeply, and put Canidia knight, who welcomed his trysted love herself to the blush. Peggy, who came with a snore. The one redeeming vir- to hate the very smell of roses, must tue of the Plantagenets was their lik- have married a golfer. It was a pil- ing for it; though, by it many a grim with his mashy, not a worm, that worthy, douce, house-father has, in his wrecked ljlake's "bed of crimson joy." time, been swept away. Even Aspasia's rose would not have found favor in the golfer's eye or nose ; ''If you sweep the house with hroom in May, You'll sweep the head of the house away." he dreads roses worse than did Goe- It is, in fact, a pre-eminently storied the's demons. plant. Louis IX., for his new order of Even daisies and buttercups are not knighthood, chose a chain of broom sacred to some of these fell sons of twined with lilies, and for inscription, Attila. It was one of them, a flutter- the highly inappropriate motto: "He ing, stuttering, wallydraigle of a crea- exalteth the humble." As the emblem ture, no doubt, who perpetrated the of humility it is thus eminently suitable following: "I can do a daisy, and I for all golfers, especially those of can do a buttercup ; but I'm b-b-blowed Leven. It is beloved of witches ; while if I can do a ball." Scottish beldames used it for making Some pilgrims, again, take a loving yeast, and in (Elie) for putting in and almost pathetic care of their their toddy. Yet is broom baleful to noses, worthy of the immortal Slaw- the golfer, as of yore to Bodrima— kenbergius himself. There are few whom the Singhalese, by the way, look more enticing, alluring, and beatific upon as the Mother of all golfers. smells known to mankind than that of Whins do not, perhaps, appeal so Silverburn Flaxwork in full blast. Yet much to our sympathy as broom, al- it is no uncommon thing for some fel- though, if only for the sake of Lin- low with a proboscis fit only for Peg naeus and some of our own songsters, Trantum's Kitchen to carp and gnaw, we would fain respect "the furzy like a succubus with toothache: "Who prickle that fires the dells." And what in the name of Old Philp" (the golf- of the ghostly Whinny-muir of the er's Stradivarius) "can play with a Lykewake Dirge J. smell like that floating about? Faugh." "If ever thou invest hoscn and shoon, Further, yarns may not unfairly be Every ni^htr and alle. classed among the most baneful dis- Sit thee down and put them on : And Christe receive lh\ .unite." tractions—tsetses in the fly world, in -''4 FLIES IX THE OINTMENT short—to which the golfer falls a prey. Dunbar's on a Barcelona genet with The nic ist HI ixi< ins are the humorous— spots. The road by which they de- thin, feeble, ghastly, mockeries of scended is in use to this daw We can- mirth, endued at the best with a phos- not, at the moment remember to have phorescent, charnel-house flicker, heard it specially identified with her \\orth\ only ot one o\ Davy Llewel- individuality, as is the common use of lyn's mackerel, or I'.iron's twelve fond old folk in the like cases; hut for month's penance in an hospital. If this we have always blamed the Rev. there lie excuse for yarn at all, it must, |ohn Knox. The burn, too—"Pig- we take it, be allowed to the historical. gy's" she herself named it in a moment For instance, it mav not he alto- of freakish, hoydenish fun—still bab- gether without interest to the South- bles seaward. ron reader—poor devil!—to hear of ( >nly two verses of the Queen's the adventures of Mary Queen o' Elegy on her fifth .Marie are still ex- Scots when golfing on these Link's. tent, but as few golfers care for the The fact is not mentioned by Hossack, profounder depths of tragic poetry, it and may have been questioned by is felt that they must be omitted here Skelton. So he it. Let both, with per- by reason of their dee]) sadness. Yet, fect impartiality, he dismissed to the it is questionable, if, in pathos, they bourne of Bulwig's Saunders and can compare with the actual bald fate Otley. Didymus is out of place on of poor .Marie Dunbar herself. She Leven Links. Why, from the course had been, the Town Clerk of Largo itself you can, to this daw glimpse the says, four up at the Mile Dyke, and ruin of Lundin Tower, at which she- consequently lies buried under its did unquestionably tarry in the course shadow. The headstone, which is let of her historic journey to Wemyss, into the Northern face of the dyke. where she was destined to meet the bears an epitaph, which is thought to flaccid ami rather viscous Darnley. It be nicely turned. has long been a matter of regret to us Hie facet that Querlon had not known of the Mane Dunbar umquhile (that's while she livt) ! many sunny hours sped by Mary on It ony gowfin' body lifts her divot, our storied green. I Ie would, no doubt Please replace it. have tipped us another Lament. While prattling thus of historical It was upon a Thursday afternoon tacts in connection with these famous that Mary came down, for the last Links, attention may be drawn to the time, to pursue her favorite pastime. crag that peers wistfully over the She was accompanied by only one range trending seaward from Largo .Maid of Honor, Marie Dunbar, who, Law. That this is Balcarres Crag is rather oddly it seems to us of to-day, not mentioned as a specially startling hailed from < ireenock. The other four fact, but merely as a kind of peg on Maries had, ere this, disappeared from which to hang a well authenticated Court, for a charitable explanation of ghost story that may be new to many, which the maturer reader is referred and which may be briefly told. The to Sir Walter. The queen's caddie, great Dundee and Earl Balcarres were as the custom then obtained, was dose friends. At the time Killie- mounted on a while palfrej—Marie crankie was fought, the latter was in \ FLIES IN THE OINTMENT 215 durance in Edinburg Castle. At dawn The Auchendownie Cock was also of the day, after the battle, the cur- a native of Largo. The legend may be tains of the Earl's bed were drawn read at length in Chambers's Haggis, aside by Dundee, who looked very but. briefly, it was as follows: Under steadfastly at his friend, thereafter Largo Law is a gold mine. Its tutelary moved to the mantel-piece, against ghost, who. evidently, was not above which he for some time leant, some of the prejudices of his craft, and then left the chamber without a fixed a night for disclosing the secret word. Dundee, as a fact, was breath- to a shepherd, and in doing so said: ing his last at the time of apparition. These, however, are only a few of the "If Auchendownie Cock disna craw, Ami Balmain horn disna blaw, many tlies that may tickle or, on occa- 111 tell ye where the gowd mine is in Largo sion, fret the golfer mi Leven Green. Law." If he he six or seven holes down, and so prepared to lend a not unkindly ear The shepherd, with caution worthy of to infantine prattle, there are many Aesculapius himself—and it must be incidents in the story of sleepy little admitted thai he knew more about Largo itself, not without interest. this form of fowl than any other per- There are many particulars in the life son of fame, except the genius who in- of Alexander Selkirk, to which, in the vented 1 lowtowdie—at once killed all presence of one's grandchildren, it is the cocks at Auchendownie, and spe- impossible to make more than a distant cially warned the Balmain herd not to blow his horn, for housing of the kine, reference. Our favorite themes, con- on this of all nights in the year. It had sequently, are the derring-do of the been better, as the sequel showed, if great Scots Admiral Wood and the the shepherd had extended his thor- Auchendownie Cock, both of whom ough-going and more or less Teutonic belonged to Largo. operations to the lialmain herd also; Sir Andrew, with the exception of for the latter—not unlike the Summer thirty-nine of the present inhabitants, pilgrim, to whom we have so often re- is the greatest Largo man of whom ferred with admiration—insisted on we have record. Probity and pug- blowing his horn, and as it chanced, nacity were his Alpha and Omega; woefully out of season. The blower and if any unconsidered trifle slipped dreed a threefold weird. The ghost, in between—piracy, freebooting, or violating one of the cherished tradi- such—it was like the Digamma or the tions of the craft, had before vanishing Cockney's Aspirate. His public career taken time to exclaim : has, of course, lain open to the world for many long centuries; but the golf- "Woe to the man who blew the horn, For imt of the spot he shall ne'er be borne." er's interest, as a rule, centres in the story of his ill-fated connection with The herd, Tammie Norie, blew his last Elspeth McNicol—the resultant of blast (like the bugler of whom, no which, as is well-known, has been, doubt, the reader often warbles to the that 110 legitimately constructed golf- kittiwake of his choice, when the old course can have more than eighteen ones are a-nodding) and died blown holes. out. ( )ver his body, which in terms of I 216 BRIEF ESSAYS ON M. IXIMS OF GOLF the ghost's prediction could not be "Tammie None o' the Bass Daurna kiss a bonnie lass." moved, kind Robin Redbreast erected a cairn, which will be known for ever There are main' more ferlies that more as Xorie's Law. One of his be- recur to the writer—anent the stand- reaved parents concocted a wail, that ing' stones of Luncliii, Nelly Peattie, will also ring" for ever in the ears of the witch-haunted Lomonds and the those "sitting up" for a belated dear far Lochland (and what not); but one—"U'haitr ha'e ye been a' the clay, after all, they, too, are merely flies, my bo\\ Tammie?" And to crown his and, therefore, dedicated to Beelzezub, treble misery, the mischancy sea-fowl who, as the wise men of old tell, was whistle to his eternal disfame: King of the Flies. BRIEF ESSAYS ON THE MAXIMS OF GOLF By An Amateur 1. tion, and playing without any special intentness of vision, but largely from KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL recollection of the location. I soon A X apology is, perhaps, required cured myself of this costly folly ; but, •*"*• for invoking once more a max- still, in the full shot with driver, im dinned into golfer's ears almost ad brassey or cleek, some sort of blind- nauseam. And yet as many a good ness or obliviousness possessed me al- sermon remains to be preached from most as soon as the club was drawn the most familiar of texts, so some- back from the ball. The club descend- thing useful may still be said of this ed, but although it frequently smote trite and time-honored saw. It is al- the sphere with fair success, the sweet wavs well to speak from personal ex- delight of a constant view of the ball perience. For several months after right up to the impact was not mine. first taking up the game I found it im- Now, I believe this experience to be possible to keep my eye on the ball. by no means uncommon. I have even The difficulty was greatest in the full met one professional, and a very ex- strokes, and my full stroke has never pert one, who admitted that he did not been an exaggerated affair. In short see the impact in his long game, but approaches and putts I had less diffi- trusted almost wholly to the accuracy culty, as it was merely a matter of will of his swing. An amateur, however, and effort. There was the common can scarcely afford to play in such a habit, of course, of playing from mem- manner. 