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PAGE PAGE ARTICLES, REPORTS, E tc. Gentle Art of Swaggering, The ... 327, 376 Manchester Club ...... 41 Golf, American View of ...... 200, 254 Marco Polo...... 377 Golf at Cannes ...... 251 “ Missing Link,” The (Ball Painting) ... 297 “A i ” Special Ball, The...... 361 ,, Leicester ...... 208 Moonlight Match (North Berwick) .. 10 Abergavenny Links ...... 186 ,, Moffat ...... 279 ,. ,, (The B ra id s)...... 135 Advice Gratis ...... 284 ,, Nairn ...... 247 Mortonhall Links ...... 36 “ A. K. H. B.” on St. Andrews Links II. 151 ,, P a u ...... 408 Musselburgh Open Tournament ...... 18 American View of Golf ...... 200, 254 ,, Redcar ...... 246 My Fellow-Golfers (continued) 182, 262, 294, A nnns Mirabilis ...... 10 4 ,, St. Briac (Dinard)...... , 231 326 ,, St. N e o ts ...... 18 Ball Cleaner ...... 36 Ball Painting (The Missing Link)...... 297 Ball Press, The “ Home ” .. ... 68 New Clubs and New Courses (See also Balls, Goudie’s Hand-hammered...... 295 Boots and Brogues ...... 168 under “ Tee Shots ” ) :— Baneful Influence of Imitation, The ... 376 Clubs, Messrs. Gray and Son ... 105 Abergavenny ... 186 Banff C lu b ...... 166 Doctor, The ...... 295 Belvoir (Marquis of Granby’s) ... 407 Beginners, A Word to ...... 214 in Canada ...... 176, 207 Eltham Ladies’ ... 328 Blairgowrie...... 358, 410 in France ...... 185 ... 99 Boot-Grip, A Rubber ...... 18 Langholm in West of England ... 296 122, 376 Braids, Reflections on the...... 282 Luffness Jewellery ... 166 ... 329 Bude and North Cornwall Club .. ... 283 Nottingham ... on Sands (Dinard) ... 283 Ormeau (Belfast) ... 408 Burgess Society, (Edinburgh Bazaar) 166, 200 ,, the Glories of ... 299 Peterhead 5 Patents, Recent 6, 68, 135, 199. 278, Perth (extension) ... 14 Caddie, *4 Dumb ” ...... 202 332, 407 St. Neots (Ladies) ... 18 ,, “ Folding” ,, The Pleasure of 254 Taplow ... 269 ••• 135 Golfer, H o w l became a ... Caledonia (Carnoustie) Club-house ... 159 250 West Kilbride ...... 179, 188 Cambridge University Club ... 122 Golfer’s Diary, The 278 New Golf Picture (Parliamentary Tourna- Ceylon Championship, The ... 201 Gullane Links Case, The ...... 86. 215 ment) ... 134 Cleaning Iron Clubs ... 411 North Bedfordshire Club ... ••• 54 Cleek, Forrester’s Ball-back ... 199 Hand-hammered balls, Goudie’s... 295 Nottingham Club ... ..\ 318, 329 Col. N ----- and Lady Tyro ... 266 Handicap Match Table, A Uniform 221 Headingley Links, Opening of ... 119 Derbyshire Club ... 119 “ Home ” Ball press 68 Oban Club ...... 259 Diary, The Golfer’s 278 Huddersfield Club... 134 Obituary :— Didsbury Club 312 Hutchinson’s (Mr.) “ Square Toe” 18 Hydropathic High Jinks ... 298 Dr. Sanderson (Musselburgh) ... 105 Divots off an English Links 300, 344 Hon. W. H. Cross, M.P...... 219 “ Dumb Caddie,” The Greaves ... 202 Mr. Henry A. Lamb... .. 278 Duties of the Referee, On the 172 Irish Open Championship, T h e ...... 4 Sheriff Nicholson ... 316 Dying Year, The ... 246 Islay and Machrihanish, Yachting Cruise Charles Ramage (Brighton and Hove 391 to ...... 185 John Morris (St. Andrews) ...... 410 Eltham Club ...... 328 Isle of Purbeck Club ...... 51 Open Championship, The 21, 34, 37 ,, Ladies’ Club 328 On the Glories of Golf ...... 299 Eminent Golfers :— Jubilee Vase, T h e ...... 2 X X X III. Mr. Charles Hutchings 156 X X X IV . Mr. Charles Anderson 220 Parliamentary Tournament Draw ... 391 XXXV. Andrew Kirkaldy... 268 Ladies’ Golf at Pau ...... 408 Patent Irons, Mr. F. A. Fairlie’s ... 67 X X X V I. Mr. Thomas Gilroy 365 Lamb, The late Mr. H. A...... 278 ,, Putter, Foster’s ... 232 Leaves from Mr. R. Chambers’s Scrap­ Patents, Recent Golf, 6,68,135, 199, 278, book ...... 374,391,406 Fairlie’s (Mr.) Patent Irons 67 332, 407 Fen Skaters, A day with ... 279 Llandudno Public Links ...... 118 “ Perfectum ” Tee, The...... 150 Folding Golf Caddie, A ... 135 Long Drive, A (Mr. F. G. Tait)...... 313 Pleasure of Golf, The ...... 254 Formby Club 342 (See also under “ Correspondence” ). Portraits of the Two Champions (Ball Forrester’s Ball-back Cleek 199 Lytham and St. Anne’s Tournament ... 118 and Hilton) ...... 51, 232 ,, Patent Putter ... 232 Pot-hunting in Golf ...... 1^3 Frenchman’s Impression of Golf, A 184 Machrihanish Ladies Club 302 Putting Cleek, Willie Park’ s ...... 37 IV INDEX.

