Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-31

In 1900 golf will absorb more attention
than ever before. The amateur champion
ship will be played in the metropolitan
district, while the open championship will
go to a Chicago club.
During 1899 over go new golf courses
were laid out, and the game is now be-
coming popular among all classes. Half
q dozen of the leading cities have already
designed public golf courses, and these are
thronged from sunrise to sunset every
day Of the year.
Hundreds of clubs in 1860 propose taking
In more ground and l~engthening their
links from 9 to Is holes, in order to keep
pace with the growing membership. On
Nov. /, 1899, the Royal and Ancient Golf
Club of St. Andrews, Scotland, published
a new code of rules which then came into
force. BY section II of the bylaws of
the Undted states Golf Association, these
new rules are now in force in this country,
ana. although the spirit of the rules re-
mains precisely the same it would be well
for golfers to give the new rendering their
careful attention.
Early In 1860 the price of these balls, ow-
ing to the great scarcity of gutta percha,
will very materially advance, and any golf
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standard makes at an average price of
even $3.50 per dozen will find that they
have saved at least Is to Is per cent. on
their purchase before the coming season
Is well under way.
To sum UP, there are now nearly 1900
golf courses in existence in the United
States alone, and these are used by about
5000 players. The value of property in
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is over $50, 900, 00l, and the players spend
each year over $10,O0o,OW in pursuit of the
sport. Golf finds remunerative employ
ment for nearly $500 men and boys in the
United States and bids fair to become the
national sport of the country.
JOSIAH NEWAMAN.
Editor of The Official Golf Guide.
Horse Racing Will Boom.
According to prominent horsemen, there
never was a time when the outlook for
racing among the t-horoughbreds was
more promising han 1t now is. Reports
from all over the country show that
everybody is looking forward with a good
deal of Impotence to the opening of the
season. next spring, as the general consen-
sus of opinion seems to be that the cam
paign will be a record breaker. So con-
fident are many well known horsemen that
the p~rosects are of the best that several
large stables will send representatives to
follow the circuits in England, besides
sending entries to all the prominent meets
in this country. The great success of the
small band of American jockeys h have
ridden In England during the past season
win probably attract others to try their
fortunes on British tracks, and as a mat
ter Of fact several well known Jockeys
have already announced their intention TO
go over as soon as their contracts here
have expired.
The prospects among the harness horses
are no less bright. Last season saw a
good many more stables in the field than
for several years past, and there is TO
doubt that this record will be broken next
summer. Some exceptionally large purses
were hung up at several meets during the
season, and the prospects are that even
larger Inducements will be offered during
the coming year. The large prices real
lied on trotters at some of the recent sales
nave shown that there will be a tremen-
dous amount of interest in harness racing
next spring notwithstanding the introduce
ton of automobiles and the ~croakings Of
pessimistS.
BEN TAVIS.