The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
GOLF AND A SETTER DOG.
SOME NEW oOMPL IoATIoNs OF THE
GAME ON THE AUBURN LINKS.


Introduced ~ the Devious ways or Tom Huut's
Edueatoa rup and sun Open to Settlement
Ne Ena 81 q elf Rails at SIr. Hunts Msuae.
but Few or Them where They Ought to ne.
AUBURN, N. Y, Aug. 1&.-Golfers here are
considering the necessity for authoritative
Judgment on q hno point Of the game, brought
up by Tom Hunts dog. Mr.. Hunt 10 one OF the
most fervent golf enthusiasts in the Auburn
Club. but he is nowhere in comparison
with his dog in this respect Tho dog was
brought UP on golf, having been wont from
earliest puppyhood TO exercise himself chas.
Ing golf balls which his master rolled for him.
With these he was taught to retrieve. and edu.
cation polished a canine intelligence naturally
bright beyond the ordinary.
When tho dog, a Laverack setter, came into
Mr.. Hunts possession last winter no was about
three months old. To amuso him his owner
used to roll golf balls about for him., and after
one or two highly unsuccessful attempts to swal-
low q ball, whereby he escaped appendicitis on
q large scale. the puppy arrived at that point In
his education where he would bring each ball
back and deposit it at Mr.. Hunts feet. When
spring came he was taught 70 do other tricks.
and Mr.. Hunt forgot all about the balls. Not SO
the dog. He cherished that sport In his memory.
No sooner were the links put in order last
spring than Mr.. Hunt began INDUCING almost
daily in his favorite sport. Ono day he took the
setter along with him, by way Of giving the
animal a little exercise, and promptly discov-
cred that the dog had not forgotten his old
tricks, for at the first drive. q beautiful, clean
stroke for 100 yards, the animal went tearing
after the ball. caught 1t up In his mouth, and re-
turned 1t proudly to his Infatuated master. Mr..
Hunt cured that propensity with a wooden
driver. The setter understood. accepted the
situation. and went of into the graveyard be.
yond the second hole to with himself
on the injustice of man to brute. Subsequently,
during the play, Mr.. HUT and his opponent
knocked a ball each into the graveyard which the
caddies could not find. The setter went home
well pleased.
That evening coming In at his own front door
Mr.. Hunt stepped upon two golf balls, flung
himself madly down upon the back OF his neck,
and slid along the piazza at great expense to his
feelings. Inquiry as to how the balls got there
failed to elicit any satisfactory information.
Mrs. Hunt didn't know. The servant said:
Sure. there's not q sowl been here the day
only the dog, an him comm in late"
On the following day the setter went off for q
long walk. When he returned the girl found
three more golf balls on the front stoop.
AN it's my belafc." said she to Mrs. Hunt.
that Mr.. Hunt forgot thin whin he whit away
this noon. Anyway put thin in tho closet
where he kapes thin fancy shillalies. for fear
he'd be steppin' on them again an break
through the house intircly."
From that time on Mr.. Hunt had a mine of
golf balls in that closet. No matter how many
he might lose in play there were always plenty
there. Occasionally he wondered that they
didn't give out, saying to himself that no must
have had q remarkably large nuIno Der Of eft
the supply and thought NO more Of it. It never
tho dog, and tho girl didn't tell what
she knew, 80 the secret Vsss aept for
tsrest in golf tool, a new turn. He took TO
golng up to the links with his master and
I he pisy around around. '' but n ss ses of Ka%s: ' to ss"ss
the balls, az he remembered the dire results of
s Ri: r rs4.eicasit THAT snd nT pon lsns a OF cS,or To { SoF iS Hs
object Of q the nsI! game sb was simple BE H lie became @as mean an
ing, but his morals, alas! were not commensu-
rate with his mind. 1t WAS thus that his down
One day Judge Teller and Tom Hunt went out
at the link. The setter was along. and they de.
s aish the he aid IlHS Of a tho snf GaaHy'2 All 1 Vent tn %sli unsii
the fifth hole. q long reach from the top Of tho
in the midst OF which Is a watering trough and
a pipe carrying spring water. Hunt drove of
s well eGT tn s Sep0 sitSi ths e f few YARDS nn Of I Hne.,s Saii'
The dog located the fret ball. fooled around for
a minute. and presently ssun inferred over fo Ss to the
ing. Then he returned TO Hunts lie and sat
down near the ball. ,
said MI. Hunt, as they reached, the place. "A
tho Judge. but the bali doesn' seem to be here
and was sure had It marked"
To- The The dog dog viii viii An fnd t.: n said Hunt. Here sir
The softer nosed about in . hnzy sort of way
for E %Ipusi r Gs 'T 3}s;t tssn Icy s dSSn s sRd y Gs,,s4
, oct. Hone no hasn't swallowed the ball BY mis-
> After ton minutes search they were ready tc
believe that that was what had happened. Then
Judge Teller went over to the water pipe to gel
"Lcok here, Tom" he called. Here's m,
Cant be-" said Hunt. 1T landed twent,
ysrds from there; Couldn't possibly have
. I'm sure Of it, persisted the Judge. 9TH,
7 bale Clipped on the sido from ny niblick sho,
:. mischief do you suppose 1t ever got into tha'
!. The dog!' exclaimed Hunt Didn't you Sc,
sidstFHoksd you That's the smartest dog tina
Going to the trough he called the animal over
no %h g, IS SKI K. Look doot,n at h that" he said sternly
: trough ons a SSsI9 RsI ats al t Rs"sS ball. HpG iaoE LsS o aP at 81 Il.
:. H Rsissi a iasS!rstRRs s As;l tHs at t ss51: sbes sa' ra sall rn.
: w. Hhsss tstlp (. ~, SsS%s;% ssla Hunt And
: IL or. him, that's why I'm so long on golf balls
0 He's been lying over In the graveyard mailing
r every ball that came over the fence and cartinI
j. II home. This 10 the first I've known that ~
been giving food and shelter to a professiona
o Later the caddies supported the graveyar,
. theory by stating that when they climbed tn
> fence after balls out OF bounds they freauentl
Whom they found the dog. they didn't ind th
/ balls After the game Judge Teller went hom
i with Hunt TO Investigate the matter. On tn
r front steps they found the Judges bali. In III
!; closet wero twenty 'seven other balls.
a That doe,ll end In State prison" said Hum
10 this point: What division is to be made OF th
= w enty.seyen unidentified balls which tho do
stole for Tom Hunt Also. should Judge TelIe
q lose a stroke for playing q new ball when hi
hrst had gone home with the setterf