" Far and Sure” [R egistered as a N ew spaper.] Price Twopence. No. 40. Vol. II.] FRIDAY, JUNE I 9TH, 18 9 1. 10s. bd. per Annum, Post Free. [C opyright.] India and the Colonies, 15J. [une 27.— Edinburgh University : Captain’s, the Senatus, and other Prizes (at North Berwick). West Lancashire : Monthly Medal. Felixstowe: Monthly Challenge Cup. Buxton and High Peak : Monthly Medal. Cathkin Braes: Cathkin v. Ranfurly. [une 29-30.—Harrison, Edinburgh : Aggregate (entry 6d.). June 30.— Luffness: Club Handicap Medal. Edinburgh Viewforth : Silver Medal (Braids). JULY. July i.—Edinburgh Viewforth : Prize Competition. Harrison (Edinburgh) : Aggregate. July 2.— Tyneside : Bi-Monthly Competition. [uly 3.— Durham : Blagdon Cup. July 4.— Minchinhampton : Monthly Medal. London Scottish : Monthly Medal. Prestwick St. Nicholas : Eglinton Medal. Brighton and Hove : The Berens Gold Medal. Royal Liverpool: Monthly Medal and Optional Subscrip • 1891. JU N E. tion Prizes. Bournemouth : Monthly Medal. June 20.— Nottingham : Monthly Medal. Bowdon : Monthly Competition. Calcutta: Cup. Aldeburgh : Silver Medal. Dublin : Monthly Medal. Edinburgh Watsonians : Captain's and Club Prizes. Disley : Second Summer Handicap. Ilaydock Park : Captain’s Cup (sixth Competition). Epsom : Monthly Medal. Lea Hurst: Competition for Committee Cup. Lytham and St. Anne’s : Macara Cup. Seaton Carew : Wilson Shield. Lea Hurst : Monthly Competition. Calcutta: Cup. Seaton Carew : Club Cup. Cathkin Braes : Gold Medal. Haddington : Aitchison Medal. July 7.—Cornwall County Golf Club : Monthly Medal. West Herts : Gold Scratch Medal and Club Dinner, and Falkirk : Monthly Competition. Summer Meeting. July 9.— Selkirk : Captain’s Prize (third Competition). Redhill and Reigate : Midsummer Medal (scratch). July 10.—Durham : Osborn Cup. Portrush : County Golf Club Annual Meeting; Open Harrison (Edinburgh) : Medal. Competition (holes). July 11.— West Herts : Monthly Medal. Selkirk : Muir Trophy (final ties). Littlestone : Monthly Medal. Cathkin Braes : Westwood Competition. Guildford : Monthly Handicap. June 20 to 23.— Felixstowe : Summer Meeting. Lanark : Gold Ball, and other Prizes. June 22.— Portrush : County Golf Club Open Competition (strokes) ; Hayling : Monthly Competition. Annual Cup Final. Monifieth : Fenton Gold Medal (scratch). June 25.— Nottingham : Monthly Medal. Alnwick : Marsh Painting. June 26.— Durham: Blagdon Cup. Wilpshire and District : Monthly Medal. Harrison, Edinburgh : Medal. Edinburgh C. A. : Summer Meeting. June 25-27.— Bowdon : Captain’s Cup. Rochdale : Captain’s Prize. June 27.— Royal Wimbledon: Monthly Medal. Edinburgh Warrender : Gilfillan Belt. Royal Epping Forest: Gordon Challenge Cup; Captain’s July 13 to 15.— Harrison (Edinburgh) : Cup and Prizes. Prize. July 14.— Royal Epping Forest : Kentish Cup. Seaford : Monthly Medal. July 15.— Royal Epping Forest: Kentish Gold Medal; Noakes Cup. Luffness : Wemyss Challenge Medal. July 16.— Tyneside : Bi-Monthly Competition. Brighton and Hove : The De Worms Challenge Cup. July 17.—Hayling Island Ladies : Bath Challenge Star. Ashdown Forest and Tunbridge Wells : Monthly Medal. July 18.— Dublin : Monthly Medal. Royal Eastbourne : Monthly Medal. Gullane : Club Gold Medal, and other prizes. Disley : Third Summer Handicap. St. Andrews, N.B. RUSACK’S HOTEL, THE MARINE (on Epsom : Monthly Medal. the Links). The Golf Metropolis— Parties boarded. Special terms to Formby : Captain’s Prize. Golfers and families. W. R u s a c k , Proprietor and Manager. Tele­ Rochdale : Summer Handicap. grams:— Rusack, St. Andrews, N.B. Telephone No. 1101. Lea Hurst: Monthly Competition. 238 GOLF June 19, 1891. July 18.— Seaton Carew : Club Cup. A DRIVE TO GULLANE. Buxton and High Peak : Silver Challenge Vase. July 24.— Durham : Blagdon Cup. Harrison (Edinburgh) : Medal. To Edinburgh golfers who are bent on a day’s “ outing” the July 25.— Royal Wimbledon : Monthly Medal. magnificent expanse of velvety turf on Gullane Common offers Luffness : The County Cup Competition ; Wymess inducements that are probably unsurpassed by any of the Challenge (Cup) Medal. numerous greens within easy reach of the city. Apart, too, from Royal Epping Forest; Gordon Challenge Cup ; Captain s the prospect of an excellent day’s golfing, the drive to Gullane is Prize. one of the most enjoyable and picturesque to be found on the Ashdown Forest and Tunbridge Wells : Monthly Medal. east coast. Passing through the would-be genteel Portobello, Rpyal Eastbourne : Monthly Medal. the historic though somewhat unsavoury Fisherrow, Musselburgh, West Lancashire : Monthly Medal. the home of many a doughty golfer, and Prestonpans, of table- Felixstowe: Monthly Challenge Cup. beer fame, the one curious feature of which is the puzzle it offers Haddington : Somerville Medal. Seaton Carew : Thompson Medal. to find out where it begins or ends, the road winds for six or Lytham and St. Anne’s : Macara Cup. seven miles along the sandy beach nestling in front of Long- Cathkin Braes: Vice-President’s Prize. niddry bay. On the right, a low wall marks the boundary line July 31.