1 le ought to see his ball right ory ; that is, glancing at the ball, tak- up to the moment of impact, and the ing a mental impression of its loca- maxim which forms the subject of this BRIEF ESSAYS ON MAXIMS OF GOLF 217 paper is of prime importance to him. This fault was in violation of an- For what duos it imply? It implies, other well-known maxim, to he inter- I think, a correct stance, and a cor- preted not too literally; "Sit well rect swing. In my own case, for ex- down to the hall." This not only means ample, there were two faults; first, 1 somewhat slack knees, hut a proper stood up too stiffly; secondly, 1 forced bend forward of the body. The cor- my arms too far backward; the result. rect, deferential angle of the body is was a straining of the muscles of a nice study, and there is a happy the shoulders and neck which com- mean between too much erectness municated itself t MR. TRAVIS'S STANCE 218 ./ PORTRAIT GALLERY of Mr. Travis at the address he shall maxim or rule is this that 1 venture have a g< >od m< tdel. upon the following generalization: Hut, in dmjuuctiim witli the proper 1 nless one has a good view of his ball angle of the body, it is well to exercise and a feeling of command over it, all caution in the draw back. Mere, a through the swing, up to the impact, too great anxiety to bring the left he may hi' sure that he has an untrue, shoulder exactly under the chin is and, probably, an exaggerated, swing, sometimes mischievous. It is better with muscles somewhere too much in to Stop short of the ideal alignment of tension. Moreover, the eye on the shoulder, chin anil hall by permitting ball tends, as nothing else can. to keep the shoulder to lag behind a trifle. the head still, and to guide the hands. Then go on with the stroke and you \\ hen we reach for an object we look will now find it vastly easier to keep at it. In hue, the swing should be your eye on the hall, and of the re- shortened, or loosened or tightened or mainder if the swing lie well executed, accommodated in whatever way may the arms permitted to do the main be necessary to meet that prime re- work guided l>v one's hands or wrists, and net one's shoulders, the result quisite of every satisfactory stroke— should he a sweet ami gratifying im- the keeping of the eye on the ball. Let pact. A lot of the pleasure of the us put it more tersely: Accommodate game is missed if one does not keep the swing to the eye. and the eye to his eye on the ball. So important a the swing. A PORTRAIT GALLERY By Q. The Gamekeeper The Clothes-fforse There is a certain player whom I hesi- H;s putting isn't deadly and his driv- tate to name, "*S» }t is weak* , , , ., • ., , While his method of approaching is And he owns a mystic something that ' ' & , , , . to ton it with a cleek; he reckons as his game. ' ' I '.ill his knickers came from London. [ would hasten to describe it in a eulo- ;m(, his spa(s wef€ ni;uk, in gistiever c seesonnetn hi. m on it. I'aris. I cannot, for no mortal eye has And he tops the tout ensemble with a genuine (ilengarry. \ .i roRTh'.irr GALLERY 219 The Club-Man The Stylist He owns a dozen drivers and of bras- His stance and grip are perfect and seys not a few, his swing is Mire and bold, He invests in all the patents that in- With a -race in every motion that is vention brings to view; pleasing t<> behold; He has oft been disappointed, but he But we see no "gutty" flying over tlalc hopes some happy day and grassy slope That he'll happen mi a treasure that For this golfer only puses for the will teaeh him how to play. Kinematiscope. The Eternal Feminine She's a most enchanting picture in her golfing coat of red. And she kills the patient "guttv," though she never "lays it dead." You surely must have seen her, lor her progress may lie traced By the meek and lowly divots, that are nevermore replaced. -.. ., •• I OPEN TOURNAMENT Columbia Golf Club, Washington, D. C, April 9-10, 1906 " I "HIS event was very conveniently The greens were not keen enough for arranged between the close of him or he would have had a lower the winter season and the opening of score. lie should have had a 74 in the northern golf season. It is a very the afternoon, but he drove into the welcome innovation and it is to be ditch at the thirteenth and the hole hoped that the Columbia Golf Club cost him 5 instead of 3. I. M. Sher- will make it an annual fixture. No man, who led the amateurs, was only doubt they will find if they do that six strokes behind the leader, and this they will obtain a larger delegation of score entitled him to $25 worth of professionals and that the entries from plate. Donald Ball, Donald Ross, and the amateur ranks will be thoroughly Bernard Nicholls led for the fifth prize representative. of $25. The scores: For the first day there was a thirty- Alex Smith, Xassau, professional, six-hole medal round open to amateurs 80, 76—150; Isaac Mackie, Fox Hills, and professionals. This contest professional, 76, 82—158; Davil < >gil- brought out a large entry. Heavy vie, Baltimore Country Club, profes- rains on the day preceding the tourna- sional, 82, 7'j—101 ; Thomas M. Sher- ment had not affected the course to man, Sadaquada, 80, 82—1O2; Don- the extent expected, and but for a few ald Ball, Philadelphia Cricket Club, wet spots and the slowness of some of professional, 83, 80—163; Donald the greens the course was in good con- Ross, Pinehurst, professional, 83, 80— dition. In the morning Isaac Mackie, 163; Bernard Nicholls, unattached, the Fox Hill professional, did a very professional, 84, 79—163 ; Aleck Ross, Pinehurst and Brae Burn, profession- fine round of 76 and led the field by al, 84, 80—164; R. M. Thompson, four strokes. In the afternoon he re- Merion Cricket Club, professional. 84, quired 82 and this landed him in sec- 81 —165; Dr. Lee L. Harban, Colum- ond place. He started well on his sec- bia, 82, 84—166; Arthur Fenn, Po- ond round, making the first six holes land Springs and Palm Beach, profes- in par. At the fourteenth hole he got sional, 82, 84—166; "William Braid, into difficulties, slicing into the rough Baltimore Country Club, professional, and requiring two strokes to recover. 81, 86—167; T. Hucknall, Maryland < >n the fifteenth and sixteenth greens Country Club, professional, 85, 83— he failed at short putts, but his day's 186; Jack Jolly, Arlington, X. J., 83, work was very excellent golf, fully 88—171 ; Henry Waters, Columbia, deserving the $100 which rewarded it. professional, 82, 90—172; Fred Iler- Alex Smith, the winner of the first resholT, Rhode Island, 88, 85—173; prize of $150, played steadily all day, James Douglas, Chevy Chase, profes- driving down the middle of the course sional, 85, 88—173; Ormsby McCam- and doing fine work with his irons. mon, Chevy Chase, 90, 84—174 ; A. S. \ I OPEN TOURNAMENT 221 CLUB HOUSE COLUMBIA COLF CLUB Mattingly, Columbia, 8<>, 77—177 ; Dr. Sidney Maddock, Palm Beach; Dr. W. S. Ilarban, Columbia, 90, 90— H. T. Harding, Columbia; Allan Lard, 180; W. Skelly, Wilmington Country Columbia; J. William McKinley, Club, 92, 89—181 ; G. E. Morse, Rut- Columbia ; T. J. Royce, Rutland, Vt.; land Country Club, 91, 90—181 ; Cleve T. D. de Moss, Green Lake, Wis., did Harrison, Chevy Chase, 91, 91—182; not return cards. Eugene D. Carusi, Columbia, 93, 90— The second day was devoted to 183; Tyson Ellicott, Baltimore C. C, four-ball matches with an amateur and 96, 87—183; G. A. Weaver, Columbia, a professional in each pair. The 93, 94—187; L. A. Hamilton. Engle- ground was in much better condition wood, X. J., 93, 95—188; Marven and the golf reached a higher stand- Thompson, Chevy Chase, 93, 96—189; ard than on the first day. W. K. J. M. Cook, Hampton Roads, 98, 05— Wood, the Homewood golfer, fresh 193; L. D. Pierce, Woodland, Mass., from his triumph at Pinehurst, played 99, (;4—193; L. E. Wardwell, Ver- with Alex Ross, and he and his part- mont, 96, <)7—193; Reeve Lewis, ner put up phenomenal golf. To win Columbia, IOI, <)2—11)4; L. W. Wea- by ten strokes from such a held gives ver, Columbia, <)'), ')'>—i(),S: J- C. Da- some idea of what they did. The vidson, Columbia, 100, OPEN TOURNAMENT Lee L. I larban, Columbia, 73, yj- 150; Isaac Mackie, Fox Mills, profes- sional, ami Fred Herreshoff, Rhode Island, 75, 76—151; Donald Ross, < )akle\, professional, and C. L. Beck- er, Ooakley, yy, ~X—155: Arthur F.enn, Poland Springs, professional, and Dr. W . S. I larrban, Columbia, yy, So—157; David Ogilvie, professional, and Allan Lard, Columbia, 80, 79— [59; Henry Waters, Columbia, pro- fessional, and }. C. Davidson. Colum- bia. 80, 80—160; James Douglass, Chevy Chase, professional, and ( >. Mc- Camnion. Chevy Chase, 80, 81 —161 ; William Braid, Baltimore C. C, pro- fessional, and Tyson Ellicoft, Balti- more C. C, 82, 80—[62; Jack Jolly, Arlington, \. J., professional, and L. 1). Pierce, Woodland, 81, 82—163; R. M, Thompson. Merion Cricket profes- sional, and L. E. Wardwell, Vermont, ALEX ROSS 84, 82—166; W. Skelly, Wilmington Donald Ball, Philadelphia C. C, pro- C. C, professional, and A. S. Mat- fessional, and T. M. Sherman, Sada- tingly, Columbia, 82, 85—167; Cleve quada, 7-. 75—'47 : Bernard Nicholas, Harrison, Chevy Chase, and G. E. professional, and L. A. Hamilton, Morse. Rutland C. C, 85, 83—168; J. Englewood, 73, 74—147; Aleck D. de Moss, Green Lake, Wis., and G. Smith, Nassau, professional, and Dr. A. Weaver. Columbia, 84, 84—172. HOW FATHER M'WHITTY SETTLED THE ARGUMENT ON THE GOLF LINKS By " Marietta " •RATHER M'WHITTY was the During the conversation the argu- Roman Catholic parish priest at ment very often turned on the subject the little seaside village of Dundrcare. of purgatorv. This false creed (as I le was a kindly well-meaning, open- the Rev. Peter deemed it) seemed to handed man, always ready with a smile have a special fascination for him; and cheering word for those who need- he would take great trouble to convey ed it, and yet was quite able to reprove to his friend's mind all his true ideas and warn the wrong doers. He pos- on the subject, and did his utmost to sessed some independent means and remove what he considered were the was very careful to share it with his mistaken notions his poor friend so poorer brethren. The only selfish in- devoutly believed in. dulgence he allowed himself was his Father M'Whitty would sit perfect- subscription to the golf club, and suf- ly still and listen patiently to every ficient money to permit him to buy the word his reverend companion had to necessary clubs and balls to be able to say on the interesting theme, and when enjoy a game when it did not inter- his argument and voice were exhaust- fere with duty. ed, would thank him politely; then Now, the only other clergyman in pulling himself together both physical- the district was one of another persua- ly and mentally, he would .calmly settle sion—the Presbyterian minister—and. himself to refute all his friend had strange to say, the Rev. Peter Long- taken so much trouble to say, and dis- man and Father M'Whitty were the prove his arguments. best possible friends. It was now the Rev. Peter's turn to The Protestant ecclesiastic was also listen, and very attentively he did so, a keen golfer and many a pleasant making notes perhaps as the discus- game the two men played together sion went on, for Father M'Whitty had when time permitted and the weather many convincing proofs im his esti- was favorable for their beloved sport, mation) both from Holy Scripture and When the winter evenings were long the Apocrypha. Now and then Peter and they could not indulge in a con- would shake his head sadly and sigh test with dubs and balls, the two pas- that an\ one could so persistently blind tors used to meet at each other's himself to the truth, that had been so houses continually, lor a smoke and lately propounded by himself, and talk, and the contest with tongues was with such wisdom and clearness, as he quite as fierce and interesting over fondly imagined, doctrinal differences, as ever the golf Then he would say: "M'Whitty, my competitions were on the links. man, I am sorry lor you. 1 admire • 224 HOW FATHER M'llllITTY SETTLED your faithful adherence to the creed "(ome on, then, M'Whitty; I have you were brought up to believe in, a mind to have that new rubber ball. I but I devoutly wish it was anchored want it badly," and he laughed loudly. on the true religion. However, it is "Well, 1 hope you will feel as merry too late now to start afresh with the when you have to hand it to me, my rest of my arguments, and 1 must be cock of the roost!" And so in friend- getting home." ly chat and high good humor the match "Good night. Peter; God help you, began. my poor friend, soon to recognize the The day was certainly glorious, and truth, and make you a fit shepherd for coming after the long spell of rainy your flock. 