The herald., 1898-08-22

mittee could have posted on the club bulle-
tin board those rules to which answers
would be required. In fact, in order to re-
lieve clubs from what they might consider
distasteful course, the United States Golf
association could step into the breach and
enumerate few Of the salient rules which
1t should be made compulsory to post on
every clubs board In the country,
Then, perhaps, one would not be con-
fronted with the following: An Individual
rushing like a wild man from Borneo, di-
rectly he has struck his ball, and prospect
i've of his partner or those in front, raining
blows on his ball until he has hoIed out
Another individual whose ball is in a
hazard. removing all bstructions-grow-
ing or otherwise-either around his ball
or in the line of his swing.
A third who. before you have played
your second shot, lets her go, Gallagher
from the tee, and as the sphere buzzes
around you yells fore.
A fourth. who, when you are STOPPING
over your ball on the putting green, and
who Is some hundred yards away, lets out
his shoulders with his brassie, and, when
you have been brought to-" says he never
dreamed he could get such long ball.
A fifth, who, when his ball is in long or
longish grass, goes down on all tours and
uproots the clustering verdure in which
his ball nestles.
A sixth, who, while you are addressing
your ball and while you are in the act of
striking. persistenty stands immediatel
behind you. This, perhaps, is the most
universal breach of all, and in a match of
any Importance there is always cluster
like bunch of grapes propping itself up
right behind the line Of play.
A seventh is the hard luck" gentleman,
who seldom gets good lie, whose scores
are always ruined by the rotten" course,
and whose play, in short, could only meet
with its just deserts in another planet.
An eighth is the breezy Individual who,
when he is beaten, never played SO rot
ten In my life."
A ninth Is the insect who, when you are
playing him, persists in talking of his own
game-you, as factor, are non-existent
and Ifs" you to desperation. In fact
he Is the beetle which rattles away in the
III his aunt had been a man, she would
have been his uncle" style.
If any of the above denominations should
the admonitions to heart and henceforth
permit the true golfer to play his game in
peace and solemn reflection? VIII they
also please remember that nothing can be
removed in hazard; that trees and, all
other growing things cannot be uprooted
and held OF one side; that clubs cannot be
soled In hazard; that grass cannot be
tramped down; that barbed wire in haz-
ard cannot be removed; that in medal play
hitting the flag from within twenty yards
Is disqualification; that In match play a
ball cannot invariably be lifted, and, to
quote Horace Hutchinson on four addi-
lions to the rules of etiquette, that
standing SO that a shadow falls upon
your partners ball is not only impolite but
detrimental to the success Of his driver
that
standing on the putting-green after you
have holed out, whether 1t Is to gaze at the
scenery or write down your score, will ex-
asperate your best friend on earth, IL he
or she happens to be playing behind you;"
that
ITO play first and shout fore afterwards
is apt to add insult to injury. Fore Is
called a warning that a drive is about to
be made. 1t is not an expression OF con-
ISOLATION after one has been hit;" that
"If you choose as partner woman who
keeps you back by slow play, don't quarrel
with her on that account. Abide by your
choice, and do what you can to help to en-
joy the game. Don't appear to prefer
your ball to her company, and stand guard
over 1t, while she, some distance off, is MAX