— Edinburgh Viewforth : Silver Medal. of the richly-wooded policies which form part of the Wemyss Harrison (Edinburgh) : Cleek and Iron Competition. estate, while on the shore side there is an intervening stretch of narrow links, overrun with a dense growth of sweet smelling AUGUST. briar bushes. One need not be an artist to appreciate and admire the beautiful bits of seascape and landscape which meet Aug. i . — London Scottish : Monthly Medal. the eye at every point on this charming route. Brighton and Hove : The Berens Gold Medal. On a recent Saturday, the members of several Edinburgh Seaford : Monthly Medal. Minchinhampton : Monthly Medal. clubs drove to Gullane and competed for prizes. The tempera­ Royal Liverpool: Monthly Medal and Optional Subscrip­ ture in Edinburgh during the previous ten days had borne a much tion Prizes. closer resemblance to January than to June, and on the out­ Ashdown Forest and Tunbridge Wells : Bank Holiday ward journey wraps and great-coats were the order of the day, Meeting. the spectacle presented by the muffled-up occupants of the Bournemouth : Monthly Medal. brakes being rather suggestive of patients of a convalescent Bowdon : Monthly Competition. home being taken out for an airing. Before the competitions Aug. 3.— Royal Liverpool : Bank Holiday Summer Meeting. had well started, however, the links were suffused with warm Ashdown Forest and Tunbridge Wells : Bank Holiday sunshine, and during the remainder of the day one hid almost Meeting. ceased to remember the boreal blasts which continue to prevail Royal Isle of Wight: Summer Meeting; Webster Cup; in this east-wind ridden city of ours. Leslie Melville Prize and Badge. West Lancashire : August Meeting. There is one serious drawback to strangers visiting Gullane, Aug. 4.— Royal and Ancient, St. Andrews : Calcutta Cup Tournament and that is in the all-important matter of being able to procure (Under handicap. Entries close July 28th.) creature comforts for the inner man. Among those who have had Cornwall County Golf Club : Monthly Medal. the painful experience there is but one opinion, that Gullane, in Aug. 7. — Durham : Osborn Cup. this respect, is the most desolately dreary spot on the face of the civilised universe. The shanty which is dignified by the name of a hotel is in everything that pertains to the most modest requirements of modern man some three centuries behind Now Ready. the age— in everything except the tariff, which is fully up to date. Here is a wrinkle for golfers and others visiting Gullane for the first t me. Take a luncheon-basket with Vol. I. of GOLF, you, and make yourself wholly independent of what may be pointed out to you as the only “ hotel” within a radius of three Handsomely Bound in Red and Gold, containing miles. Coarse ale, whisky, and stale bread and cheese are very complete Index, and Profusely Illustrated. good things in their way, but to get through a hard day’s golfing on this fare is a trifle rough on the town-bred biped, whose “ innards ” as a rule, are apt to rebel against this kill-the-carter PRICE 6s. style of living. But when the golfer goes to Gullane fortified Cases for Binding, with Index, 3s. 6d. only with coin of the realm, and believing that here, as in most The Times says :— “ The appearance of a journal exclusively devoted other places, he will get what he is prepared to pay for, he will, to Golf is significant of the growing popularity of the game. The first at the close of the day, shake the dust from his feet volume, which is just complete, is not only an interesting record of and leave the place a sadder, hungrier, and let us hope golfing experiences and a repertory of information useful to golfers, but a wiser man. When all this is said, however, a drive to Gullane a proof of the friendly association which exists between Golf and remains one of the most delightful “ outings ” on record— but literature.” don’t, oh don’t, forget the luncheon-basket. The Glasgow Herald says :— “ The first number of this weekly publi­ TH E CHIEL. cation appeared in September last, and the subsequent weekly numbers down to March constitute the volume. The paper started modestly, but one has only to compare the first number with the last in the E d i n b u r g h T h i s t l e v . B r a i d s .— These clubs met on Tuesday volume to see how the paper has been taken up by all classes of the night, the 9th inst., at the Braids Hills, and played a match with golfing fraternity. The best pens of the day contribute articles on twenty men a-side. Owing to the fine night the green was crowded, current topics ;. and when such names as Mr. Horace G. Hutchinson, and the match had to be played in foursomes. After a very pleasant Mr. H. S. C. Everard, Sir W. G. Simpson, Mr. Andrew Lang, and game, the finish resulted in favour of the Thistle Club by 41 holes, Mr.