New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-13
GOLF.
HORSE SHOW WEEK A BUSY ONE ON
LOCAL LINKS
MANY TOURNAMENTS ARRANGED IN SPITE
THE ATTRACTION AT MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN-woMEN's CONTEST AT
ARDsLEY - GOSSIP OF
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THE PLAYERS,


. Horse Show week. usually quiet one on local
links is 10 he made the occasion of particularly
attractive tournament at Ardsley. Golf clubs as
rule are averse TO ANYTHING that counter to
such popular exhibitions that TO be held at
Madison Square Garden for In spite OF the generai
impression that a golfer is fanatic VINO cares ior
nothing but boyle scores and handicaps Ia'se
number OF them are enthusiastic horsemen and
are always in evidence at these annual meetings.
II &c because so many out of town visitors are ex-
pected here in the present week that the Ardsiey
Club has decided TO hold It's tournament. Inc
affair will be for women, and the matches VIII De
confined to the forenoons. so as not to interfere
with the plans Of those who attend the snow
MANY of the contestants from Boston, Pha-
delphia and other cities, and not a few or them
will be the guests of the club during the week
The tournament is to begin this morning and Will
continue until Wednesday. The matches will In
clude a medal play handicap. mixed foursome
viii be received al the first up 10 o'clock this
morning The Morris County. Baltusrol Dyker
ME- b we and it is hoped that Miss
Ruth Underhill the present champion. VIII De IN
duced TO appear.
II is cheering news that comes from Lakewood
regarding the open tournament Thanksgiving week.
1t was feared that this popular contest, which has
been so we'll attended in other years, was TO be
abandoned and the announcement received late
Saturday evening from the secretary Jasper Lynch
that the club had decided TO entertain as usual
will cause keen delight TO players who have looked
forward all the fall to spending the holiday among
the pines The affair will last three days. begin
ming on Thanksgiving Day with an eighteen hole
round at medal play in which the best sixteen will
qualify for the Lakewood Cup and the second SIX
teen for consolation cup. and continuing through
the following Saturday. when the tournament VIII
end with an open handicap 1t is hoped that Har-
riman and Douglas both be induced TO appear.
when the disputed question of supremacy can be
settled more TO the satisfaction OF those who be-
lieve that these worthy golfers have not yet had
a fair test OF each others strength. 1t is curious
coincidence that In spite OF the activity displayed
meeting between them since the National champion
won by Hartman at that time though well earned
IS not regarded by many as showing decisivey Har-
,riman's superiority for the reason that IL was too
early in the season for either to have attained
twice in open tournaments subsequent TO that meet
ing and Douglass friends confident that he
time ago it was arranged that Douglas should head
q team from Fairfield against the Garden City team
should play together' but that arrangemen; has
fallen through and If the two men do not meet az
Eemain undecided for another year.
The Tribune has frequently had occasion TO COM
mend the caddie at the various nearby
golf clubs and TO suggest their adoption by greens
committees as means Of stimulating healthy
Tivalry among the boys who carry clubs. and thus
bringing about more satisfactory service. Moth
Eng will teach boy quicker what is desired of him
es a caddie than to put set Of clubs In his hands
and allow him to play IN a tournament of his own.
The Dyker Meadow and Marine and Field clubs
have tried the plan with satisfactory results, and
this week the Morris County Golf Club Will hold
gan employees tournament The first match Il to
take place tomorrow. while on Thursday the Nor
Tis County boys Will meet team from the Morris.
Coli Club ' Besides these cSdde
the Morris County women Will hold their twelfth
Wednesday. and the men Will have boyle handi-
cap on Saturday.
The championship of the Toronto Golf Club was
won last week by G.. s. Lyon, who defeated A.
w. Smith In the final round by up and 20 play
In the course of the tournament Lyon made a new
record of 81 for the course. AS showing the COM
parative skill OF the players OF the two countries
tona team match at Morris County Lyon was
beaten by Findlay Douglas by 6 up though Douglas
himself was defeated for the American champion
ship by Hartman. who won from Smith at Morris
County by up.
The question Of up-keep OF links is at present
an important one for this is the time OF year when
most greenskeepers are in despair the turf to
which they pointed with pride few months ago.
In connection with this matter It may be of prac-
teal interest to note what a correspondent has TO
say with regard to the method employed by
Iathom OF the most successful greenskeepers
abroad. who has charge OF the links at the Botan-
lCdl bdTueuS lie lays GOWN as d luHOanneUtal
principle that turf requires large amount of arti-
fetal tending. According TO him, good turf drains
itself. and moreover, II hbrous texture Of surface
IS secured worms rarely come through. He insists
that II is the original selection OF turf placed
putting green that fits excellence depends assert
tng that 1t is the poorer qualities that all the
trouble: that IL is this kind that kicks up and be-
comes mushy and he would advise a large initial
expenditure. 1t will prove the best economy in
the. long run. As proof of his opinions it may be
taid that the lawns at the Botanical Gardens are
now able TO stand holidays the tramplings OF
seven thousand people while every year he finds II
necessary to renew only five hundred yards as
against 200 yards years ago. Moreover
when the turf was poorer the lawns after banl
holiday were nothing better than black quagmire
while under the present regime they recover al
most Immediately New turf should be carefully
examined before II is laid down and the kind thai
will roll I'd In q bundle without breaking is the
best for the purposes. OF the game. The grass
roots should show thick. hbrous growth on the
lower side for as stated above. IL Is difficult foI
worms to bring up their casts through turf of this
kind and at the same time rain drains through
without leaving the soft, muddy surface so often
met with after storm. Continual cutting natu
ha soil essential q