PAGE PAGE PAGE Record Scores (See also under “ Tee Handicap Match Table, A Uniform ... 236 Ball Rebounding on Player or Club Vol. I. 342 Shots ” ) :— Handicaps and Prizes ...... 25 Vol. III. 347 Gullane (Mr. A. M. Ross) .. ... 216 Hard Case, A ...... 364, 382 ,, Rolling off Tee ... Vol. III. 253, 304 Machrihanish (Willie Fernie) ... 186 Heathen Chinee at Wimbledon, The ... 224 Vol. IV. 263, 358 Ormeau, Belfast (Mr. T. Gilroy) ... 408 Hunting of the Pot, T h e ...... 223 ,, Sticking to Club ...... Vol. I. 405 St. Andrews (Mr. L. M. Balfour) ... 66 Hutchinson’s “ Golfing,” Mr...... 397 Vol. V. 348 Red Coat, The ...... 329, 376 ,, Striking Opponent, Self, Caddie, or Referee, on the Duties of the ...... 172 Inter-Club Matches ... 382, 396, 409 Flag Vol. I. ... 373, 392, 405 Reflections on the Braids ...... 282 Irish Golfers and Mr. A. J. Balfour, M.P. 267 Vol. I I ...... 68 Royal Guernsey Club ...... 342 Is it a Record ? ...... 396 Vol. V. 106, 302, 364, 382, 395

Killing Birds at Golf ...... 24 Changing Holes for Competition, Vol. III. 136 St. Andrews Autumn Meeting ...... 50 Vol. V. 171 ,, Evening Times Trophy ... 66 Lady Golfers, To ...... 107 Combining Match and Medal Play,Vol. V. 381 ,, Links, “ A. K. H. B .” on ... j 51 Leith—Golf in Bygone Days ... 107 Co urtesy of the Green and Beginners ,, Social Club (London) ... 278 Long Drive.—A Disclaimer Vol. III. 6 Saxon and the Gael, The...... 280 ...... 317 Seascale Club ...... 328 Made-up Balls ...... 397 Desertion and Scoring ... Vol. V. 106 Sidcup Club ...... 162 Making Greens 24, 40 “ Square Toe,” Mr. Hutchinson’s ... 18 Mid-Surrey Club ... Fore Caddies Vol. V. 106, 302, 364, 382 Styles of Play ...... 153 ...... 363 Sunday Golf (See also under “ Corre­ “ Nothing New under the Sun” ...... Giving up a Hole ...... Vol. V. 412 spondence” ) ...... 150, 198 53 Ground under Repair ... Vol. V. 39 Swaggering, The Gentle Art of ... 327, 376 “ Old Clapham ” ...... 6 Open Championship, The... 6, 40 Handicap Match Play ... Vol. V. 106 Two Championship Greens ...... 102 Out of Form ...... 362 Handicapping against 4 ‘ Bogey ” Vol. V. 138 Handing in Scores ... Vol. V. 69, 381 Handling Ball in Play ... Vol. III. 347 Uniform Handicap Match Table...... 221 Patent Golf Clubs...... 204 Hazard, A (Sand-bunker, Whins, Snow, Perth Players in Ireland .., ...... 382 Wallasey Club ...... 323, 330, 333 Pot-hunting...... 204, 223, 255, 283 Water, Mud, Ferns, etc.) Vol. I. 187, 198, 217, 218, 260, Protective Screens for Greens ...... 412 “ Wheel of Golf” (New Game)...... 246 280, 391, 405 Willesden Club ...... 222 Vol. II. 4, 36, 67, 68, 69, 84, Winchester L in k s...... 312 Questions on the Rules. (See separate 144, 368, 386, 417 Word to Beginners, A ...... 214 Heading.) Vol. III. 85, 155, 267, 318, 409, 410 Vol. IV. 22, 35, 54, 87, 98, Yachting Trip to Islay and Machrihanish 185 Red Coat, The ... 171, 189 138, 263 Ye Monks of Ye Braids ...... 263 Remarkable Stroke ...... 6 Vol. V...... 39,68, 89, 138 Rostrevor Club (Co. Down) ... 121 Holing Out (Medal Play)... Vol. I. 156, t Royal Blackheath Club, Future of ... 24 I 7L 405 Vol. II. ... 86 Sandwich Medal Day ...... 107 Vol. III. 51, Scarborough Record Score 81, 108, 122 52, 136 CORRESPONDENCE. Seaford Links ... 236,255 Vol. V. 235 “ Styles ” of Play ...... 189,205 ,, with Half-Crown Vol. V. ... 120 Accidents at Golf ...... 6 Sunday Golfing (See also under Age for Membership ...... 25, 41 “ Articles”) 108, 120, 137, 155, 170, Interrupting the Round ... Vol. II. 275 Amateur Championship, The ...... 4 11 189, 205, 224, 235 Vol. III. 410

Beginners, A Word to ... 236, 267, 301 Tait’s (Mr. F. G.) Drive 348, 363, 381, 396 Knocking Ball Away on Green, Vol. III. 85 Bibliography of Golf, A 255, 283, 286, 301 Vol. V. 348, 349 236 Borth and Windmill Hill Links, ...... 39 Uniform Plandicap Match Table... Liftable Ball ...... Vol. III. 69 Byes, Drawing ...... 155 Vol. V. 39 Visitors on Medal Days ... 15s. 189 Lifting from Rabbit-hole (Local Rule) Care of Clubs, The ...... 395 Vol. V . 106 Championships, The ...... 53, 4 11 Wallasey Club 333 “ Colonel Bogey ” to Arthur Golf-ball ... 154 Warning to Bad Putters ... 362 Match and Medal Play ...... Vol. I. 342 Committee’s Decision, A ...... 155 Wearing of the Green, The 40 Vol. IV. 196, 245, 263 Cots wold Links, The ...... 