Arizona silver belt., 1894-09-22
THE GAME OtF GOLF.
A Favorite Old Pastine of the
 Scotch People.
yt Is Now Very Popular with Americans Who Have tho Time and Means to
 Play It-Bow the Game is
 Played.


 Golf is fast becoming popular. Among society people it has got to be quite the thing This favorite Scotch game can be traced SD far back that the exact date of its origin is lost, While it's adoption in this country has been slow, it is now firmly rooted, says the Cincin- nati Enquirer, and this season promises to be it's greatest In their search for something new the society folk have seized upon it, and many are learning the game,
 Golf is not limited to any particular class of individuals, Ladies and chil- dren can play the game aswell as men, and in nearly all the golf clubs which have recently been organized the wom- en show as keen an interest as the men themselves. It's devotees claim there is no game under the sun like golf, and as thoroughly health-giving exercise it possesses all of the necessary quail ties.
 The first regular club organized in this country was the St. Andrews Golf club, whose grounds are now situated at Gray Oaks, a short distance above Yonkcrs but within the corporation limits This club was organized in 1Sss and for the first few years the members played on various fields around YonlS- CTS. This year however, nav grounds have been secured at Gray Oaks, where the game can be played on a more sys- tematic basis farm of about 250 acres has been secured and the old fashioned farmhouse has been con verted into a comfortable and cozy clubhouse.
 The grounds or links, cover a space of about two miles, and there are in this circuit nine holes The holes are about four and one-fourth inches in di- ameter, and are placed in what are called putting greens These putting greens are well-leveled plots of ground from forty five tO sixty feet square, and the object is to drive the ball into the holes with the lowest number of strokes, The circuit leads over hills, sometimes across streams, ditches, rail road tracks, as the case may be, and the skill of the player is shown in lofting his ball over these difficult places or hazards, as they are called, to a position where he can get good stroke to send it down to the next hole
 Each time the ball $ "holedr it Is taken out and placed on what IS termed the "tecmg' ground, a short distance from the holes, The player in start ing his ball again in play, may, if he desires, take little soft earth, and. making a mound about half an inch 10 an inch in height, place his ball on top of this, which is the tee, and then drive it as far as he can toward che next hole,
 While in play the bah must not bo touched or moved from the spot where it falls. Should the bah land on one of the hazards, as in the bottom of ditch Or close Jo a rg ilroad track or a stone wall, it may require several strokes to place 1t in more favorable position 1t will be seen that such state of affairs may count seriously against a player, since 1t is desirable to make as few strikes as possible
 The balls are made of gutta pcrcha very hard, and about one and one-half inches in diameter They are struck with clubs with long slender shafts, at one end of which are projecting heads of hardwood, backed with lead or mallcahlc iron There are several different shapes of the striking ends, adapted to the varieties of play, as long drives, raising the ball in the air to clear an obstruction and others.
 When these various features gre un- derstocd, together with the fact that before finishing game the ployer walks fully two miles and sometimes more, and that, too, over hills and many rough places, there is nc question about the exercise afforded by golf Then, as there is no time limit, tho players can rest as much as they