1 tut hi iw y< >u can imagine we weather made it doubly delightful. poor mortals can do without a purga- The golf links were situated a little tory is a marvel to one! \\ ell ! if you way from the beach and on higher must go, I suppose we had better re- ground than the village. The course serve the rest of our contn iversy for was in wonderfully g 1 condition am ither evening." considering what a systematic rainfall Thus it went on, time after time, there had been. Only one hole had other doctrines were often handled in some casual water King on the sur- the same fashion, and secular subjects face, but with plenty of dry space to as well, but oftener than any other, play n mud. the Presbyterian minister would hark Both golfers started well. They got back to the old and favorite discussion good drives, in fact the rest from play on the extraordinary and untenable lately had evidently done them no doctrine of purgatory. harm. M'Whitty's putting was better One beautiful day in April the two than that of his friend, firm and true, pastors settled to have a golf match. but notwithstanding this, the Rev. The weather had been very wet for a Peter held his own, and at the end of whole month previously, and a visita- the first nine holes they were all even. tion of the dreaded "Flu" amongst the After this, the priest seemed to get villagers had kept both shepherds busy most of the luck and won the next two looking after the sick, so now that holes. All his friend could manage things had brightened in every way, was not to let this advantage go fur- they eagerly hailed the opportunity of ther, and they halved the following having a really fine contest on the five In iles. links. At the seventeenth hole, Father "Dear me, but this is grand," ex- M'Whitty was still 2 up. There was a claimed Father M'Whitty. "To have long drive from this tee, and a bunker the sun shining, once more, and a which took a good brassy shot to clear club in one's hand makes a new man with the second and reach the green. of me." Unless this drive was perfectly "Indeed, yes. I consider it a splen- straight, dire results were sure to fol- did renewal to both mind and body. low. If the ball was pulled it went out Well, my boy, how shall we play? And of bounds and if sliced, it dropped is there to be a ball on the game?" into an old quarry pit which was a ter- "Certainly, and a rubber one, too! rible place to rind a ball. In dry We will make this game a grand open- weather it was bad enough, being full ing oi the seasi>n." of thorny brambles, sharp stones and HOW FATHER M'WHITTY SETTLED 225 furze bushes, but after wet weather through the brambles and over the it was worse. There was a deep cavity sharp stones. in the centre that soon filled with Then, even if able to reach the tru- water, and if a chance ball happened ant ball, there was no decent ground to drop into it, it became a difficult to drop it on, and he might break a problem how to play out. club and lie no better off after all. The parish priest drove first. It was And yet, he could not make up his a magnificent stroke, a very long low mind to give up the contest. drive and straight as an arrow. He Me felt annoyed, and wanted to gave a sigh of relief, and said he was make a better fight for that rubber ball. always glad when that shut was safely "Suppose 1 drop another ball and accomplished. His friend Peter now recover this one some other time?" prepared to follow his good example; was the wily suggestion of the Rev. he knew if he did not win this hole the Peter. match was over, and he was a beaten "Not if 1 know it, Peter. Tt is a man, SO he determined to do his very queer predicament I grant you. Do best and took extra care in choosing you say your ball is lost ?" his stance and teeing the ball. "Nothing of the kind!" he answered Alas! the over-care, or perhaps with some heat. "Why, it is lying be- anxiety to escape the danger on either fore my eyes!" hand, had the contrary effect to that "Well, then, do you think it safe to he wished. He sliced the ball badly, win the match for you?" and away it bounded straight for the "Well, not exactly, but " quarry. The two golfers ran quickly "There was a merry gleam of mis- after it, to see where it fell. They were chief in the priest's eyes as he inter- just in time to watch it descend right rupted his friend : into the centre of the pool which was "Look here, old chap; I'll tell you hedged round thickly with brambles. exactly where that ball is at the pres- ent minute. It's in "Purgatory" it is! "This is a bad business, old fellow. Look at the poor soul (I mean ball), I fear your chance of the match is tossing about on the dark waters of small now," said M'Whitty. remorse and affliction. It's not lost "Excuse me, the ball is not lost, nor yet, but has small chance of reaching out of bounds, and can be lifted out of the goal it started for unless you, St. casual water." Peter! can release it!" "Just so, my friend; but how are The minister shook his head reprov- you going to get in? You can drop it ingly. "You know, friend, we never in the quarry, but first catch the hare introduce religious subjects on the before you cook it!" golf links, not but what I must say it They both sat down at the edge of is a good enough example of your the pit to consider the knotty question wrongful ideas. I fear I have lost the at their leisure. match and rubber ball, and foreby Peter gazed sadly into the quarry. that, it puts an end for ever to our It was a steep and very unpleasant arguments on "Purgatory," for never climb both up and down, lie sadly again could I bear to mention the thought of tin- damage to clothing and place, or speak on the subject with any shoe leather there would be degree of Christian calmness." I THE PIKE CENTENNIAL TOURNAMENT FT appears as if no great function is that would mark an epoch in the golf now complete unless a golf tour- history oi the I'ike's Peak region. nament appears on the list of events. James Ale Kay Ferriday, who holds The action of the executive committee the record for the course at the Colo- in charge of the I'ike Centennial to rado Country Club, has been appoint- be held at Colorado Springs the last ed chairman of the golf committee week in September, is added proof of having in charge the tournament and the truth of this statement. After due is hard at work preparing for a great consideration of the numerous fea- week's play. Entries can be made tures suggested for the programme directly through him, the player send- of the big celebration, it was decided ing his record and handicap as fur- to devote some time to the royal and nished by the secretary of the club to ancient game. A special committee which the player belongs. The list of has been appointed to have in charge prizes has not yet been announced, a golf tournament greater than any but it is certain that the cups will be similar occasion ever held in the well worth while. shadow of the Rockies, and even at Golf at the foot of the great white this early date it is assured that a large peak first seen by Pike in 1806 will be number of the leading amateurs and a novelty that will appeal stronglv to professionals of the country will par- Eastern players. Colorado Springs ticipate. is one of the few places that has no The only tournaments held hereto- close season of the game. This fact fore in Colorado have been purely lo- alone makes it a veritable Mecca for cal affairs, in spite of the fact that the golf fanatics, but there is still the inci- links at Colorado Springs are among dental charm of the magnificent sur the finest in the country and the city rounding scenery and the keen invig- is a favorite all the year round resort orating mountain air, unequalled in fc >r enthusiasts at the game. Denver the world. With a record of ^y days boasts of two well established golf of sunshine out of the 365 in the year clubs, Colorado Springs of two, Glen- it is but little wonder that outdoor wood Springs of one and Pueblo of games are at their height in the beau- one. During the summer season vari- tiful "City of Sunshine." ous match games are arranged, but There are two courses in Colorado the initial tournament for champion- Springs, that of the Country Club, ship honors is yet to lx- played. I fence, with nine holes, and the Town an ! when the centennial celebration was Gown Club, boasting of the only planned, local golf enthusiasts imme- eighteen-hole course in the state. This diately began plans for a tournament latter is more than 6,000 yards long \ THE PIKE CENTENNIAL TOURNAMENT 227 COUNTRY CLUB, COLORADO SPRINGS and is a test of the playing ability of short buffalo grass. It is a section of the best golfers. It will be arranged the great rolling west, unvexed by tree so that all the tournament games will or undergrowth. be played on this course, although There is no lack of hazards. They there will be informal matches and consist of arroyas, irrigating ditches, tournament games for ladies played bunkers and sand traps, so played that on the Country Club course. Both straight and accurate play is at a pre- clubs are generous in their courtesies mium. A topped ball stops in rough to visiting players and during the las* ground, while a slice or pull lands out few years have entertained some of of bounds or in a trap. As in all dry the greatest amateur and professional climates the putting greens are of players in the world. sand. They, however, are true and Of the Shooks run hazard in the accurate after the player has gauged Town and Gown Club course, Harry their speed. As the average precipita- Vardon said: "It's the sportiest hole tion in rain and snow only averages 1 ever played." The course is at the fifteen inches and in many years not eastern end of the city on the open more than eleven inches, the difficulty prairie, within easy reach of the heart of providing turf greens can be ap- of the city by trolley cars, wheels, preciated. autos, or carriage. The course covers The course in brief is as follows: a tract of 100 acres. The ground is a Mole 1—359 yards. A straight