333 Word to Beginners, A 236, 301 Vol. V. 39 County Golf Matches ...... 69, 107 ,, ,, (Penalties in) Vol. III. 409 Courtesy of the Green ...... 24 Yorkshire Golfing Union ... 362 Missing the Tee Shot ... Vol. V. 204, 317 Curiosity in Golf Balls, A ...... 170 Moved Ball? W h atisa... Vol. I. 282, 295, 3H, 343 Vol. V. 395 Ealing, Golf at ...... 204 QUESTIONS ON THE RULES. Moving Loose Obstacles Vol. III. 85, 333 England v. Scotland ...... 69 Vol. IV. 410 Form, Out of ...... 362 Under this heading, some classification has been attempted of the various questions Passing on the Course ... Vol. I. 405 Golf, Accidents a t ...... 6 on the rules submitted in our Corre­ Vol. IV. 120, 379 ,, and Wearing of Glasses ... 205, 244 spondence columns in the present and Players Not Turning Up ... Vol. V. 395 ,, at Ealing ...... 204 preceding volumes of Go lf. Playing Different Rounds ... Vol. IV. 428 ,, at Pau ...... 363 ,, from Wrong Tee Vol. V., 89, 204 ,, at Rhyl, A Day’s ...... 170 Amateurs and Money Prizes Vol. III. 253 ,, Out of Turn... Vol. III. 253, 409 ,, Balls—A Suggestion ...... 364 ,, Threesome and Single Vol. I. 247 ,, -Club Makers ...... 301, 315 Ball, Bad-lying, Unplayable, or Lost ,, to give Advantage ... Vol. V. 235 ,, Club W7anted ...... 396, 412 Vol. I l l ...... 266, 361 ,, Wrong Ball (Changing, &c.) ,, Greens of Scotland, Th e ...... 333 Vol. IV ...... 138, 196, 245 Vol. I. 70 .. in Leith in Bygone D a y s ...... 107 Vol. V. 53, 68, 89, 90, 138, 317, 412 Vol. III. 39, 347 Golfers, To Lady ...... 107 Ball against Breakclub or Loose Impedi­ Vol. IV. 278 Green, The Wearing of the ...... 40 ment, ...... Vol. I. 342 Vol. V. 171 Greens, Making ...... 24 ,, In and Out of Play ... Vol. II. 258 Professional? W hatisa ... Vol. IV. 263 ,, Protective Screen for ...... 412 ,, Moving while Addressing Vol. II. 68 Vol. V. 317 Gullane Common ...... 137 ,, Out of B ounds,...... VoL II. 69 Putting Line, The (Club before Ball) ,, and the Railway ...... 267 Vol. IV. 326, 397 Vol. III. 267, 304, 361 INDEX. v

PAGE PAGE Removing the Flag ...... Vol. IV. 410 Frost and Golf 217, 410 New Clubs and New Courses : — “ Retrieving ” Balls, by a Dog Vol. V. Coubert (Paris) ...... 169 120, 155 G olf and its Red Jacket...... 391, 411 Derbyshire ...... 88, 169 Rub on the Green ... Vol. I. 37, 51, Golf and Agriculture ...... 392 Eltham Ladies’ ...... 415 52, n 8 , 133 ,19 8 ,, Local Prosperity ... 137, 219 Fochabers (Morayshire) ... 265, 266 Vol. II. 69, 144 ,, the Q. E. R. B...... 331 Garleton (Haddington) .. 38, 61 Vol. III. 121 Golf at Bembridge...... 348 Gullane Common ...... 361 Vol. IV. 410 ,, Brancaster ...... 239 Huntly ...... 394 Vol. V. 362 ,, Edinburgh ...... 314 Jedburgh ...... 166, 168 ,, Eastbourne ...... 157 Linlithgow and Bo’ness ...... 187 Scoring (Playing Alone and Desertion) ,, Gullane, Luffness, &c. 105, 169, 218, Luttlestone Castle (Sir W. H. Dyke) 219 Vol. V. 106, 223 238,265,347,392 Marple (Stockport) 38 ,, by Outsiders... Vol. II. 275 ,, Pau ...... 169 Methill ...... 203 Size of Holes... Vol. II. 417 ,, St. Briac (Dinard), Objections to 187 Milton Court (Dorking) 305 Stimy, The Vol. I. 6 22,36,37,52, ,, Skelmorlie ...... 347 Mitcham Ladies’ 305 86, 390, 406 Golf “ Bacillus,” The ...... 136 Northern Merchants (Edinburgh) 361 Vol. III. 38 ,, Ball and Excursion Train ...... 137 Peebles 9° j 119 Stroke? What is a ...... Vol. II. 368 ,, Ball Painter (“ Porcupine ” ) ... 391 Portobello 88 Vol. III. 85, 362 ,, Boot (Randall’s) ...... 217 St. Enodoc (Cornwall) 346 Vol. IV. 358 ,, Club and Ball Making 252, 301, 315, Seascale (Cumberland) 239 Vol. V. 138, 348 346,379.394,397,410 Streatham (Tooting Common) 188 Golf-Club Holder ...... 382 Tewkesbury 169 Ties against “ Bogey ” Vol. V. 89 Golf, Dr. Marshall Lang on ...... 168 Tiverton 205 in Cyprus ...... 304 West Kilbride 188 Worm Casts ...... Vol. II. 67 Natal ...... 52 West Lothian 196 >? ,, ... Vol. III. 409 South Africa (Kimberley)...... 136 Worthing 228 West of Scotland ...... 331 New Forest Skirt (rhyme) 119 on Clapham Common ...... 88 North Berwick 218, 219, 251, 286, 304, Golfer and the Broken Window, The ... 23 315, 346, 347, 361, 392, 393 T E E SHOTS. Golfers and Simplicity (Rhyme) ...... 23 Golfing Style (Mr. A. Lang) .. ... 168 Advertising, The Value of 238 “ Gowff” (Rhyme) ...... 188 Oaths, A Crop of ...... 397 Anderson, Mr. L. Stuart... 