Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-24

and from British Columbia 10 olu
Mexico says the campaign Just
closed was one of the greatest of his
career The wild west was out a trihe over
six months. during which time 1t gave 3S3
performances, every one scheduled without
single skip something unprecedented in the
show business. At these performances usher
Bill handled all the way from 5000 to lS,OoO
people and built up reputation for himself
equal to that OF the famous Bernard OF the
Barnum show At Oswego In August the
show encountered a terrific cyclone, the top
of the big pavilion was blown OF, and
great destruction OF life only ayerted by
Colonel Codys prompt and courageous action
The spectators were hurriedly huddled
within the big enclosure and surrounded py
his troops of horsemen, representing the
sodery of all nations, civilized and barbaric
Tho horses and soldiers protected the people
from the flying missiles with which the air
was charged and but one person was slightly
injured, excluding five of the companys S
horsemen. 1t was a marvellous escape anu
close shave for the show. Bill. by the way
was the man who discovered oiarencs
whistler the worlds famous wrestler, BACK
I'm 1880, as q common hand in the Omaha
Smelling works, but It was In Bob Green
amusement garden that the athletic phenoni-
enon made his debut before the public. BIZ
Is enthusiastic over the wild west and next
says that the show will most certainly visit
Omaha during the season. Colonel Cody,
after the arduous work of the season, is look
ing healthier than ever before, and Is now
on a bear hunt in the Big Horn basin with
a party of distinguished eastern and English
friends.
American lads and lasses are just now
taking up Scotland's national game oil goli
with the usual success and enthusiasm that
in
Mr.. John Patrick has taken the Initiative
in Introducing this exhilarating pastime
in Omaha He has laid out course at
Happy Holly and during the past week mas
done considerable practicing, with number
of lady friends one of whom visitor from
the east, is said to be quite expert with the
sticks When asked yesterday whether he
thought the popularity of tennis was being
endangered by the encroachments oil goii,
Mr. Patrick said: I'm measure 1t Is. 90
not think however, that the two games are
to be compared from a scientific standpoint
and the enthusiasm over golf Will be little
more than ephemeral. 1t is an English fad
just now and of course the Americans musi
follow i'm the wake of their cousins across
the drink as ridiculous as that may strike
some people. Golf is most certainly both
delightful and appropriate game for ladies'
and gentlemen in the fall and early winter.
and when l come to think u 1t, Is ABOUT OH
a par with many other similar games. Con-
maripulation of the different golf sticks and
mapping out the ground over which you must
travel The exercise, although mid, Is
exceedingly invgorating and is especially
adapted for ladies and their escorts.
AS the subject has been mentioned per-
happ it would not come amiss to give the
salient points of the game tor the beneht
of the general reader, who sooner or later
may be an aspirant for honors in the Scotch
Ac Mr.
golf, like foot ball. may be termed fall
game although there is no reason why II
should not be played all the year around. IL
would be an enthusiast indeed VINO Wouia
play the game in the heat of summer. Tne
salient points of the sport are extremely
simple. The game when properly played
extends over from three TO five miles of
country land. This stretch Of land is called
n course or links" AT any distance apaT.
on the course are round holes four and one
half inches in diameter and about four inches
deep The object is to knock a small hand
(gutta percha) ball into these holes in sue
cession with clubs, going over the course
from hole to hole. The player set of
players who go ever the course with tbs
least number of strokes wins. When the
ball goes In the hole 1t is, of course, taken
ont by the player and "teed' off for the
next hole. While the above are the simple
very simple-points of The game, the
sport has a volume of rulss and plays in
intricate points which a beginner learns as
he progresses. The ground best suited for
the game is a reach of uniulatinG down
country with sandy soil covered with
short grass. Then there must be sand
holes or bunkers 10 test the skill land
temper of the player, and to this must
De added brush. etc, Fences bitches
pastures and rough lands may be in
the course to constitute the main laz-
ard of the game Without these. no links
can approach the ideal standard a hazard
Is term for an obstacle which tends TO
make the approach" 10 a hole more diff
cult. The holes are at any distance from
100 to 800 yards apart, and are placed ac-
cordng to the lay of the ground The ter
ritory about the holes which is called the |
putting green" should be level land. The |
"pu,tIng" green Is not less than sixty feet |
square. The location Of the hole is desig |
aated by flag placed in the center Of the |
hole. When player is approaching and is |
near enough to see the hole the flag is taken |
cut. There is what is known as "teeing
Rround'' at each hole. Within tho limits of
the teeing ground the ball must be knocked |
of for the next hole. This knocking of the |
ball is called teeing IT,
Tho usual play is the hole play. That is.
the winner is the one who has put the ball
In the most holes with the least number of
strokes. To be more explicit Jones may
make the first hole in less number of
strokes than Smith did. The first hole,
therefore Is given To Jones. He has thereby
won one Of the points of the eighteen (holes)
To be gained But IN the competition the |
player who makes the round In the fewest
strokes Is the winner
At the commencement of the game the
player puts pot of sand down on the teeng
ground, places the ball on 1t and strikes II
NJ far as he can in the direction of the Grst
hole. After that time until he ssnds his ball
In the first hole, he must play il strictly from
the nscc IL happens to be. II Is liable 10 get
in the sand or dirt bunkers, or into the bush
Dr ditch or high grass or a hundred other very
undesirable places. But the player has a
rhance 10 take his bah out by virtually add
Ing strokes to his record, which Is the same
llng az giving his opponent points He can
take the bail out Of bunker by losing two
strokea. or from any other undesirable place
by losing one stroke. The difficult points OF
ne game are, OF course. the Approach"
Getting the ball over bunkers and other OBJ
'sclesl aad putting (gettins the bail into
he holpl.
The clubs used for striking the ball-which.
Of course Is always done while the ball Is on
NE ground are the wood ard iron clubs.
lhe wood clubs are shoi at the end with
brass, while the steel one is merely wooden
one with steel head.
ose OF the crack 2-year-old Jumpers
Spehe about last week has taken a big
amblc since these complimentary lines were
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