The Butler weekly times., 1894-12-20
THE GAME OF GOLF.
What the Popular Sport is and How II h
PLAYED.


sists n driving a small r,rfta-reercTla
ball around a course prog. 81 with a
number OF hoies- gener: liz Ell a,een.
from one hundred 10 five hundred
yards apart. by means of v2c on>- :
shaped clubs. However tame. -. ;
statement, may seem. t:Ic ve;,! ri,s2.
brimming over with lie acd ;o,lIly
and >trong excitement.
The balls used in ancient Jays were
made OF leather and StI-=,. -. .satli-
ers until they were as uarj a Stone;
but the golfng-ba!l in pc ro-day j. II
gutta- -percha. IA nteG White 20 that =
may be seen easily, wit 4 c5rrre~:. q I
surface, and its weight varies from ole
and three fourths To two ource>.
At the bidding Of the golfer. this Ii
tie ball, sometimes called tAt, "-uttr."
flies over brid.re and streams. md
sand-hills. through thicllets of gor {
and, alas. sometimes into san }-pits or
even amid gorse-bushes. from which It
is recovered with great difficulty, for
the rules are inexorable and Z ball
must be hit exactly where it lie.
When hole is made" however. :; 4
the ball has settled into the goal of t-c
players ambition. it is. OF course, m
possible TO play it for the next hole
until ii has been removed. \ tiny Pile
of sand or earth, called tee, IS then
made for it, just outside the hole. and
within certain fixed limits called the
teeing- ground, and the littlc ball IS
then ready to set out on its next long
journey. The player or side that wins
the greatest number OF holes IN the en-
tire round has the game; or in medal
play, the victor is the side or the
player making the rovrd ~ TIC lcG-t
number Of stl ol<es. ana as certain -
ditions cause the loss Of a strokc. O. c
needs to be very careful how he strikes.
Holes are punched out Of the ground
with an iron especially made for this
purpose, are four or i've inches in diam
eter. and lined with iron. The holes
on the outward journey are usually
designated by white flags, and these
coming in with red flags. The space
in the immediate vicinity of hole is a
| very interesting part of the grounds,
because. even if your ball lies quite
| near the hole, wrong Shot may send
it not quite near enough or far bcyonG.
and so give that hole to Your opponent.
| This space is called the putting green,
and the process of holing the ball fror.
/ here is called putting.
Perhaps you may suppose that the
golfpg-grourd or links hcs been care
fully prepared for the convenience OF
| golfers, but no such consideration is
| shown. and indeed the most important
| feature of the game, and that which
adds its greatest interest and excite
ment, is the overcoming of the various
obstacles in the way of knobs. hilloclls
thickets, and sandpits TO he avoided
called by one general name. hazards
which TAX the players skill to the ut
| most
But we have not vet spoken of two
| very mportant matters connected Wit
golting-the clubs and the ''caddieS
OF clubs there must be Il generous Va
| riety, though the tendency Of late,
years is to discard many that were once
considered Indispensable. The ball i
capab bic of assuming SO many singular
positions that the player must con>idc,
carefully what club will best suit hi
| purpose at the time.
A very important parsonage on th'
links is the caddie. Tie man or Ooy VIII,
carries the stout holland case or ha9
in which are kept the various clubs
also balls 10 replace those which ma,
be lost: who hands the clubs WhvI
needed. and vino usually gives advic'
whether il is needed or not.
The ground best suited TO golf is
broad stretch Of undulating land Will
sandy soil. covered with short turf
and supplied with occasional sand
holes and a fair amount OF CROWN:
bushes. The links Of =. Andrews T.
the sea. in Scotland. !, the most famou
of all @olfing-grounGs and the tow
is not better known tor it> ancient un
versity than for it, goiting. lIele
Marshall North, in y. Nicholas,