2152 Gutta-Percha and Golf Balls ...... 359 Open Championship, The (Muirfield) 23, 52 Anderson’s (Edinburgh) ... 218 Angry Colonel, The 88 Haddington ...... 393 Aquarium (Westminster)... 316 Parliamentary Golf Match ... 359,391 “ Hammer ” Club, A. Kirkaldy on the... 52 Penn, Mr. John, M.P. (at Archerfield) Highet, Dr. (Troon) ...... 394 Balfour (Mr. A. J.)...... 203,332 169, 252 Hole in One 23, 203, 265, 316, 332, 348, 394 Pool Competition (I. of W. Club) .... 188 ,, ,, Irish Golfers’ Present Holed by Running Water ...... 287 “ Porcupine ” Ball Painter ...... 391 to ...... 219, 236, 397 Holder, Golf-club...... 382 Professional Tournaments — Balfour (Mr. Leslie M.) ...... 380 Hope (Mr. H. W .) of Luffness, and Golf Bass Rock Club Scratch M ed al...... 88 ,, ,, N. Berwick ... 88 238,315.392 Bibliography of Golf ... 286, 315, 332 ,, ,, Tooting Bee ... 391 “ BilRre ” (Rhyme) ...... 188 ,, Matches— Birrel, M.P. (Mr. A.) on Golf ...... 218 Inter-Club Matches ...... 409 A. Dickson. Taplow, v. Blaikie (Professor) on Golf ...... 188 Inter-University Match ...... 380 Lambert, Tooting Bee 348 Blackie, Dr...... 251 Isle of Wight Club, Pool Competition ... 188 R. Hunter v. W. Tucker 380 Brodie, Provost (North Berwick) 238, 287 Laidlay, Mr. J. E...... 331 Burgess Society and Electro-Plate Prizes 265 Lang (Mr. Andrew) on Golf Style ... 168 Randall’s Golf Boot ...... 2 1 7 ,, Bazaar ...... 202, 252 Lay of Lost Golfer (rhyme) ...... 38 Record, An Unprecedented ...... 52 Bloxsom, Mr. W. G. (North Berwick) ... 286 Long Drive (D. Rolland)...... 411 Record Scores (See also under “ Corre­ . Boxing Kangaroo, The ...... 316 Longest Hole on Record, The ...... 205 spondence ”)— Lossiemouth Caddies ...... 52 Dunaverty (Mr. James Taylor) ... 5 “ Caddie,” Origin of Word 203 Selkirk (Mr. A. Weir) ...... 15 ,, The Kenilworth ,, New Club-house ...... 286 349 Low Scoring St. Neot’s (Mr. Low and Hurry) ... 18 Caddies, Lossiemouth 52 King James V I.—Perth (Mr. J. ,, Tooting Bee (Supper to) North Berwick (B. Sayers)...... 5 303 ,, ,, (Mr. J. E. Laidlay)... 331 Carmichael) ...... 38 Catholic Club for Edinburgh, A.... 218 219 Monifieth (Mr. W. Still) ... 43, 159 Tooting Bee (Mr. W. Bazalgette) ... 38 Chambers’s Scrap-Book, Mr. Robert 39i Sheringham (G. Dunn) ... . 52 Clapham Common, Golf on Selkirk (Mr. A. Weir) ...... 15 88 A berdeen Victoria (Mr. A. McCon- Scarborough (R. Bird and T. Chis­ “ Colonel Bogey” ... 346 holm) ...... 81, 108 Congestion of Golfers in Edinburgh nachie) ...... 108 314 Kinghorn (Mr. T. S. Wall) ... 148 St. Andrews (Jack Kirkaldy) ... 70 Conington Castle Course ... 265 Wimbledon, Last Nine Holes (Mr. Corporations and Golf Limpsfield Chart (D. Rolland) .. 252 ••• 347 Notts (Mr. John Doleman) ...... 361 F. Fairlie and Mr. J. D. Char- Crop of Oaths, A. ... ••• 397 rington) ...... 88 Cross, M.P., The Late Mr. ... 219 Mitcham—Prince’s—(Mr. S. M. Fer­ Crystal Palace Curlers ... 264, 303, 304 Machrihanish Ladies’ Club ...... 286 guson) ...... 136 Curling ...... 217, 221, 264, 285, 304 Making-up B a l l s ...... 380, 397 Royal Eastbourne (Mr. H. Hutchin­ „ “ Vernauckler ” ...... 285 Ministers and Corkscrews ...... 316 son) ...... 136 Moonlight Matches at North Berwick ... 136 Daily News on Golf, The Kilmalcolm (Walter Day) ... 147 ... 104 Mortonhall C lu b ...... 360, 361 Perth New Course (Capt. Livingston) 157 Dalhousie Club New Gold Medal ... 204 Musselburgh Course and the Corporation Derbyshire (Mr. Warren, Notting “ Dang It ! ” on Ladies’ Links ...... 252 238 ,314 Dornoch Links ham...) ... 169 ... 52 Dinard (G. K. Wilson) ...... 169 Dunbar Course ••• i Nae Sma’Drink !...... 218 Duncan, Mr. D. Scott 33 Machrihanish (W. Fernie) ...... 186 .. 218 New Clubs and New Courses (See also under Archerfield (B. Sayers) ...... 236 Dunn’s (John and Gourlay) Record [1 305 “ Articles”):— ,, (Mr. W. Thomson) ... 393 Auchterarder ... 212, 287 Dunham (Mr. H. Hilton and T. East Lothian Club...... ^ Biarritz ... 239 Gourlay) ...... 239 “ East Lothian Illustrated” ... 251, 264 Bognor ... 226 Hayling Island (J. H. Taylor) ... 252 Edinburgh University Club ...... 203 Burnham (Bucks) .. 225 Tenby (Mr. G. M. T. Smyth) ... 259 Edinburgh Evening Dispatch Trophy ... 418 Catholic Club, Edinburgh ... 218, 219 Aberdeen (Mr. A. M. Dunn, Vic­ Electro-Plate Era, The ...... 265 Clac’on-on-Sea ... 257 toria) ...... 270 VI IND E X.