drive sandy loam on the surface of which i- over bunker 127 yards from the tee. I 228 THE PIKE CENTENNIAL TOURNAMENT Hole 5—300 yards. A pulled drive is punished on trap or rough ground. The green is guarded by a bunker and an over approach is out of hounds. Huge) 4, jiar 4. I lole 6—411) yards. Requires straight drive down hill. 1 he green is protected by a trap in front and ditch in the rear. Bogey 4, par 4. Mole 7—465 yards. A carry of 130 yards is necessary over rough ground to crest of hill, a brassey shot over more rough ground and tall grass, and a blind approach over brow of hill to the green. This is the hardest hole on the course and keeps the player busy to get half with "The Col- 1 niel." I'1 igey 5, par 5. JAMES McK. FEKRIDAY 1 lole (S—407 yards. A straight drive Ditch along fence to catch slice. The is needed, as a sliced drive is punished green is guarded in front 1>v horse- in long grass. A long straight second shoe trap and in the rear by a deep is also essential, as the approach to ravine known as Shooks run. Bogey the green is guarded on both sides by 5. par 4. rough ground. Ditch beyond the Hole 2—343 yards. The tee is green catches an over approach. close tn the edge of Shooks run, de- Bi>ge\ 5, par 4' j. manding a carry of 130 yards to clear Hole <)—338 yards. Long uphill all hazards. A slightly up hill ap- drive requiring a carry of 130 yards proach to the green, which is situated over rough ground ami a blind ap- 1 in the crest of a hill. The ground proach over hunker on crest of hill. slopes sharply away behind the green, The green and surrounding ground punishing an over approach, while slope sharply to the right. Bogey 5, traps in front take care of a lopped par 4. ball 1 HI sec< >nd shi it. Hole 3—32] yards. Straightway Hole 10—?,$j yards. Protected on course with bunker in front of green the right by tall grass and on the left to be cleared 1 HI second shot. The by rough ground punishing a sliced or green is terraced on side hill requiring pulled drive. The green is on ?. slight a well played second shot to hole out slope and guarded by a bunker, call- in par figures. Bogey 4'J. par 5. ing for a very accurate second to ne- Mole 4—413 yards. Hunkers 25 gotiate a four. Bogey 4'j. par 4. yards from the tee and one 250 yards Hole 11—335 yards. A drive over to be cleared on brassey shot. A pulled small hole into hollow calls for good second is punished in rough ground .second over bunker to the green. An and long grass. The green is on a over approach is out of hounds. Bogey slight slope. Bogey 5, par 4' j. 41-'. par 4. ^^^ THE PIKE CENTENNIAL TOURNAMENT 229 Hole 12—327 yards. Drive down particularly in front and right side, hill to hollow, a slice landing in the requiring a very delicate shot to drive horseshoe irrigating dilch. A blind on the green. This is probably the approach over bunker on brow of hill. easiest four hole on the course. Bogey The green and surrounding ground 4. par 3. slopes sharply away and to right. ||,,1L. 16—500 yards. A long drive Bogey 5. par 4. is necessary so as to carry the hunker Mole 13—140 yards. The only 280 yards from the tee on the second short hole on the course. A topped shot, Bogey 5. par 5- tee shot is badly punished in ver) Hole 17—223 yards. Drive from rough country and the green is guard- hollow over crest of hill. The green is ed all round by a loop bunker and situated on a "hog hick" with sharp rough ground. Bogey 3, par 3. slope to right and left. Bogey 4, Hole 14—373 yards. The drive is par 3' J. slightly up hill over a hunker 140 Hole 18—41,0 yards. "Pike View." yards from the tee. Then a long ap- The drive from a slight elevation 011 proach down hill to the green which Shooks run requires a carry of 15° slopes sharply to the right. Bogey 5, yards. A nice second comes just short par 4. of the hunker guarding the green. Hole 15—200 yards. Drive between Then a good pitch shot will give the two hunkers 150 yards from the proper figures for score card. l'>ogey tee. The green is on crest of hill, the T. par 5. Grand totals. 6,210 yards; ground sloping gently on all sides. hi >gey, 82 ; par, 73 ' _>. TOWN AND GOWN CLUB, COLORADO SPRINGS I WESTERN DEPARTMENT Conducted by Alexis J. Colman. C*IRST tournament of the Chicago greens and tees, and bunkers are season, the annual "ridge" event promised. Through co-operation of of the Calumet Country Club at Burn- the park commissioners and the offi- side, began with the qualifying round cers of the Jackson Park Golf Club it April 15, and sixty members turned is the promise that the links will be out, dunned sweaters and went the ttill kept shipshape throughout the season. distance—twice an mud the nine-hole I course on the elevator, wooded ridge which bisects the club's property. Al- William Yeoman, for several years though the wind was from the south, partner of Fred Herd, open champion it was hardly the Zephyrus of Chau- of 1898, in the shop at the Washington cer's time, and "his gentle breeth" Park Club, has opened a new store could be characterized by a much ner the Sixty-third street entrance to harsher term. But despite the OctO- Jackson park, where the public links berish day, F. W. Rueckheim negoti- players pass on their way to and from ated the course in rounds of 40 and the links, and he probably will attract 39, the 79 getting low score prize, a a considerable trade. Some such move stein. President Albert R. Gates start- was necessarv for Yeoman inasmuch ed with 38 for his first round, but re- as the Washington Park course must quired 4'1 for his second. Runcie B. be given up, following the decision of Martin, who learned his golf on the the club officials to dissolve the or- public links at Jackson Park, and was ganizatii >n. a Western Golf Association semi-final- ist last year, had 42 and 39, and Rob- Herd, by the way, is in much bet- ert W. Morris just reversed these to- ter health than when he left America tals, these two tying for second. Four three years ago to seek strength in flights of eight qualified. Scotland. While Tom Bendelow was in dearest old Scotia for a three- months' sojourn this winter he spent Plav on the Jackson I'ark links be- some time at St. Andrews, ami Fred gan ere the birds came, and every Herd came out to follow a foursome pleasant day the golfers have been out in which Bendelow and "Jimmy" in force. The old nine-hole links was Herd, Fred's brother (who also has opened first, but it was not long before long been at the Washington Park the new long link's was put at the Club), defeated the St. Andrews pro- golfer's disposal. Several improve- fessionals, Gourlay and Greig, by ments have been made, notably new 4 and _\ WESTERN DEPARTMENT 231 In connection with this match Ben- insurance business, and is now located delow recounts an incident which again in Chicago, with the agency of seems queer to American golfers. the Connecticut Mutual. Bendelow prefers a cleek for driving, Contrary to the first decision, the and he stepped up to the first tee at members of teams outside the Western St. Andrews, cleek in hand. To his Golf Association in the Olympic team surprise the attendant bade him use contest will not be permitted to play a wooden club. Protests were in vain, in the individual western champion- the attendant explaining that the ship at (ilen Echo. The constitution Town Council had decreed that no explicitly provides that only members golfer might make his initial swipe of Western Golf Association clubs from the historic tee with other utensil may play, and although the directors than the regular driver. Tom remarks of the Western Golf Association with much satisfaction, however, that would like to strain a point in favor of he drove with a cleek from each of the the outside players, they have decided other seventeen tees, afar from the that they cannot do so. It is probable surveillance of the guardian ! the constitution will be made more elastic next year so as to permit some special dispensation. Warren Wood's exploits in the South have justified the claims made National Open Champion Willie for him by Chicago critics, who have Anderson is installed at ( hnventsia, watched him come up from the "kid" and he likes his job. With the veteran ranks. Wood is a type of the Ameri- club-maker at Lake Forest, Willie can boy golfer, happily a numerous Marshall, Anderson has been playing bunch—but all the representatives of over the course, and expresses himself which do not attain his skill—to whom as well pleased with the outlook, both the honors of the next decade surely at the club and in general. are to come. In defeating C. L. Beck- er of Auburndale, Mass., by 2 up in their thirty-six-hole final match at A new course has been laid out at Pinehurst after the Chicagoan stood 6 Kankakee, 111., by Tow Bendelow, for down at the end of the morning round, the East End Country Club. The Wood showed something of the stuff a lurse measures 3.4-5 yards, as fol- he is made of. He also showed it, loows: First hole, 375 yards; second, though he lost, in his twenty-hole con- 525; third, 350; fourth, 330; fifth, test with Harold Weber in the first 320; sixth, 3J5; seventh, ()2$; eighth, round of the national championship at 100; ninth, 425. Tom evidently Wheaton last year. He had honor thought he would give them their enough, however, in that tournament, money's worth on the seventh hole. for he qualified in a tie for eighth with ( Ifficers of the chili are: President, 166, the same score Walter J. Travis II. E. Taylor; vice-president, T. A. made. Kerr; secretary, F. S. Briggs ; treas- urer, (i. Ehrich; executive committee, National and Western Champion 11. Charles Miller, F. II. Holmes, W. S. Chandler Egan has gone into the life Yandowar, C. II. Cobb. • 232 EDITORIAL epoch-making year as in 1901 when GOLF the rubber-cored ball triumphed over EVERY MONTH all opposition. We shall still have By Special Appointment Offleial Bulletin of the the rubber-cored or the compressed air United States Golf Association, Intercollegiate Golf Association, Central Pirn York Golf League variety and as for our clubs they will Metropolitan 8olf Association, Western GolfAs sociation. mid Southern Golf Association. be in the main the same as he fore. The long shaft will he seen in the hands of Entered at Post-office at New York as Second Class Matter. the few, the normal length shaft in ONE YEAR. $2.00: SINGLE COPIES, 25 CENTS the grasp of the many. A putter or Postage free United States. Canada and Mexico. To other foreign countries, 36 cents per year. two—the perennial putter—of more or Remit by Express Money < >rder, Post-office Order. Registered Letter, or Cheek payable to less weird design will be flung upon ARTHUR l'( ITTOW. Edited by J'an Tassel Sutphen the market, and the golfer who has it in his hands when he is on his day will Publisher: ARTHUR POTTOW, swear by it, and when he isn't will 48 West 27th St., New York swear at it. New halls and new clubs galore will make their appearance this Tin- Editor will be glad to receive year as they always have done, and it for consideration Photographs and is all for the good of the game. If Contributions on the general subject of golf was played with clubs as fixed and the game. Stamps should be enclosed for return postage if found unavail- immutable in their shapes as base ball able. Contributors are requested to or cricket bats, half the charm of golf, write their Names and Addresses on and of conversation