The morning call., 1894-11-17
GOLF is CHARMING.
1t Is. Fascinating, Beats the Player
and ALWAYS Spurs Him On.

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To obtain a full appreciation of the charm:
and difficulties Of golf yon should have ac.
oufreda settled conviction. OF its inferiority as
game requiring either skiE or experience; you
must have looked upon It with supreme con-
tempt, and eatalogued it as sport for inyalids
and *od men. When you have reached this
frame of mind go out ON TO the links and try IT.
never believed club .+Gould be held in Sc
manydilfeIent ways but. the. right one nnti
eSsayed COLL, nor dreamed II o.dlHleult 10 dfive
ball III a given dlrecJfoH. The devotion OF The
golfer 10 his game Is only equaled by the co
Tempt OF him who looks: upon IL .orIhe 1lEst
time. You wonder at a. great many things when
you first see it played, :bul your wondermentls
greatest that game which appears so simple
should have. created such Juror.
The secret OF Its fascination rests largely In
the fact that it beats ;the:payer. and he in his
pefyersity strives ths. harder: 10 secure the
unattainab!e. :.
= The game is by no means easy; in fact,
one OF Eng and's foremost. players: asserts
that lt takes SIX months or s'eady play 10
acquire consistent. form. You must ht:tbe ball
properly To- send y In the desired direction, and
you must deal with iE as you. find t;yUu cannot
arrange the ball to suit your better advantage
nor q wait a more satisfactory one, as IN base
Dall:and cricket. =
The club must be held correctly and swung
accurately: IN order TO properly address the
BALI from which the player should yer take
ms eye while at tho same time lie. must move
absolutely freely and Vet maintain AN exact
and good temper, and II you fail In The latter
your play will be weakened on tie many trying
occasions that arise.
=. lt>is a;seltfsh game. where each man fights
for himself. SeiZing every lechnicality for his
own advantage. and there Is no doubt that TO
this fact its popularity may in large measure
pc attributed Unlike cricket baseball or foot
ball, QUE is not dependent on others for play.
on can usltally:tind some one to make up Il
match, OF y0ulnay 20. over The course alone.
getting. the best of practice and fairly good
sport, or at least there Is always caddie To be
hhq Tor: be asking aad the usual small fee. .:
The exercise may be gentle, but WhosoevPr
fancies golf does not test the nerves should
play round on popular links. Unless he Is.
a. veteran OF ttleu: experience Ire cannot be
Indifferent TO the scrutiny TO which his form
IS subject ed AT the tee, nor does it make him
more certain: of his swing to know that lie is
being mentally criticized by the most skilled
.players.in the world. If lie Is a novice he is
pretty apt TO top Ills ball on the drive, and
fancy all kinds OF maledictiOns heaped upon his
dUfer play by those awaiting their Turn at The
tee -" --. :.
Should advise a beginnerto: serve his nov
itiate on tittle-freqnenled links. H. such are 10
be found in. Great Britain, for on popular ones
Doth his pleasure and form are likely TO suffer
He Is sure TO make WILD drives aud cratic iron
shots Ia his anxiety TO play hufriedly and keen
out Of The way of following golfers, and IL Is rot
calculated to increase his accuracy to hear
balls dropping around him and 10 know that
he is delaying the game of a dozen or more back
of lin. 80. - :
But the buffers trials are suspended for the
time being once he has reached the putting
green. since tradition rules that ,htre on. ihfs
g0lfDg sanctuary no man. may drlye. into or
.molesf him. And yet his respite is but half
enJoSed and not III all shared by his partner,
II lie be feurs0me matchi for The: desirabtltIy
OF always being ',up' in his puts having been
vigorously impressed upon him he is likely, in
his zeal and wish 10 win "a hook: of approval
from THAT patient individual TO entirely over.
shoot Tue nofe.-C. W. WhitHey;in Harper's. :.