The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03
GOLFER AND CADDY.
How the Boy with the Clubs I'm
nerves the Novice.

There are three things necessary tor q
good gams OF golr. First. you must hav'
good clubs; second, good links; and
third, q good caddie. The last requisite
Is not the least important. good cad
dis can't be bought at . store for golf
goods, or moulded into form like Q golf
course. He Is rare bird which the ex'
perienced golfer mas learned not 60 hope
for. "Heaven be praissdi" the golfer ex'
claims IL he happens on rsall efficient
oaddis, and that day becomes indeed his
day Of Thanksgiving.
The ideal caddie should Be long OF
limb and quick Of eye He must be nf
tall as boy can be without being CON-
sidered man, and hs must have perfect
control over his facial muscles. There ID
nothing moro unnerving to the not over
proficient golfer than silent oaddie who
stands py with o sardonio smile on his
shrewd and youthful countsnanos as the
club descends with all the vim and good
will of which the sportsman Is capable
anG ignominiously fans the air or digs
out O great lump Of sod six inches back
Of tie ball. Such oaddie 10 very apt to
say "Foozle" in q cslm, distinct voice.
Il may be taken as rule In choosing a
caddie that II he Is given over to the hab-
It Of saying "Eoozle' he will be very
good caddie for somebody else, especially
a eonceited man who needs such whole-
some Christening.
Golf Is such q recent development In
America that the Daddy trade 10 really
filledIby ..amateurs. 1T will take live years
of appren ticeship to furnish supply OF
caddiss of anything like proficiency.
Meanwhile ths demand for even second
rate osddies far excesds the supply, ana
all sorts Of expedients are resorted TO. ali
sorts of substitutes accepted. The coun-
try schooiboy finds in the golf links that
are springing up over the counties mine
of wealth. A caddie generally gets from
10 to 20 cents for . round OF the links, and
the old golf balls which he may nnd all
over the place at odd times bring from
i've to ten cents apiece. Instead Of going
after chsstnuts or hickory nuts In the
fall, it is good deal more profitable and
lust about as much fun to hunt golf
balls. So 10 comes about that the trous-
ers pockets Of the little sohoolboy bulge
with well-earned small change, and Tor
a while they are glad at heart.
But gradually. trudeing after Irritable
men In variegated worstsd stockings, and
racing after the ball. as II goes sailing
away, to mark where 1t falls. begin TO
pail on the newly enlisted csddie. 1t Is
a monotonous occupation to tramp the
same links every afternoon after schooi,
and wntch the same old mistakes anu
hear the same old objurgations. Instead
Of having your own fun in your own way,
which is the natural inalienabls right OF
every American schcoiboy after school.
At this point Of boredom the spirit OF ir'
reverence and disrespect Is apt to crop
out. Now ana then the ver-workcd cad
die is tempted to put the ball he hal
found into his pocket and pretend that
the Tuning old gentleman in knioker-
bockers sas lost the ball irrevooatly.
This Is the time, too. when the oaddit
begins TO- say "foozle. "gobble, "slics,
topped it," and other short. crisp
SCOTCH words that worry the blu nglin 9
old gentleman in knicker bockers.
Every body is not subject to the annoy
ance~ Of the,e young Americans who
speak plainly and respect nobody. on
private link In Winchester county. New
York, the aged donkey, that had at last
found his employment In grazing VIII WIZ,
the cows, has been suddenly called bach
to us and made to carry the CLUBS. ihii
he does without enthusiasm ana without
iisrespect. His satirioal ears alone be-
| tray by q gentle waggling the thoughts
that lie hid In his patient asiniue heart.
On the larger nnks tnere ie 8encEnhy
rigid systsIu of disciple among the cad
dies, SO that when you start from the
club house you are delighted at the defer,
ence with which you ara treated. bu,
such simple Joy Is generally very shor'
lived. Gradually the caddie will ASSUME
| a more mastsrful air rs you go from hole
| to hole. He will propose 10 play yot
over the links, or to coach you up intt
proper form, SO that you return with
suitable DEF sctiop In your bearing AND
without several Of the balls you had a
| the start. -,
Beauty always has her way strewn will
flowers; beauty can always get caddit
| OF any size or ability, and be assured o.
| a certain share OF Difference. IL 10 well
known that bad servants become goo'
servants when In beauty's employ. bol
her the high and mighty will carry Gu o
and hunt lost balls on hands and knees
for her they will cry in delight as sh'
slaps Intellectually at the unresponsivs
/ ball.
Already there are mutterings Of revolt
against the tyranny Of the small boy OF
the links. Often he IL too small to carr
the clubs and can only be used to mari
ths balls. And after an experience OF tw.
months his eye IL apt to grow dim as nj
tongue grows sharp. He 10 certainly al
unsatisfactory luxury 1t has been sue
Qessed that here IL a new and promisiu
| field for women. A pretty woman ca
| saw ssfoozle" all day 60 q man with