would be gone. the back of all MSS. and Photographs. Then we have Mr. Macdonald's per- Photographs should be carefully fect golf course to look forward to. packed and accompanied by descrip- This year, no doubt, we shall see it in tions of their subjects. Club Secre- the making, and next year, alJ being taries will confer a favor by notifying well, in its finished state. The mecca the Editor of the dates and particulars of golf may be moved from St. An- of coming club events, especially open drews to Long Island, and stranger and imitation tournaments. things than that have happened. For years past golfers from the other side who have visited these shores have THE O >MING SEAS( >N been asked their opinion of our golf Not since the game was started in courses, and we have shown our de- this country lias the season opened light when they have given us merely under better and more encouraging faint praise. Recently a Scotch player circumstances. Our courses are in went back to his native land and told fine condition; our chilis have multi- his w 1 indering and incredulous brethren plied and are stronger; our players are that he had never in his life seen such manifesting greater interest than ever a great golf course as .Myopia. When m the game, and those oi them who are such a miracle happens is it looking "l a competitive turn of mind, will far ahead to the time when the Briton find mi >re opportunities than before will approach the visiting American to irsi their skill upon the link's. So and timorously inquire: "What do you far as regards the halls used in the o| our I'ntish gol I courses. game this is, apparently, noi to be an II;ave we any as good as yours?' \ y Through Ihe Green The season opened with the success- Island. 82, 84—166; A. L. White, P.os- ful tournament of the Country Club ton, 8S, 71)—167; Fred Herreshoff, of Lakewood, April 19-21, In the Garden City. 90, ~~—167; A. D. S. qualifying round there were eighty- Johnston, St. Paul, 83, 85—168; A. three starters and again the \\ est W. Tillinghast, 1'hiladelphia. 82, Sj- showed us the way to play golf. Two 169; C. L. Tappin, Garden City, 8f>, of its representatives, Wylie W. Car- 83—id'): Jasper Lynch, Lakewood, hart, of Detroit, and A. W. Mitchell, 83, SS—171 : D. C. Clarke, Jr., of Rock Island, finished first and sec- Princeton, 8>), 82—171 ; Allan Lard. ond respectively in the qualifying Washington 86, 86—172; S. K. de round, with scores of 155 and 162. Forest, Lakewood, 87, 85—172; II. J. Carhart's 155 was one stroke higher Gee, Princeton, ^>J, S^—172; F. P. than Walter J. Travis had last kimhall. Lakewood. 82, <)i—173: W. spring. Two ladies. Mrs. T. H. Pol- R. Millar, Boston, 87, 8.,—170: L. A. hemus. Eastern Parkway, and Miss Hamilton, Englewood, 88, 88—17<>; Mabel Thompson, of St. John's, New \. 1. McClure, Albany, 8M, 87—171.. Brunswick, played and finished in the * ' fourth set, Mrs. Polheums having 10'' Pierre A. Proal, once Inter-scholas- and Miss Thompson 200. tic champion, was at the top of his game when he met Carhart, the medal- The first division, including ties, list, and going round in 79 fie put the were: Wylie W. Carhart, Detroit, 78, \\ estem man out in the first round on 77_IS5; A. W. Mitchell, Rock Island. the home green. In the second round Si,Si — id_»; W. T. West, Princeton, A. L. White, the 1904 Enter-collegiate 82, 82—164; I'. A. Proal, Seabright, champion, put Proal out by 1 up. 83, 83—166; L AV. Mitchell, Ruck- Mitchell heat Allan Lard by 5 up and 4 I 234 THROUGH THE GREEN to play; Tappen, who has hern out of S. Keeler, Westchester Golf, 95, 13— tournaments for twelve months, played 82; Paul C. Heller, Forest Hill, 96, 14 finely throughout and beat West by —82; P. A. Proal, Seabright, 88, 5- 2 up and 1 to play. West had beaten 83; H. A. Sherman, Apawamis, 94, Herreshoff, who put him out at the 10—84; C. R. Gillett. Wykagyl, 94, 1904 amateur championship, by 1 up 10—84; R. K. Manlock, Fox Hills, in the first round. Clarke beat Mc- 96, 12—84; W. R. Ililler, < >akley, 93, Clure by 3 up and 2 to play. 8—85; A. L. Peirson. Royal Montreal, 99, 14—85; S. B. Ayres, Wykagyl, 102, 17—85; A. R. Gray, Jr., North In the semi-finals .Mitchell beat Tap- Jersey, 99, 14—85 ; G. T. Curtis, pen by 2 up and White beat Clarke by Rochester,04.9—83 : J- F. Smith, Deal, 3 up and 2 to play. White started badly in the final, but steadied and 99, 13—86; F. P. Kimball, Lakewood, then his driving was the feature of 04, 8—86; A. W. Clack, Lakewood, his game. Mitchell, who has the free 100, 12—88; John F. Shanley, Deal, style generally seen in growing West- 107, 17—<;o; A. C. Soper, Lakewood, ern players, got rather wild in his tee 110, 18—92. shots towards the finish and White won by 3 up and 2 to play. The The team match resulted as follows: Metedeconk cup went to L. A. Hamil- Lakewood—W. W. Carhart, 155; Jas- ton, Englewood. The Carasaljo cup per Lynch, 171 ; S. K. de Forest, 172; was won by Dr. C. A. Lindsey, Lake- A. J. McClure, 176; total, 674. Ek- wood, and the Mauetta cup went to E. wanok—A. L. White, 167; F. Herre- G. Fraser, Deal. shoff, 167; A. W. Black, 195; C. H. it Tappin, 160; total, 698. Princeton— W. T. West, 164; H. J. Gee, 172; D. There were eighty starters in the Clark, Jr., 171; D. H. Barrows, 192; handicap which was won by S. K. de total, 699. Forest. The best scores were: S. K. de Forest, Lakewood, 83, 10—-3; A. F. Southerland, Fox Hills, 8y, 12— The Lakewood-Princeton match, 7?; E. A. Rosenfeld, Pinehurst, 92, played the day before the tournament 16—76; A. H. Mackey, Atlantic City, opened, was won by Lakewood. 85, S—77 ; H. A'. Gaines. Wykagyl, 89, So >res : Lakewood — Carhart, o ; 1—77: A. W. Mitchell. Rock Island, Lynch, 1; de Forest, 2; Morten, o; 86,2—77; L.W.Mitchell. Rock Island. McClure, 8; Kimball, 2; Black, o; 84, 6—78 ; Fred Herreshoff, Vale, 82, Rhinelander, o ; total, 13. Princeton— 4—78; E. G. Fraser, Deal, 92, 14— West, 7; Gee, o; Clark, o; Barrows. 78; L. A. Hamilton, Englewood, 86, 2; Liggett, o; Richard, o; Van Dyke, 7—Ji>: Alec Morten, Westchester 1 ; Stockton, 1 ; total, 11. 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P.. Haines, 93 ; C. S. King, 97 ; and in this the Goodyear Tire & Rub- R. R. Ih.llister, 96; E. M. Barnes, 97: ber Company has taken a strung part. J. PI. Duff, 96; P. P. Deshon, 90: A. For smiie years the (loodyear company Boyd, <>J: Francis Kelly, 96; A. Wat- has had on the market a pneumatic son. 100; T. S. McLaughlin, 100; T. ball, so called from the fact that a hol- M. Sweeny, 100; A. P. Ripley, 100; low sphere was tilled with compressed R. F. Wallace, 106; A. McDougall, air. and this forming" a complete de- 102; W. P. Hall. 109; W. PP Peers, parture in principle from all other 106; W. P. Stevenson, 109; IP Ga- hien, 103: J. W. Weston. 105; F. U. golf halls. This year the < i hear Adams. 97; T. R. Crull, 113; J. G. company has brought out a ball which Cannon. 113; W. J. Tucker, 116; differs from those previously in use Health Commissioner Darlington. 115: inasmuch as silk thread is used for the C. A. Carnwell, 110,; G. H. Peslie. 115; winding instead of cotton thread. It H. P.. Mellan. 120; Thomas Headley, is claimed that by this method the 111 >: P. S. Campbell, 125. highest degree of resiliency is obtained and that the new ball will outdrive it any ball ever made by at least 20 The P. F. Goodrich Company were yards. To use a homely saving, "the the pioneers in the rubber-cored ball proof >>i the pudding is in the eating," industry, their 1 laskell having been the and now that the ball is on the market means when it triumphed in 1901, of golfers can make the test for them- putting the poor old solid ball out of selves. business. This company goes on the principle of rinding a thoroughly good and reliable ball and then sticking to \\ e can commend to our readers the it. The motto, "< )Id friends are best." Eureka I.awn Hoots made by the is very applicable here. So long as so Eureka Manufacturing Company of many of our golfers agree with the Cleveland, ( >hio. They have stood the B, F. Goodrich Company there is no tesl oi several seasons, have given reason why they should make a new departure. satisfaction apparentlj wherever they have been tried and are pronounced by green keepers and green commit- The Pine Forest Inn I k)lf (lub, of tees to he jii^i what is wanted. Summerville, S. C, has held a very HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE FINEST PRODUCT OF THE ST1LL-THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'S WHISKEY BAITJMORER«. BAITJMORERTE Sold at all first-class cafes and by jobbers *M.L"ANAM»N6SII« XH.LANAHAN65O" BALTtMONt- BALTIMORE- WM. I VNMtW & SON, Baltimore, Md. COLDWELL LAWN MOWERS HAND, HORSE AND MOTOR POWER Send for Illustrated Catalogue COLDWELL LAWN MOWER CO. NEWBURGH, N. Y. I 23S THROL'iill THE GREEN BRING UP A CHILD IN THE WAV HE SHOl'LD GO successful tournament, winch closed have added a \o. y, which thev claim April 10. For the principal cup the is a fine ball and will stand all kinds of finals were between Major Trimble, of punishment. Pinehurst, and Julius W. Candee, of * Waterville, X. Y. For the first eighteen One of the contemplated changes in holes the match was close, then Major the course of the Fox Hills Golf Club Trimble's golf became somewhat er- has been made. It is a cop bunker ratic and Mr. Candee won the cham- five feet high which takes the place of pionship by 5 up and 4 to play. Ed- the trap bunker and will tend to make ward I. Smith, Jr., Philadelphia, won the first hole more difficult. the consolation cup. The special handicap was won by Louis Sturcke, Xew York. His card read: 8~, 10— The Pine Grove Golf Club, Iron JJ. The season has been highly suc- Mountain, Mich., decided to build a cessful. new club house at a cost of $2,000. The following officers were elected: President, C. T. Hampton ; vice-presi- The Worthington Ball company are dent, L. T. Sterling; treasurer. Dr. IT. out with something new and novel in A. Xewkirk ; secretary, W. H. Rezin. a golf ball which they have made espe- • cially for lady golfers. It is a bit The newly formed Eastern Wo- smaller and lighter than the ordinary men's Golf Association is doing very ball and exceedingly resilient. They well. Already sixty-one clubs have claim it will carry further than joined and many more will signify any golf ball ever made and that it acts their intention of doing so when thev splendidly at all points of the game. hold their annual meetings. If such be the case the ball is not only going to appeal to the fair sex but will * be used quite generally. The Worth- The annual spring tournament of ington Company will continue to run the Country Club of Atlantic City will their No. 2 Champion, which gave be held May 3-5. Play will begin with such satisfaction last season, and they a 36-hole medal play round, in which OR the greater convenience of our patrons, we have removed F to our new store at 8 WEST 28th STREET, NEW YORK. We are showing the finest selection of the best Imported Irons; also Golf Balls, Shoes, Gloves, &c,—in short, all requisites ; also for Tennis, Hockey, Polo, Croquet, Cricket, Bowls, Squash, Racquets. EVERYTHING FOR BOTH IN- AND OUTDOOR GAMES OF ALL KINDS Our Screw-Socket Drivers and Brassies are such a pronounced success, that we can, even now, scarcely fill the demand. Price, $2.00 each. Slazenser Patented Steel Core Clubs, with Calf Grip $2.75 each. Driver and Brassie Send for Illustrated