The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-18
corr rArRoxrsED m ROYALTY.
A history Or ths Sport whieh Is E.tsrest-
tag EarlanA anA Annerica.

hmM H19AaAN - AANEANAs
The golf craze in this country and the name
in which we hear II dinned in our ears every
where we 60 give us some idea Of the necessity
which existed In ancient times to cause thre'
acts Of Parliament TO be passed to suppress II
In 1887 the game was 80 popular thnt the prac
tice Of archery was materially interfered With
ana Il IL recorded that in that year the soottisi
Parliament passed an act forbiddinR the pur
But then IL was still carried on. and Il doel
not appear the Law was strictly, adhered 70, foi
fourteen years afterward. In May, 147l, 1t be
came necessary TO pass another act against tht
game. This was observed for some time, bu!
the fever could not be suppressed, and in 1881
TIE third act was passed expressly foTbiddina
penalties for the law breakers. This kept the
game out Of prominence for 100 years, when II
James ". was the hrst royal parsonage who
appeared In the records of the game as q CON
While he Daughter, The unhappy Mary Stuart,
and James vi, afterwsrd James, 1. Of England,
the links. Charles I. was devotedly attached TO
the game, and its popularity extended to 1842,
tirsllyy' ceased. 70 be renewed Tor only In eompars-
lively recent timea.
The oldest golf club now in existence il that of
origin of this club as far. back rs 1908, when
King James, with his Scotch following, brought
the game south into England. The st. Andrews
Golf Club is the most famous organization for
the game, and II is TO golf what the Marylebone
C. s:o &: II to cricket; ST Andrews is the nan ancient lent
was established in 1854, and its membership is
much larger than any other, every golfer Of
THE Honorable Edinburgh Company Of
Golfers dates from 1744, while the Bruntneld
the Edinburgh Burgess claims TO have been
founded In 1895. Many others, too numerous TO
mention. have had early births. have resumed
all over the continent.
In 1884, royalty, again became associated
81 the y. Andrews Golf Club. In. 1868, tho
Prince OF Wales took a fancy for. golf, and after
sspinis S Si ESs 81 S OF 5hs s" Glsb he was elected
The general enthusiasm for the sport, and Its
recently increased popularity is no doubt due to
which may be PLAYED on any. good stretch OF
meadowland, where the grass IL not too rank,
by the non. player; but hardly another outdoor
amusement stirs a keener enthusiasm in Its
yotaries;, y is Q beautiful recreation. pursued as
II In amid fresh breeze6, and. while exercised, it
has It's peculiar merit, that, according to its
1t may be made easy or stirring at the
will of the player, and thus equally ,adapts itself
to the sprightly youth. the matured strength of
the gentler sex, or the advancing age.
selves to serious practice of 1t will be found to
deny its extreme fascination,
A renowned physician who has many Of the
keep both spirits and complexion in good condi-
ton, and to preserve grace. strength, and agility,
There IL no gymnasium 80 VnluADie, no exercise
more beneficial in its results than the active
pursuit of golf.
The game appear. to be RAPIDLY taking
in this country to become n permanent
among the better class. AS was the case
In England, 1t draws largely from the cricketers,
and on this account the latter look with no too
friendly feeling on the game. +. II. Mocran,
a prominent member Of the Southampton Club.
mss; Gne Of the he iSs Ct sct the willow w!slders to be
himself by saying: In golf you are always i'm
by. I'M the term at the bat of tho
which is the fascinating part Of that
The large number Of ladies who have become
In the game tends TO make IL extreme
ly popular with the men who love feminine
society. just as tennis was made popular for the
reason The ladies certainly look very
charming In their short golf costumes and there
IL no room for doubt that the game will become
very popular with them. and that no society
she understands IL.