PAGE PAGE PAGE Record Scores :— Banff ...... 14 Coton H ill...... 288, 351, 415 Minchinhampton (Rev. E. H. Haw­ Barham Downs ...... 124, 190, 271 Cotswold ... 92, 159, 240, 288, 320, 368 kins and P. Nichols) ...... 287 ,, ,, Ladies . 124, 190, 271 „ L a d ie s...... 368 County Down (Mr. F. G. Tait) ... 288 Barnes Ladies ... 139, 225, 305, 350, 413 County Down, 175, 240, 263, 288, 320, 415 Dumfries and Galloway (Mr. W. M. Barton-under-Needwood ... 190, 239, 398 Coventry ...... 72, 75, 206, 370 Blake and W. Fernie) ...... 316 Bath...... 139 ,, Ladies ...... 191, 417 Prestwick St. Nicholas (J. Hunter). 332 Bearsden, 14, 62, 93, 115, 126, 148, 243, Crail ...... 127 Portrush (Mr. T. Gilroy) ...... 348 318, 356, 420 Crawford ...... 31, 84 Taplow (A. Dickson) ...... 348 „ Ladies 93, 115, 164,243,318, 404 Crieff ...... 148 Lanark (Dr. Vassie) ...... 360 Bedford ...... 287, 366, 367 Cromer Ladies ...... 155 Limpsfield Chart (D. Rolland) ... 380 ,, Ladies ...... 367 Crookham, 56, 72, 94, 124, 159,' 190, Peterhead (Lord Carnegie) ...... 380 Belton Park ...... 177 306.335.384,399 Lossiemouth — Moray Club — (A. Berkhamsted ...... 364 Cumbrae, ... 14, 47, 84, 164, 222, 382 Kirkaldy) ...... 394 Beverley and East Riding, J i , 91, 124, ,, Ladies ...... 30, 180, 244, 382 Red Coat, The ...... 169, 347 174, 334, 413 Royal West Norfolk Club ...... 239 Biarritz ... 239, 271, 283, 305, 332, 367 Dalkeith ...... loo Birkdale, 140, 174, 206, 318, 350, 367, Didsbury 73, 109, I4L 159, 240, 306, 368 St. Andrews Course ...... 359 383, 398, 413 Dinard 217, 271, 318, 351,368,4(5 St. Andrews’ Social Club, Closing of ... 202 Blackheath Ladies • 7, 71, 140, 226, 239, ,, Ladies ... 3 18 ,4 15 287, 350, 367, 414 St. Briac, Objections to Golf at ...... 187 Disley, ... 42, 92, 320.335.384 Saithe and Golf Ball, The ...... 360 Blairgowrie 23, 98 Dornoch 30, 48, in , 115, 130 Salt Water for Worm Pest ...... 252 Bolton ...... 190, 350 Douglas 7, 124, 207, 271, 289, 384 Sanderson, The late Dr. (Musselburgh) . 105 Bognor ...... 226, 241 Dumbarton... 14, 31, 164 Bournemouth ...... 72, 334, 351, 413 Seaford Club ...... 2 1 9 Dumfries 130, 354, 366, 420 Seascale ,, ...... 304 Bowdon 72, 174, 239, 271, 305, 351, 413 Dunaverty ...... 8 Secret of Mr. John Ball’s Play ... 70 Bowmont (See Dunbar) Dunbar ... 115, 274 ,, Mr. Hilton’s Su ccess...... 70 Boxmoor ...... 42, 225 ,, Bowmont ...... 62 Bradford St. Andrews ... 91, 158, 414 Sheep Killed by Golf Ball (Archerfield) ,, Castle 99 Brighton and Hove, 26, 55, 72, 140, 174, ...... 252, 304 ,, Ladies ...... 15 Short- Sighted Lady and Mushroom ... 52 206, 240, 287, 367, 414 Dunblane ... n , 186, 404 Sunderland C lu b ...... 392 Bristol and Clifton...... 190, 351 Dundee Advertiser 43, 60, 93, 125, 191, Brora...... 14, 15, 31, 115, 130, 144 Swing Competition (N. Berwick) ... 88 25 7, 306, 335, 416 Broughty Ferry, 8, 43, 57, 73, 92, n o , ,, Courier 125, 141, 191, 335, 351 i 59, 175, 241 Tait, Mr. F. G...... 202, 331 Dunfermline ...15, 37, 62 „ Professor Guthrie ...... 202, 217 Buckie ...... 108 Dungannon ...... 288 Burnham (Bucks) ...... 225, 305 Teachers’ (Edinburgh) Club ...... 252 Durham ...... 7, 56, 73, 109, 385, 399 Tooting Bee C lu b ...... 346, 379, 391 „ ,, Ladies ...... 305 Tremendous Drive (Rev. Mr. Scott, Burnham (Somerset), 72, 91, 124, 190, Ealing, ... 26, 92, 159, 191, 2 11, 335, 399 Eastbourne) ...... 290, 317 206, 271, 318, 351, 415 ,, ,, Ladies ...... 91 Earlsferry and Elie, ...... 14 Burntisland, 15, 130, 164, 195, 267, 323, Eastwood (Giffnock) ... 115 , 147, 177 Wearside ...... 392 387, 403 East of Fife, 9, 62, 135, 164, 178, 2 11, Winchester College C lu b ...... 303 Bute...... 171, 256 240, 272, 292, 301, 324, 353 Buxton and High Peak, 26, 42, 109, 124, 257 East Sheen Ladies...... 14 1, 399 Yorkshire Golf Union, Suggested ... 332 Edinburgh Calcutta ...... 319, 368, 398 Bank of Scotland ... 46 ,, Amateur Championship of India 319 Blackford ... 5 ,, Ladies ...... 320 Braids, 271, 372 Camberley ...... 1 1 3 Brunswick ... 148 Cambridge University, 158, 175, 190,206, Bruntsfield Links ... 108 COMPETITIONS. 334,384,398,401, ,, Short Hole .. 212 414, 415 Burgess ...... 109 Aberdeen, 41, 55, 56, 71, 108, 139, 174, ,, ,, v. Old Cantabs... 334 Caledonian Insurance ...... 63 206, 349, 366, 383, 397, 413 Canary Islands ...... 413 Carlton... 63, 116 ,, Bon-Accord, 7, 108, 257, 270, Cannes, 207, 306, 320, 334, 367, 399, 415 City Chambers... 