Catalogue. FRANK L. SLAZENGER, 8 West 28th Street, New York. The oldest-established Golf Goods House in the United States. TOWNSENDS MOWERS Horse Lawn Mower This Lever Uaises the knives K, Triple Rolls This Lever with Triple Pawls nThrows Out of in each Gear Instant Change of Height of Cut Instantaneous We Sharpen Control of Blades and Repair without leaving Thousands seat of Mowers HAND ROLLER MOWERS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR GOLF ALL OF OUR HAND MOWERS ARE BALL BEARING. SENT ON THEIR MERITS S. P. TOWNSEND & CO. = Orange, N. J Mention GOLF when writing 240 TIIROL'CH THE GREEN the first sixteen will qualify for the if golf in Xew Zealand does not im- Governor's cup, the second sixteen for prove. Let us hope it will and that the President's cup, and the third six- he will soon be able to send over some teen for the Atlantic City cup, the oi his pupils to try conclusions with fourth sixteen for the Northfield cup our g( ilfers. and the httii sixteen for a consolation cup. In connection with the qualify- ing round a contest fur club teams of The Inter-scholastic championship four will be played, and mi the last day at Garden City, May 17-20, is likely there will be an 18-hole handicap. to be a more important affair than hitherto. Boston will be well repre- sented and it is expected that eight The Albemarle Golf Club of Xew- teams will enter for the team cham- tonville, Mass., has elected these of- pionship. Last year only three schools ficers for the coming year: President, entered. The present champion is Charles F. Avery ; vice-president. II. Dwight Partridge. E. Duncan; secretary, Dr. Roark; treasurer. F. Lincoln Peirce; directors, William Hickox, Samuel W. French, The executive committee of the Wo- (ilcif Ohlson, Charles A. Washburn, men's Eastern Golf Association has William L. Wadleigh, Herbert II. voted to bar the employment of pro- Cook, Eugene Pettee and Cul. Stearns. fessional golfers as caddies by con- it testants in its championship tourna- ments. April 14 a team of eighteen players of the Country Club of Atlantic City defeated a team from the Huntingdon The Rev. Dr. Perin, of the Bea- Valley Country Club by 12 to 6. The con LJniversalist Church, Brookline, match was played at Atlantic City. preaching recently on "True Ath- letics," said : "Forty thousand people will howl themselves hoarse over a \\ ashington, D. C., golfers will re- game of football, played by twenty- member their visit to Philadelphia, two men, a game which half of them April 21. They played at the Phila- do not even understand, and which not delphia Country Club, and were beaten more than 200 of the 40.000 have been by Philadelphia by 99 to 1. Dr. Lee trained to play. Baseball and football I farban saved the visitors from a are mere spectacular exhibitions. whitewashing. Golf, on the other hand, is a game for every man: the old man and the Co]| j> tlourishing in Xew Zealand. young man; the fat man and the lean Messrs, II. 1. Jones, of Wanganui, man ; for women as well as men. As leading sporting goods dealers and inventors in the field of athletics, there- manufacturers, have engaged a pro- fore, the Scotch pei iple have made fessional golfer from Scotland, David about the finest contribution to the Johnston, formerly of the Compiegne physical welfare of the race of any Golf Club, France, to act as instructor. nation on earth. Blessings on the na- fohnston says it will be no fault of his tion that invented golf!" 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SOLE AGENTS FOR UNITED STATES: HOLLAND HOUSE NEW YORK 241 F FIXTURES May 3-5.—Country Club of Atlantic June 5-8.—Inter-City matches for City. Annual Spring Tournament. the Griscom cup. May 9-10. — Wollaston (Mass.) June 5-8.—Nassau Country Club. Golf Club. Open Tournament. Eastern Women's Golf Association May 10-12.—Garden City Golf Championship. Club. Annual Tournament. June 7-9.—Societe de Golf de Paris, May 14-11).—Burnham (Somerset), Versailles. Amateur Championship of England. Championship English La- France. dies" (iolfing Union. June 7-i).—Woodland (Mass.) Golf May 17-10.—Garden City Golf Club. < >pen Tournament. Club. Interscholastic Championship. June 7-').—Columbia Golf Club, May 17-19.—The Country Club, Washington, D. C. Amateur Spring Brookline, Mass. Open Tournament. Tournament. May 15-16.—Philadelphia Country June 0.—Fall River Golf Club. Club. Fourth Annual Contest for the ( >pen Tournament. Mary Thayer Farnum Memorial cup. June 12-16.—Huntingdon Valley May 21-25.—Royal Liverpool Golf Country Club. Invitation tournament Club, Hoylake, England. Amateur for women. Championship of Great Britain. June 13-15.—Muirfield, Scotland. May 21-25.—Woodland Golf Club, Open Championship of Great Britain. Auburndale, Mass. Championship Wo- June 14-16.—Knolhvood (X. J.) men's Golf Association of Boston. Country Club. Invitation Tourna- May 23-26.—St. Andrew's Golf ment. Club. Metropolitan Association Cham- June 18-20.—Cruden Bay, Scot- pionship. land. Scottish Ladies' Championship. May 24-25.—Wollaston Golf Club. June 22-27,.—Chestnut Hill (Mass.) Massachusetts State Golf Association Golf Club. Open Tournament. < >pen Championship. June 23.—Lexington (Mass.) Golf. May 25-26.—Kenihvorth Golf Club, Club. Open Tournament. Allston, Mass. ( )pen Tournament. June 25.—Sandwich, England, 19th May 28-June 2.—Dollymount, Ire- Annual competition for St. George's land. Irish Closed Championship. Challenge Cup, 36 holes medal play. May 30.—Myopia Hunt Club. In- June -27-30. — Country Club of vitation handicap tournament. Springfield, Mass. < )pen Tournament. May 31, June 1-2.—Morris County June 2S-29.—Onwentsia Club. Lake Golf Club. New Jersey State Golf Forest, 111. Open Championship of Ass< iciation Championship. United States. June 1-2.—Societe de Golf de Paris, June 30.—Huntingdon Valley Coun- Versailles. Open Championship of try Club. Team matches between France. Philadelphia Golf Association and June 2.—Oakley (Mass.) Country Western Pennsylvania Golf Associa- Club. ' )pen Tournament. tion. The Right Car at the Right Price A modern touring car of the highest possible quality at every point. Every ounce cf raw material is of the nature best adapted to the re- quirements of its particular purpose, and is submitted to most rigid tests, in some cases chemical analysis, before using. 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Branches: Chicago Milwaukee Boston Philadelphia San Francisco New York Agency, 38 to 40 West 62nd St. Representatives in all leading cities. 243 I The 19O6 Improved Pneumatic Improvements Arthur Smith, who played the Pneumatic to victory in the 1905 The 1906 Pneumatic is a longer Western Open Championship, voiced the general verdict of a ball than last year by reason of im- growing army of golfers w hen he said, "I can drive the Pneumatic provements made in the air-retaining farther, loft it better, and putt it surer than I can any other ball." inner wall. It is an undisputed fact that compressed air is the greatest re- silient known. Better MarKing Golf balls are "pebbled" the better to overcome air resistance—a smooth- er ball could not fly so far and would be more easily swerved from its direction by the resistance of the air. You will readily know the 1906 Pneumatic by its improved marking —every "pebble*' perfect. The Pneu- matic is the only ball with indeface- able marking. You cannot flatten the pebbles as you can on the gutta perclia covers of all other balls. Improved Painting Process The great durability of the Pneu- matic was a severe test of paint. The Pneumatic has always been as well painted as any ball made. But that was not good enough for the long- lived Pneumatic, and we have per- fected a new and successful paint- ing process which we absolutely guarantee to be satisfactory. The application of the compressed air principle in the heart or core combines in this one ball, playing qualities that make it excel, as the Western Open Champion says, in every department of the game. It is impossible to gash or otherwise mar the thin outside covering of purest para rubber, which makes the Pneumatic the most durable golf ball made. It is, therefore, far the most economical ball to play, as well as the best from the standpoint of playing qualities. It is a well known fact that putting suffered with the introduction of the lively ball so necessary to distance from the tee. The winning feature of the Pneumatics is that its resiliency or liveliness is graded from drive to putt. Its resiliency lessens consistently as the force of the blow diminishes. Old friends of the Pneumatic are delighted with the improvements. If you have never used the Pneumatic we ask your consideration for its superior playing qualities and great economy. The Pneumatic will improve any player's game at any stage of its development. Just give the Pneumatic a fair trial and note the improvement in your game. I906 Pneumatics: 50c. each. Half dozen Boxes, $3.00. Per dozen, $6.00 < >nler direct from us (shipping charges prepaid) or from your dealer or professional For a while, 'O5 Style Pneumatics, -4O cents each $4'.8O per dozen Here's competition for re-made balls-—absolutely unused '05 Style Pneumatics—in every respect just like the ball with which Arthur Smith won the 1905 Western Open Cham- pionship. Order at once if you want to take advantage of this golf ball opportunity. MADE ONLY BY GOLF BALL, GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. De partment AKRON, OHIO, U. S. L ^44 THE NEW BALL S i 1K Pneum at ic A new ball, better than the best, is our offering for the sea- son of 1906 to the class plaj er who wants a hall that wiU out- distance anything on the drive, and at the same time excel in every other department of the What Those game. \ The PRINCIPLE of construction Who Know Say: is exactly the same as the regu- lar Pneumatic. NASSAU COUNTRY CLUB, The only improvement possible Glen Cove, N. Y. over the regular Pneumatic is greater compression of the air (I >YF.AR TIRE & RUBBER CO. core. GENTLEMEN:—I have played with In the Silk Pneumatic we new Silk Pneumatic Golf Ball dur- bring that pressure up from 800 ing the past four months and intend to 1.200 lbs. per square inch. to use it exclusively in all my games and matches this year. I find that it To withstand this increased is a much longer driving ball than Without the outside covering, show- pressure it takes the most ex- any other I have ever tried. It is ing the thread of purest fine spun silk. 