New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-04
CURIOSITIES OF GOLD.
RUBs OF THE GREEN THAT ARE FAMOUS
A ROCKS NOTABLE VENTURE INTO THE SPORT
THE SMALL BOY AS DISTURBING
ELEMENT-How TROPHY
WAS NOT WON

THE SMALL BOY AS Disturbing
ELEMENT-How TROPHY
WAS NOT WON
More really wonderful things happen to the hsher'
man and sportsman than are told In any OF the nsn
and sporting stories which one constantly comes
across In books and periodicals. Many CURIOUS
things have also come under the notice OF golfers
The following are In Scotland generally accepted d
actual facts and cases in point:
In the centuries during which golf has hourisned
in its native land. no single instance can De caed 70
memory In which the cubs-powerful offensive ana
defensive weapons though some Of them unauestion-
ably are-have been used as weapon with deadly or
even serious effect while the gift OF club or even
y, a han has been known most effective olive
branch OF peace heal the wounded PRIDE OF an OH
"goufer" But the more noffensive looking ball has
not escaped with a similarly clean record deatn'
both TO man and beast has been laid at Its door'
In St Andrews some years ago young man was
accidentally struck the head with ball ana sus-
tained fracture OF the skull. from the AFTER enecss
OF which he died, while further north. In Aperdeeh'
a payer recently came within measurable ui''a"@.
of committing culpabie homicide, harddri'eh oa"
from his play club laying open the cheek OF STURDY
salt" The surgeon who attended the poor ieiow
was subsequently heard to say that had the oail
heen half an inch higher 1t would have been
serious matter and might have cost the sailor MS
life The victim took this unkind cut most stoicany'
and would accept OF nothing as solace except tue
"wee thing" which knocked him senseless. That ne
wanted simply a memento of the accident.
WHY HE TIRED OF MUTTON.
Aberdeen further has a record OF sheep.
killed instantaneously by stroke on the tempe
from a hard-ht ball. Unfortunately the sheep was
not sent to the axldermlst and is not In evidence.
the player who had to pay for IT, canny scot.
preferrng to take his price out in mutton. he sun
lives and jokingy said OF him that ne cannot l"
this day abide sight OF mutton In any shape OF
form his too frequent feasts on the victim OF MS
-oxess as q golfer having acted a surfet for all
time TO come a.,
:, Andrews boasts OF a swallow which was laid
lou, in its flight by the guilty (gutapercha) on the
links there The bird stuffed and can De seen
in the clubhouse OF the Royal and Ancient Ih's
club is the Oldest golf club in the world ana con-
,ans on its rolls a long list Of amateur champions,
many of whom have run the professional players OF
tbe,r day close 1t Is a most exclusive CLUB and an
applicants name remains posted for years before MS
turn AT the ballot comes round The late frihce
Leopold was at time president OF the Royai ana
Ancient
These are the chief recorded casualties; curious
happenings on the green are far more numerous
cro,s have been known to swoop down upon the
hall perhaps installing It for an egg, and to carry
II for miles nay out OF sight entirely IL Is
recorded OF one old rook who seems to have mad
strain OF golfng blood in his composition. tHat ne
actually carried the Ddu seNerdi nunuie' ydi"o anu
finally let /. drop on the greenits proper destina-
,ion-and that the ball so dropped actually rolled
INFO the hole a. "rup" which Of course, counted in
the players favor
OF goat. with that animals we-kno"n pro-
pensity for making a meal upon the most unpaat-
able Of articles il is recorded he swallowed the ball
entirely The player preferring to pay the price OF
the goat TO losing his match "a medal competition).
sent for a butcher and through him recovered his
ball on the spot. This story has been transmitted
from generation generation, and probably is rue
THE SMALL BOY NUISANCE
The small boy. the golfers curse. is also answer
able for MANY unkind rub OF the green He
sneaks around and watches his chance pockets your
bail and makes off. He may pick it up and bring !,
TO YOU for which he receives thanks. or run and
drop in the hole. to which you may have less OBJ
lection: but. as a rule. he shows pair OF clean
heels in a direction entirely opposite to that which
the payer would prefer him TO take. and the more
you yell and chase him, the faster and further
when Ike your hare. You catch him. Is poor re-
turn for race OF perhaps mile II MS inten.ohs
ably take you that distance out OF your way unless
you are good spner All Sossss knpw 1--WE ana r sne
have his fun. and the best that can be done Is 70
grin and bear 1t and try TO educate him away from
To ST. Andrews it was left to give some old
that with certain number OF chances he would do
a certain short hole in one shot. Though this was
p was most improbabie but he was equal the
eason He hired The small BOY sent 70 h mex mr. PIE
ball after he had driven II. and run ana crop ~ IN
the hole He thus won his wager the rhe OF tns
between boy and player II should n jasnee
disappear in a most mysterious manner. and on
ground apparently smooth as billiard table and s
the small boy sometimes gets the credit OF sins Tor
which nature alone is responsible
HARD LUCK INDEED.
r,,h, 81 ,ba graan yha, try the player's
temner perhaps more than anything else. Some
times luck goes badly against a player. no matter
how wei. he is playing, and he strikes snas AFTER
snag while next time. no matter how careless ne
may be- luck will all In his favor. As a case in
point and perhaps OF the hardest rubs Of the
green record. that Of an old player who. hav-
ing won a much coveted and handsome trophy twice
in succession, was playing for Il the tniri tlmr.
when. II won by him. II became his personal prop
erty. The match was under handicap two rounds
OF eighteen holes each, ald the player IN question
winning 1t finally Il had been the bone of conten-
for generations. and the cusodians wished II 10
coveted prize all but within his grasp. BY mag
nifcent play his score was much below that OF ms
thirty hole. two to play. he had nine shots up
his sleeve and to spare between him ana his near
each OF the remaining holes Neither was dlffcuit
for a such he housT Chances wsr that
would come out a winner with about ten shots 10
spare offers OF MY ana one nuafsa 10 a Grs ON
ceIylng the OF his friends Blu, 1.-THE
bes,-laid schemes gang aft aglee" The drive for
the thrty-nfth hole perfect and landed where
desired In close proximity the green. the best APP
proach to the hole, and the worst OF the TWO re-
naming hazards apparently conquered
But IL was not TO be. The ball was found lying
deeply imbedded in a deposit OF Shiny mud From a
shower Of mud a good niblck shot put the ball on
the green but IL in such state that IL was
next 10 impossible to MAKE putt 1t took ten SHOTS
TO hole out" where three four should have b en-
sufficient Still there four shots 10 spare only
Ave out OF the nine In hand being lost fresh ball
was teed for the last and home hole an easy four
bar a solitary hazard. a road. But bad luck was
followed by bad play. The tee shot was topped and
landed on the road Two niblicks were broken IN an
cndeavor to get clear OF the hazard until ultimately
this old and trusty player. the hero OF many STUB,
horn battle losing his temper picked up the ball and
threw IL from him in disgust. thus surrenderng the
fruits OF his two previous victories. $3.50