30, 179 349, 366, 383, 397, 413 „ Ladies ...... 367, 399, 415 ‘ Cleek ” ... 30 ,, Free Press ...... 139 Cape, T h e ...... 91 Craigmillar ...... 62, 356 ,, Journal...... 139 Carnarvonshire ... 7, 92, 140, 287, 384 Electric, 14, 160, 243, 299, 342 ,, Ladies’ ...... 366 Carnoustie and Taymouth, 26, 142, 159, Forfarshire ... 14, 356, 416 „ Victoria, 7, 25, 71, 90, 108, 321, 416 Grampian ...... 243 123, 190, 270, 383, ,, Caledonia ... 8, 43, 93, 142 Harrison ... 48, 62, 115 , 130 397, 413 ,, Dalhousie, 56, 73, n o, 125, Heriot 116, 164, 179, 243, 324, 380 „ ,, Driving Competition 270 142,159.257,306,368 Honourable Company ... i n Aldeburgh...... 55, 1 58, 270, 350 Caterham ...... 140 Institution (F.P.) ... 56, 355 ,, Ladies...... 57 Cathkin Braes ...... 116, 240 Junior Niblick...... 8 Alloa ...... 266 Ceylon Championship, The ...... 201 Licensed Victuallers ... 130, 403 A ln m outh...... 83, 397 Charnwood Forest...... 112, 125 Life Association of Scotland 9 Anstruther...... 3°, 47, 60 Cheadle ... 42, 92, 124, 141, 287, 400 Mortonhall 51, 115 , 135, 322, 35° Arbroath, 8, 26, 43, 57, 73, 93, n o , 142, Cheltenham, 42, 141, 175, 190, 258, 271, Newington ... 30, 147, 351 175, 191, 207, 226, 241, 257, 273, 288 ,334 Pen and Pencil ...... 195 306, 321, 335, 352, 368, 384, 400, 416 Chester ...... 109 Philosophical Institution ... 100 Archerfield...... 206 Chesterford Park ... 158, 191, 240, 368 Register House...... 99, 3$7 Ardeer ...... 7, 164 Cinque Ports, 42, 124, 158, 191, 271, Royal Bank ...... 93 Arden, 55, 90, 123, 162, 242, 318, 334, 334, 399 Royal Colleges...... 99 35°, 366, 383, 398, 413 Clapham Common, 141, 175, 240, 351, High School .. ... 62 Ascot Ladies ...... 7, 108, 413 399, 415 St. Andrew 14, 62, 163, 195, Ashdown Forest and Tunbridge Wells, ,, „ Ladies ... 297, 368 222, 292, 368 25, 41, 123, 190, 270, Cleveland, 55, 74, 141, 147, 207, 299, Scotsman 115 , 1 1 6, 144, 166, 386 46, 100 334, 398 334, 355, 384, 417 Scottish Equitable ,, ,, Ladies’, 7, 41, 61, 71, C lith e ro e ...... 338 Standard 100 90, 123, 158, 206, Conington Castle ...... 257 Stewart’s College (F. P-) 275 350, 413 Copthorne...... 399, 4M Stockbridge 43 Ashley Park ...... 195, 225, 241, 383 ,, L ad ies...... 399, 4H Stockbrokers’ Clerks 147 INDEX.

PAGE PAGE Edinburgh :— Ladybank ...... 4 7 .6 2,14 8 North Berwick : — ,, Teachers 99, 164, 222, 302, 367 Lanark ...... 3. *35, 3S2 ,, ,, Professionals and Caddies 98 „ Thistle 31, 92, 179, 244, 287, Langholm .., ...... 361 ,, ,, Tantallon ...... 10, 28 322, 376, 419 Largs I9S. 244, 335. 404 ,, ,, v. South of Ain ...... 126 ,, University ...... 147 Leasowe 177, 226, 272, 306, 336 ,, Warwickshire Ladies 44, 76, 126, ,, Viewforth ...... 30 Leicester ...... 208 160, 177, 191, 209, 258, 369, 386 Warrender ...... 46, 97 Leith ...... 147, 321 Nottingham n , 59, 113, 145, 160, 209, ,, Watsonian 25, 130, 236, 327, ,, Caledonian ...... 47 258,336,353 356, 398 ,, Seafield 88, 130, 196, 345, 386 ,, Wharfedale .. 31, 243, 305, 345 Lenzie ...... 93 Oban ...... , ...... 292 ,, “ Ye Monks of ye Braids ” 48, Leven Thistle ...... 6l Ontario ...... 176 99, 403 ,, Ladies 15, 6l Open Championship, The (Muirfield) ... 34 Edzell ...... Lichfield Theological College ...... 190 Orkney ...... 148 Elie and Earlsferry Ladies ...... 47 Limpsfield Chart 9, 75, 94, 177, 226, 288 Ormeau (Belfast) ...... 408 Eltham ...... n o ,, Ladies... 9,75,94,177,226 Ormesby Hall ...... 384 ,, Ladies ...... 415 Lincoln ...... 177 Ossington (Kilmarnock) ...... 115 Epsom ...... 383, 399 Littlehampton 26, 58, 143, 191, 226, 241 Oxford University 126, 145, 160, 206, Evening Times (Glasgow) Trophy ... 66 272, 336, 417 241,336,353,370,384.401,418 Exmouth ... {...... 242 Littlestone 27, 75, 129, 144, 155, 226, ,, ,, v, Mr. Colt’s Team .. 337 258, 369, 400 ,, ,, Past v. Present ... 401 London Scottish (Wimbledon) 126, 147, Fakenham ...... n o 35S, 4'7 Falkirk Tryst ...... 115, 404, 420 Luffness ...... 43, 130 P a u ...... 283, 332, 369 Fraserburgh ...... 41 Lundin ...... 15 ,, Ladies’ ...... 352, 369 Felixstowe 8, 26, 73, 124, 191, 257, 335, 400 ,, Ladies’ ...... 62 Perth Artisan 60, 73, 98, 122, 157, 177, Folkestone 73, 141, 226, 272, 335, 368, 416 Lytham and St. Anne’s 9, 27, 43, 57, 94 27L 343 ,, Ladies... 