'pensive fine spun silk thread, especially good from cleek and other Its greater strength is necessary on wound round and round the air irons. On the green it is very true for account of tlie increased pressure of tight composition which forms cutting. Several of those balls I have the compressed air core. the inner wall of the Pneumatic played ten rounds each before laying ball. them aside. When repainted they The result is a ball more re- look like new balls and play even Bponsive to the driving stroke than any other made. The impact of tetter, in my opinion. The Silk such a stroke depresses the flexible wall of the ball and "touches up" Pneumatic will soon be the universal the air already compressed to a resiliency far greater than rubber, ball and golfers who use it steadily however pure and new—however perfect the contact between rubber will be able to better their scores. core and its outside cover. (Cores of rubber—vegetable matter— Yours very truly, evaporate and shrink away from the cover of gutta percha which hardens with age, and easily cracks when the support of the core is ALECK SMITH, withdrawn.) Metropolitan Open Champion. The Silk Pneumatic in seating itself on the face of the club holds it- contact during more of the follow through. This, in addition to the wonderful resilience of the compressed air core, is a further aid From to distance and to direction as well. The Western Open Champion The Silk Pneumatic justly rewards a perfect stroke with a longer The Silk Pneumatic is tbe ball for carry than any other ball, while half topped shots get all the distance me. Any golfer can improve his possible with any ball, and a "top" cannot gash the Pneumatic. game with it. I got plenty of 250 The Silk Pneumatic never loses its shape. The immense outward yard drives with it, and find it tbe pressure, exactly the same in every direction, preserves the wonder- most reliable ball made when it fully flexible silk wall and rubber cover in a perfect sphere, even after comes to approaching and putting. months of play. For durability no ball is anywhere Through the green, with the brassey or any of the iron clubs, the near it. Silk Pneumatic makes distance easily with even less effort than the I advise every player to play the ordinary ball requires. Silk Pneumatic—on even terms it Playing short approaches to the green there is opportunity with will beat any ball on the market. the Silk Pneumatic for pretty play that would not be possible with a ball of any other character. It can be pitched or run up with accuracy ARTHUR SMITH. completely under the player's control. The approaching iron gets a Professional. Arlington Country Club, firmer contact with the rubber cover >>i the Silk Pneumatic, that makes Columbus, Ohio. an expertly scientific back spin as safe t" play as "English*1 in billiards. March 15, 1906. The resiliency of the Silk Pneumatic decreases consistently as the force of the stroke lessens, and in putting it can be given sufficient DENVER, COLO.. March 26, 1906. speed to maintain direction and surely reach the hole, with the full I have played the Silk Pneumatic confidence that it will go down anil stay down—no jumping all over Ball all winter on my home course the green—no jumping out of the cup. and in all ray recent matches, and If the regular Pneumatic is durable (and its claim to greatest am sure it is the best golf ball I ever durability is undisputed), the Silk Pneumatic is to all practical pur- used in my life. Yours truly. poses indestructible. Even at its higher price it is THE economical GILBERT E. NICHOLAS, golf ball. 1 rofessional, Denver Country Club. TRY THE SILK PNEUMATIC AT OUR RISK Our confidence in tin- performance of the Silk Pneumatic is so great that we make tliis remarkably liberal offer. If after a reasonable list you are not satisfied i• • keep the balls, you can send them to us. return charges collect, and we will refund your money without question. Every dealer in Pneumatics is authorized to make you this same proposition on the Silk Pneumatic. Order from us or from your dealer or professional—money back, remem- ber, in any case, if you are not satisfied. Price $10.00 per dozen. Half dozen boxes, $5.00. Single Balls, $1.00 each We always prepay shipping eharges GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. QQU mu. ..FPARTMENT AKRON, OHIO, I. S. A. 245 I 246 FIXTURES July 2-4.—Ekwanok Country Club, September 15. — Arlington Golf Manchester-in-the-Mountains, Vt. In- Club, Arlington, Mass. Open Tour- dependence cup tournament. nament. July $-~.—Apawamis Club. ( >pen September 20-22.—Woodlawn Golf Tournament. Club, Auburndale, Mass. ()pen Tour- July 10-13.—Midlothian Country nament. Club. Women's ()pen Tournament. September 22. — Vesper Country July 10-14.—Englewood (N. J.) Club, Lowell, Mass. Open Tourna- Golf Club. Amateur Championship of ment. United States. September 27-29. — Wilmington July 18-21.—Wee Burn Golf Club. ( Del.) Country Club. Middle Atlantic Connecticut Golf Association Cham- Golf Association Championship. pionship. September 28-29.—Chestnut Hill July 19-21.—Ekwanok Country Golf Club. < >pen Tournament. Club. Taconic cup tournament. September 2<).—Myopia Hunt Club. August 2-4.—Shinnecock Hill Golf Open Tournament. Club. Annual Tournament. ( >ctober 3-4.—Wollaston Golf Club. August 9-II.—Hollywood (N. J.) Open Tournament. Golf Club. M. G. A. Open Cham- October 6.—Oakley Country Club. pionship. Open Tournament. August 15-18.—Ekwanok Country October 8-13.—Drae Burn Country Club. First president's cup tourna- Club, West Xewton, Mass. Wromen's ment. Championship of United States. August 23-30. — Welsh Amateur October n-13.—Allston (Mass.) Championship. Golf Club. Open Tournament. September 3-8.—Portrush. Irish < )ctober 13.—Lexington Golf Club. Open Championship. < )pen Tournament. September 6-8.—Ekwanok Country October 18-20.—The Country Club. Club. Equinox and Orvis cup tourna- < Ipen Tournament. ment. ( >ctober 20.—Albemarle Golf Club, September 8.—Brockton Country Newtonville, Mass. Open Tourna- Club, Campello, Mass. Open Tour- ment. nament. September 8.—Bellevue Golf Club, October 22-26. — Merion Cricket Melrose, Mass. Open Tournament. Club. Women's individual champion- September 15.—Merrimack Valley ship of Philadelphia. Country Club. Lawrence, Mass. Open ( tctober 26-27.—Philadelphia. Les- Tournament. ley Cup Inter-city Matches. 1 x 1 r The Eureka Lawn Boots Light, Simple, Durable It lakes jn»t two (2) minutes to attach to Gog The Comfortable Way to a full set of the shoes. Reinforced at all wearing points. Far and away the best DOUSE LAWN BOOT on the market PHILADELPHIA Fully Guaranteed THE EUREKA MFG. CO. 'Pen Ton,. CLEVELAND, 0. W. H. Way, Secy, • New Jersey Central 81 Tunmj. READINC SYSTEM ^ ilmingtoo Train Every Hour and on the Hour 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. estnut I Jilork Signals Vrstibilleff Coaches applica- linrh- Bullnnt Cafe Cars tion Chicago, Jan. 16, 1905 Eureka Mfg. Co., Cleveland. 0. Dear Sirs:—For the past year we have been using vour Eureka STATIONS IN NEW YORK Lawn Boots and much prefer ihem to any we have used heretofore. Their advantages are apparent at a glance. Yours truly, ALAN L. REID, Foot W. 23d St. Foot Liberty St., N.R. Vice-Pres. Chicago Golf Club. Lake View, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1906 The Eureka lAfg Co., Cleveland, Ohio Dear Sirs:—The two sets of Eureka Horse Boots we purchased t, frorr you last season gave eminent satisfaction; they are yet in good condition and we intend using them again this season. They combine lightness and durability, which makes them essentially the proper - • boot: when we consider the horse, who wears them, as well as the effect they have on the grounds, they are by far the best and most • MENNENS practical horse boots on the market. Their economy asserts itself. Yours truly, CHAS. G- NIEMAN, Mgr. Wanakah Golf Club. ML BORATED TALCUM TOILET POWDER Remrah Process Remrah Process HELLO: GOLFER! 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Twenty-five cts. a bottle. booklets descriptive of this fascinating country Send six cents in stamps to cover postage. T. E. FISHER, Gen'l. Pass. Agt. DENVER, COLO. UPERINTENDENT and steward ; com- S petent to take full charge of club house and grounds; wife first-class cook and Bagpipes—Perfect set, played before housekeeper; over twelve years' experience. Salary or otherwise. Best references from President McKinley. Twenty Dollars. present and former clubs. Address, Hunting Stuart Tartan Kilt and Stockings "Steward," care GOLF. from Royal Clan Tartan Warehouse, Inverness, also Fox's Head Sporran. THIRST-CLASS golf professional is open Thirty Dollars. -*- for engagement. Thoroughly ex- perienced in making and keeping putting greens. Can take full charge of DONALD DINNEY golf course. Expert club maker, instructor and player. Highest references as to ability Care GOLF, 48 West 27th Street, New York and character. Address, "J. D. T.," care GOLF. \/rOUNG MAN, good player, instructor A WELL-KNOWN golf professional * and club-maker and able to look -**• would like to make a connection with after green ; desires an engagement some sporting goods house to travel as professional. Would not object to a with and sell their golf goods. Highest summer engagement in mountains or sea- references. Address, shore. Address, " L. M." care GOI.K. "X. Y.," care GOLF. 248 THE BEST BOOK ON GOLF Harry The Complete Vardon's Golfer This is, undoubtedly, the most valuable manual of 'Ill H the "royal game" that has yet been produced. Mr. Vardon is recognized as the world's greatest golf expert and is the man most qualified to instruct others. His direc- • tions are given with the greatest clearness and simplicity, and are aided by fifty pictures of Mr. Vardon himself • in the various positions, with diagrams showing foot placements, etc. The author also gives an account of his own experiences, and sprinkles jis pages with anec ! d< >tes. Cloth, 8vo. 50 Illustrations. Postpaid, $3.65; net, $3.50. For Sale by GOLF, 48 West 27th Street, New York: Our latest improvement, the "Charging Motor," has made possible the building of Electric Launches which are independent of all outside electrical supply, making them serviceable lor use on all mountain lakes, rivers, and the remote sections of the country. "THE IDEAL LAUNCH" All the comlorts of the summer cottage piazza while afloat, can be operated by a lady. Visitors are always welcome to inspect our stock of various sizes, 21 ft. and upwards. E.lco High-Speed Gasoline Boats " Will Serve you on Water as the Automobile does on Land.' Our beautifully illustrated catalogue will be sent on receipt of four cents for postage. THE ELECTRIC LAUNCH CO. Main Office and Works, Ave. A, Bayonne, N J. 249 • Haddon ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY Centrally Located Open Entire Year GOLFING, AUTOMOBILING HORSEBACK RIDING DRIVING ROLLER CHAIR RIDING ON THE BOARDWALK Booklet and Rates on Application LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT 250 TO GOLF CLUBS, GOLFERS CHAIRMEN OF HANDICAP COMMITTEES AND OTHERS A System for Club Handicapping AN INVALUABLE BOOK By LEIGHTON CALKINS Secretary Metropolitan Golf Association The Netu York Herald Says, "This should certainly be in the hands of the Ha\idieap Committee of all Clubs." PRICE 15 CENTS, POSTAGE FREE GOLF, 48 West 27th Street, New York City "Fifty per cent of the game"—in a nutshell THE ART OF PUTTING By WALTER J. TRAVIS Ex-Amateur Champion of America Ex-Amateur Champion of the World, 1904 And jAcn WHITE: Open Champion of the World, 1904 Edited and Illustrated by G. W. BELDAM, author of "Great Golfers," etc., with action Photographs taken expressly for this work. PRICE, THIRTY-FIVE CENTS, NET (Postage 2c.) No one will deny that this consistently brilliant player, Mr. Walter Travis, owes his championship honors to-day to his extraordinary putting. Indeed, he states that it constitutes nearly fifty per cent of the game. This little brochure explains his methods, and also Mr. Jack White's in their own words. For Sale by GOLF, 48 West 27th Street, New York •251 J OUTDOOR BOOKS PRACTICAL GOLF By "W. J. Travis Mr. Travis's long experience in golf, and the fact that he is a self- taught player, combine to make this book one which no golfer can afford to be without. The illustrations from instantaneous photographs admir- ably supplement the text. New Edition, Cloth, net, $2.00 FLY-RODS AND FLY TACKLE By Henry P. Wells Suggestions as to their manufacture and use. A new edition of this standard book on fishing with a rod. It goes into full details, with draw- ings and diagrams for the making and use of rods and fly-tackle and flies. Illustrated. Cloth, net, $1.75 THE SPECKLED BROOK TROUT Edited by Louis Rhead Chapters by a number of angling experts. Sixty original drawings, color-plates, photogravures etc. Imitation birch-bark cover, decorated with colored trout flies. (////print of R. H. Russell.) Cloth, in box. net, $3.50 UPLAND AND MEADOW By Charles C. Abbolt Dr. Abbott takes the reader out-of-doors every day of the year in ram- bles that never go far from the door-step. He discourses about wood and stream, marsh wrens, the spade-foot toad, trumpet creepers, and a host of other delightful things in nature. Cloth, $T.^O CITY BOYS IN THE WOODS By Henry P. Wells The story of a trapping venture in Maine, with a delightful out-door flavor. Adventures exciting and amusing abound, and although the volume is addressed to young readers, it will prove attractive to any one who loves the woods. Illustrated, Cloth, $2.50 WILD LIFE OF ORCHARD AND FIELD By Ernest Ingersoll The birds, squirrels, chipmunks aud other denizens of the woods are the subject of special study, with accompanying snapshot photographs of the wild creatures taken while off their guard. Cloth, net, $I.J.O Harper Brothers Publishers New York 252 THE FAMOUS Me HENRY Connoisseurs who have previously become acquainted with this famous brand of whiskey are respectfully informed that arrangements have been made to meet the constantly increasing demand for the past few years and that it is now possible to fill all orders. To those who have never been introduced to this cele- brated whiskey we would say that it is a product of the old school of distillers and that it has been made since 1812. THIS WHISREY IS ALL 1OO PER CENT. PURE OLD RYE WHISKEY. The McHenry people are the only distillers in the United States who preserve the original purity of their product by refusing to sell to rectifiers for blending pur- poses. It is still made in the plant established ninety-three years ago and is stored on the premises until it is ten years old. It reaches the consumer, always in the original bottles. See what Dr. Wiley of Washington says about this brand in his report on whiskies which will be out in January. Of course a brand of this character cannot be sold over cheap bars and in hotels of no strong reputation. For golf players, who are persons of discernment and who appreciate an honest whisky, MCHEXRY IS just the thing. It should be on hand in every golf club. The manufac- turers will send a sample bottle to golf club stewards for the asking. THE ROHR-MCHENRY DISTILLING COMPANY, DEPARTMENT 33, BENTON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENNA. 253 Chalfonte is a new Fireproof building" of the best type, located ON THE BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. BETWEEN THE PIERS THE LEEDS COMPANY Solicits your patronage and invites you to write for Illustrated Folder and Rates. CHALFONTE IS ALWAYS OPEN 254 $ $ 2. "Homans' Automobile Educator." 2. HIS new revised work, which has been prepared OUTLINE OF CONTENTS. T to meet the increasing demand for a thorough treatise on the subject of motor carriages, cannot fail to have a wide circulation and prove of immense I .—The Types and Merita of Automobiles, value to all persons interested in the subject. In the 1! —A Brief History of Self-Propelled Vehicles. course of the 672 pages, it presents all the important ni.—How a Motor Carriage Turns. IV.—Steering a Motor Carriage. elements of automobile construction in clear, concise V.—Devices for Combining Steering and Driving. and popular language, readily comprehensible by any VI —The Underframee of Motor Cars. reader, but at the same time goes into all matters with VII .—Springs, Radius Kods and Jointed Shafts. VIII .—Motor Carriage Wheels. a thoroughness that render it a useful hand-book even IX .—Solid Rubber Tires. to skilled engineers and machinists. X.—The Use and Effect of Pneumatic Tires. XI .—Construction and Operation of Brakes. XII .—i in Ball and Roller Bearings. XIII .—On the Nature and Use of Lubricants. XIV .—General Principles of Gas Engine operation. XV .—The Pressure, Temperature and Volun f Gases in a Gas Engine. XVI .—The Methods and Conditions of Gas Engine Cylinder Cooling. XVII —Conditions Remitting from Combustion of the Fuel Charge. XV1I1.—Gas Engine Efficiency. XIX .—Estimating the Horae-Power <>f Gas Engines. XX.—On Carburetters and Vaporizers. XXI .—On the Methods of Firing the < harge. XXII .—Development of Gasoline Motors by Daimler and his Successors. XXIII .—The Construction and Control of Typical Gaso- line Carriages. XXIV .—General Principles of Electricity. XXV .—Electrical Gauges. XXVI ,—Construction of the Dynamo Electrical Gener- ator and Motor. XXVII.—Operation of Electrical Generators and Motors. XXVIII .—Motors fur Electrical Vehicles. XXIX .—Practical Points on Motor Troubles. XXX .—Methods of Circuit-Changing in Electric Vehi- cles. XXXI.—Construction and Operation of Storage Bat- teries. XXXII —Steam and its Vse as a Motive Power. XXXIII .—('instruction and Operation of a steam Engine. .—Small Shell and Flue Boilers for Steam Car- xxxiv riages. .—Of Water Tube Boilers and their L'se in Steam xxxv Carriages. XXXVI.—Flash Steam Generators. XXXVII.—The Testing and Kegulatlng Attachments of Steam Boilers. XXXVIII .—Roiler Feeders and Water Level Regulators. As to the method of presentation, one remark is in XSXIY .—Liquid Fuel Burners and Regulators. place: since the advent of the motor carriage hzs created XL.—Simple Steam Carriage Engines. a widespread interest in matters mechanical, bringing XLI —Sinsle-Acting Steam Carriage Engines. XI.II .—Compound Steam Engines. many persons who lack previous acquaintance with the XLI II.—Hints on Gasoline Vehicle Management. mysteries of engine construction and operation lr.to inti- XLIV —Gasoline Motor Cycles. mate daily contact with practical problems and situa- tions, it is essential that such a treatise as the present one should give the facts with as few technical terms as pos- sible. In this respect the best book on the subject is some- This bookcontains 672 pages, what like the best automobile carnage—the simplest. over 500 diagrams and illus- The treatise on the gasoline engine cannot fail to trations printed on fine paper, prove valuable to anyone interested in explosive motors, size 5*4 x 8*2 inches, with gen- which are daily coming to the front as the readiest and most convenient source of power. erously good binding. The price of this popular edition is $2.00, and as an insurance against accidents, caused by ignorance of the principles of operation,—of which there are a lamentable Price $2. ADDRESS. number recorded every day,—no one interested in the subject can afford to do without a copy of this timely volume. GOLF 48 West Street, New York City 255 I r Le RADIUM PERPETUAL CIGAR LIGHTER A GREAT BOON TO SMOKERS CHEAPER AND SAFER THAN MATCHES SURELY LESS TROUBLE RESISTS STRONGEST WIND 54,000 sold in Montreal, Canada This useful French novelty consists of a metal vest pocket tube containing a platinum compound which, when exposed to the air, becomes incandescent and produces a strong flame. When the cap is replaced the flame is extinguished. Remove the cap and there instantly appears a steady flame which will light cigars, cigarettes, lamps, gas jets, will kindle fires, or light the way in the dark. NO MANIPULATION NO ADJUSTING This self-firing pocket lighter is absolutely safe. Will not ig- nite unless the cap is removed and the platinum exposed to the air. With ordinary care is practically indestructible. A great convenience to autoists, canoeists, yachtsmen, etc. Is watertight and operates faultlessly in rain, snow or strong wind. PRICE, COMPLETE, POSTPAID, FIFTY CENTS EACH (If not as represented, return it, and we will cheerfully refund your money.1 AGENTS AND DEALERS WANTED EVERYWHERE We make a most liberal proposition toagents and merchants who sell Le Radium Lighter, Correspondence solicited. INTERNATIONAL AUTO AND YACHT AGENCY 119-121 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK CITY Positively no free samples sent under any pretext. it lop ACTUAL SIZE A BOOK FOR ALL GOLFERS - PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN GOLF klllllT! M i —BY- z:-. LANCELOT C. SERVOS. The book treats of the stance, the grip, the swing-, hitting the ball, the follow-through, driving off the right and left feet, the fat man's swing, the use of iron clubs, approaching the wrist shot, stiff-arm shot, putting, bad, cupped and hanging lies, etc., etc. Met Mr. A. G. Lockwood says: "Your book is well illustrated, concise and to the point." "His definitions of what is right and what is wrong are concise and exactly to the point."—Boston Herald. "The Book is worthy the most careful study by any golfer who is anxious to improve his game."—Boston Transcript. Cloth. 60 Illustrations. Postpaid, $2.00. h For Sale by GOLF, 48 West 27th Street, NEW YORK. 256 \ 1906 1906 CHAMPION GOLF BALLS No. 2. Is the product of long and careful experiments in the manufacture of golf balls ot the rubber cored type with the following results: A perfect playing ball at all points of the game. It has the longest carry, retains its shape, floats and stands abuse—the ball par excellence for the expert as well as the medium class player who occasionally tops his ball. A trial will convince any player of the truthfulness of our every claim. No. 7. In making this ball we have endeavored to produce a ball absolutely indestructible in play, and judging from repeated severe tests we believe it will stand more punishment than any rubber cored ball ever before offered, and at the same time no principles that go to make a first class playing ball have been sacrificed. It has an amazingly long carry, both off" wood and iron clubs and puts most accurately. It floats, retains its shape and will be found to be a perfect playing ball as well as the most durable. LADY CHAMPION A new departure in the manufacture of golf balls. It is a well known fact that the average women golfer cannot hit as hard or secure the distance as the stronger sex. Then why not a ball made especially for them ? One that will go as far off a light stroke as the ordinary ball if hit hard. We have attained this quality in the Lady Champion. It is a trifle smaller and lighter than the regular and very resilient, and we believe any woman's game will be materially improved by using it. It will carry further than any ball made and acts exceptionally well at all points of the game. It should not only appeal to women players, but find favor with golfers in general. Sold under a liberal guarantee, 56.00 per doz. Worthington Ball Co. Elyria, Ohio Fore Goto!!! SFALDINC'S 1906 BLUE DOT WIZARD If you have not tried the 1906 Wizard with the Blue Dot, we would advise you to do so, and we are positive that you will become friends and remain friends throughout the season. Read what Willie Smith has to say about the Blue Dot: A. 0. SPALDINQ & BROS. New York Chicago St. Louis Philadelphia San Francisco Kansas City Buffalo Denver Washington, D. C. 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