226,335,368.416 112, 118, 144, 208, 272, 321, 352, „ King James VI. 98, 114, 125, 193, 420 Forfar ...... no, i n ,, Licensed Victuallers 385, 407 175 Formby ...... 8, 175, 227, 385 ,, ,, Caddies ...... 273 ,, Royal 115, 130, 142, 397 Forres ...... 26, 416 „ ,, Ladies 273, 352, 385 Peterhead ... - 5, 25, 71 Fraserburgh...... 275 ,, ,, Tournament ... 118 Pietermaritzburg ... Port Elizabeth ...... 95 Galashiels ...... 115, 148, 243, 323 Port-Ellen...... 62 Girvan ...... 130, 164, 404 Macclesfield 58, 112, 144, 208. 353, 386, 400 Porthcawl ... 74, 241, 322 Glamorganshire ...... 27, 74, 352 Machrihanish ...... 27 Portobello .. 45, 130 Glasgow ... 93, 114, 143, 207, 291, 3^9 ,, Ladies ...... 28 Prestwick . 47, 76, 130, 184, 275, 337, 404 “ Herald ...... 7 Manchester 76, 147, 226, 258, 273, 321, ,, St. Nicholas 14, 99, 244, 260, Grantown ...... 14, 144 369, 417 292, 387, 420 Great Harrowden Hall Ladies ...... 178 ,, (Old Club) ...... 152,273 Professional Matches:— Great Yarmouth .. ... 142, 158,414 Marlborough ...... 94 Bridge of Weir Tournament ... 21 Melbourne 9, 68, 126, 177, 273, 288. 306, 369 ,, Ladies ...... 57, 74 Guildford (Taylor v. Pinkerton) ... 207 Greenock ... 31, 98, 137, 148, 324, 404, 420 Melrose ...... 62 Elliot, Arbroath (R. Scott v. A. Guildford 9, 57, 126, 159, 207, 226, 272, Merionethshire ...... 288 Simpson) ...... 400 306, 369, 384, 416 Mid-Surrey...... 400 Gullane ...... 26 Minchinhampton 10, 58, 160, 177, 227, Quebec ...... 176, 209 ,, Dirleton Castle ...... 14 258. 288 Queen of the South (Dumfries) ...... 148 „ Ladies ... 10, 59, 160, 227 Minehead ...... 4 4.9 1,208 Haddington 61, 98, 114.130.179.387 Moffat ...... 349, 370 Ramsey (Isle of Man) 192, 289 Hagley h i , 208, 400 Monifieth, 26, n o , 125, 175, 241, 257, Ranelagh ... 28, 126, 258, 337, 353.386 Hartley Wintney ... i n , 176, 208, 369, 416 Ranfurly Castle (Bridge of Weir , 14, 4 15 .4 16 **5. Hawick 15, 31, 62, 129, 139, 180, 244 ,, Driving Competition ... ..1 4 2 147, 164, 195, 355.387 Redhill and Reigate 60, 145, 227, 259, 324.340.353.387 ,, Panmure 73, 352 322, 370 Hayling Island 125, 400 Montrose Academy ...... IIO Rhyl ... 418 ,, Ladies .. 160, 352 ,. Ladies ... 56 ,125 Richmond (Surrey) 77, 114, 161, 210, Headingley... • 385 ,, Mechanics 8, 110 241, 307, 370,384 Heaton Moor 272, 321 Mercantile 56, 74, n o, 207 Rochester ... 2 8 ,4 5 ,9 5 ,16 1,3 2 2 , 353.386 ,, Ladies 60, 95, 113, 140, 322, Holywood Ladies ... 208, 385 ,, Royal Albert ...... Hook (Hants) ...... 74 386, 401 ... 9 ,, Star ...... 175 Huddersfield ... 43, in , 125, 134, ,, Victoria ... , 142 Rothesay ...... 47 191, 272, 336, 400 Moonlight Match (North Berwick) ... 10 Royal Albert (Montrose) ...... 74 Hunstanton...... J25 Moray ...... 9, 26, 58, 98, 144 Ascot 113, 145, 161, 178, 192, 209, Huntingdon ... 257, 366 Morecambe and Heysham 144, 154, 288, 227, 322, 337, 353, 370, 386, Hyeres 241, 258, 306, 321, 352. 369, 417 321, 336, 400 401, 418 Musselburgh Corporation Medal ... 212 Belfast ...... 127, 289 ,, Fettesian-Lorrettonian ... 125 Blackheath, 11, 77, 95, 145, 210, Ilkley ...... 74, 176, 208, 352 415, 418 Innellan ,, Larks ...... 1 , 387 227, 337, 370, 401, ...... 38 79 ,, (Mr. A. Schacht and Innerleithen ,, Open Tournament.. ... 18 112, 339, 404 D. Rolland ... 11 Innerleven ,.. ,, Royal ...... 95 ...... 84 Cornwall ... 12, 161, 227, 337, 37i Inverness ... 9, 115 ,, Ladies, 12, 77, 161, 227, Ipsley ...... 177 Nairn ...... 14, 31, 83, 164, 241, 324 337, 37i Irish Open Championship ...... 4 County Club (Portrush), 12, 28, Islay... Needles ...... 209 99, 129, 147 Newbiggin ... 10, 44, 76, 112 46,78, 242, 289 ,, Workmen’s Club ...... 177 ,, ,, Ladies 242, 290 Kenilworth.., 74, 90, 193, 208, 288, 398, 400 Newcastle City 42, 98, 158, 180, 236, C ro m er...... 45, 178, 354, 401 ,, Ladies 75,417 274, 384 Dublin, 113, 127, 145, 192, 210, Kettering ... 112, 125, 160 ,, United Workmen’s 62, I4O 227,258,354, 371.386 Kilmalcolm... 15, 147, 164 New Forest... IO, 76, I 69 Eastbourne 45, 72, 130, 146, 192, ,, Ladies’ Tournament ...... 27 Newhaven ...... 126, 160, 369, 4OI 273, 290, 337, 402,418 Kinghorn ...... 14 North Bedfordshire ...... 54 Engineers ... ' ... 16 1,3 5 3 ,, Thistle...... • 3L 63, 345 ,, Berwick 10, 28, 62, 209, 369, 419 Epping Forest, 48, 78, 1 14, 127, Kinross 62, 154, 174 ,, ,, Bass Rock, 62, 99- 130, 161, 192, 225, 242, 339, 354, Kirriemuir Ladies...... 92 155, 209, 240, 275, 301 , 369, 384, 419 384, 402 viii INDEX.

PAGE Tain...... 29 REVIEWS. ,, Guernsey ...... 354, 418 Taplow ...... - 338,403 ,, Isle of Wight ...114 ,209 ,27 4 ,4 02 T av isto ck ...... 242 Batch of Golfing Papers, A (Andrew Lang „ Jersey, 12, 29, 45, 79, 95, 114, Tenby 96, 179, 193, 228, 259, 29L 323, and others) ...... 152 146, 290, 307, 322, 338, 354, 37G 355, 387, 4i 9 Debonair Dick (F. Patton-Bethune) ... 167 386, 402, 418 ,, Ladies ... 228, 291, 323, 387, 4i9 ,, Leamington Spa ... 147, 288, 413 T ewkesbury ...... 194 Fairway Island (PI. Hutchinson)...... 199 ,, ,, ,, Ladies, 29,211,227 Thorntree ...... 30 ,, Liverpool, 18, 79, 95, 192, 210, Tiverton ...... 37 2 Golf in the year 2000 (J. A. C. K .) ... 103 322, 354, 371, 418 Tooting Bee (Furzedown) 61, 147, 355, 4i 9 Golfing (PI. Hutchinson) ...... 328 ,, Montreal ...... 176, 207, 208 Torphin ...... 130 Great Shadow, The (Conan Doyle) ... 168 Torquay Ladies 114, 194, 242, 323, 387 ,, Musselburgh ...... 95 Head of the Firm, The (Mrs. Riddell) ... 343 ,, North Devon, 45, 81, 146, 192, Troon ... 15, 46, 130, 196, 269, 338 291, 307, 338, 402 Tyneside ... 61, 96, 145, 194, 236, 339, 403 Lena’s Picture (Mrs. Barrington) ... 390 ,, Perth Golfing Society 115, 130 United Service 142, 397 ...... 96 Mona Maclean (Graham Travers) ... 343 ,, West Norfolk 38, 130, 193, 270, Umballa, India ... 241, 342 My Flirtations (Margaret Wynman) ... 167 339, 402 W akefield...... 29 ,, Wimbledon 46, 128, 178, 193, Some Christmas Numbers...... 216 Wallasey ...... 323 274, 337, 402 Warkworth... 22, 84 Told in the Verandah ...... 167 Royston ...... 193 ,, Working Men’ s ...... 22 Warwickshire 62, 129, 157, 160,179, St. Andrews 13, 29, 55, 127, 2 11, 274, 195, 236, 275, 338, 353. 356. 403. 4 i 7 291, 338, 356, 402, 419 Warwickshire Ladies 75, I29, l 79, 4r9 ,, Club Makers...... 97 Wemyss Bay ...... 274 ,, Evening Times Trophy ... 66 West Cornwall 13, 29, 47, 61, 83, 97, ILLUSTRATIONS. ,, Foresters ...... 291 243.307.355.387,420 „ Ladies ...... 2 9 ,5 5 ,12 7 „ Ladies ... 97, 162, 243, 307 At Felixstowe ...... 266 ,, Royal and Ancient, 13, 54, West Herts 13, 82, 127, 162, 19 4 ,2 11, Curiosity in Golf Balls, A ...... 170 127, 274,338,419 228,274,307,372 West Lancashire ...... 30,47,68, 194 „ Royal and Ancient, Autumn Eminent Golfers (continued) :— M eeting...... 54 ,, Ladies ...... 47, 2 1 1 West Linton ...... 100, 126 X X X III. Mr. Charles Plutchings ... 156 ,, Royal and Ancient (Jubilee X X X IV . Mr. Charles Anderson ... 220 Vase) ...... 13 West Wratting Park ... .. 191, 194 Weston-super-Mare 2 11, 318, 323, 351, 355 XXXV. Andrew Kirkaldy ...... 268 ,, Thistle ... 100, 127, 419 X X X V I. Mr. Thomas G ilro y ...... 365 ,, University ...... 193, 402 ,, „ Ladies 179, 242, 323 St. Neot’s 46, 128, 193, 259, 274, 338, 419 Whitley ...... 180 Golf at Sheringham ...... 172, 173 ,, Ladies 2 11, 259, 354, 386, 419 Willesden ... 83, 164, 242, 252, 308, 403 ,, by ye Black Friars ...... 237 Sandwich (St. George’s), 13, 81, 96, 161, Wilmslow ... 70, 162, 195, 259, 323,387 227, 307, 387 Wilpshire ...... 61, 242, 338 “ Perfectum ” Tee, The ...... 150 Scarborough ...... 80, 141, 371 Wimbledon Ladies 30, 83, 97, 179, 242, Portrait of Man who Didn’t ... •••375 ,, Ladies ...... 371 259, 323, 345, 372, 403 Sketches ...... 253 Scotscraig...... in , 141, 191, 257, 335 Winchester 30, 83,97, 147, r57, i 63, “ S'pooning 1 ” 375 Seaford 114, 128, 178, 2 11, 242, 322, 402 195, 211, 227, 372, 416 Seaton Carew, 12, 29, 60, 81, 96, 115, ,, College ... 98, 129, 292 W oodford...... 403, 420 ££ This for the Match ” ...... 184 178, 322, 354 Two Champions, The ...... 232 Selkirk ...... 90 Worcestershire 83, 97, 160, 163, 228, Sheringham...... 193 292, 355, 419 Sidcup 114, 127, 162, 193, 283, 338, 403 Skelmorlie ...... 14, 274 ,, L ad ies...... 14, 225 Southdown and Brighton Ladies 13, 46, TALES AND SKETCHES. 60, 81, 114, 178 South Lynn ...... 418 RHYMES AND SONGS. Appalling Adventure with ££ Col. Bogey” 296 Southport...... 13, 81, 96, 259, 307, 371 ... 188 ,, Palace Ladies 137, 161, 162, “ Billere ” ...... Black Pot, The—A Bunker Story ... 310 178, 191, 241, 337 ££ Bogey’s ” Ballad ...... 154 Golf Doctor, T h e ...... 295 ,, Tournament...... 22 Game of Golf in the Morning, A ... 247 ,, Westland’s School ...... 243 Golf S o n g ...... 201, 239 Plow I Became a Golfer ...... 250 Southwold 12, 81, 96, 161, 178, 228, Golfers and Simplicity ...... 285 274, 37L 403 Golfing Tournament, The ... 374 Lidderdale’s Wraith ...... 230 Staines 96, 1 14, 146, 2 11, 242, 371 Golfluenza ...... 285 Stirling ...... 13°, 404 ££ Gowff ” ...... 188 Marco Polo...... 377 Stonehaven...... 125 My Fellow-Golfers (continued) 182, 262, Stowell Park ...... 160 Place where my Old Cleek Broke ... 378 294, 326 Studeley Royal ...... 96 Presentation of Bulgers, A ... 198 Mystery of Merton Square, The...... 248 Sutton (Banstead) 60, 81, 96, 128, 193, 242, 259, 274, 338, 403 Tearin’ 0’ the Green, The ... 152 Saxon and the Gael, T h e ...... 280 Sutton Coldfield 13, 73, 81, 128, 193, 734—K ; or, Through a Glass Darkly ... 232 383, 387 Ye Monks of ye Braids ...... 264