New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-23
SCOTCH DRESS BARRED BY THE LATEST
FASHION OF THE LINKs-DOINGs
At MOUNTAIN AND SEA
SHORE COURSES
SHORE COURSES.

SHORE COURSES.
70 rhe superficial observer a golf player is the
most unconventional person IN the world about
matters Of dress Almost anything seems 10 do for
2 tramp over the links. and a mans comfort ap-
pears - the only arbiter Of the clothes he shall
wear n reality, however, fashions are as well
defined II gOlt anywhere else. One OF the no
rieeabls things about the game this season IS that
khtckerhockers have been almost entirely dis
-a-de6- Last spring when the English fashion
papers talked about the abandonment of the useful
'E-icEers." players here laughed az the idea but
st ne recent amateur championship II was no
rieed that the great majority OF contestants wore
l1rg trousers. and the same is true OF other con-
rsS-s
There Is certainly 10 reason why man should
f. obliged 70 put a pair OF knickerbockers
when ne goes 70 2 golf links They don't contribute
any more 20 his comfort or help him play better
game Than the ordinary trousers Perhaps the
change IS due fashion, but more likely to common
sense To don pair Of ''knickers,'' button the
ex--ecltttes and pull OF a pair OF long stockings
takes tine, and gets 70 be bore. Moreover. the
heavy tweed and worsred are much warmer than
long trousers and IN these July days golf players
Ike everybody else. are on the lookout for some
thing cool But whatever cause Is ascribed for the
change The fact remains that the Scottish mode Of
dress IS out OF favor The mistake most people
make IS IN thinking that some elaborate costume
Is necessary for golf playing. II they knew that
T-sv.s Douglas Hartman and OF the
starr out without much changing a necktie
hey would probably worry less about their SUM-
--e- OUTFIT. The best advice for the man who in
tends 70 spend his vacation playing golf IS: BE
as unconventional as you ike Il you play good
rsrz NOBODY viii care what you wear and Il you
don't al the clothes in the world won't make you
golfer
Speaking OF vacation play. the summer traveller
This year VIII have 10 difficulty II INDUCING his
going tzncies Hundreds o. hotels ara now ad-
ve-tstnz golf links special attractions, and in
The summer literature issued by the various rail
roads special attention mas been given 10 places
where the game may be enjoyed. One railroad
company has gone 50 tar as TO enurnerale the links
reached BY It's line and the distance from the
nearest station OF each Il IS safe 70 say that fully
- Per cent Of the people who spend their summers
away from town choose their resort with g view 10
the facilities tor playing gO< Just these
-ne- links are IN the hey6ay OF activity. IN the
White Mountains the rivalry OF the big hotels for
EolEug patronage has become 50 keen that several
have aid OFT tuu eighteen hole courses, az which
Professionals OF National reputation are kept 10
look after the greens and give instruction visit
o-s. Horace RawIins, formerly Al Lakewood, IS
now ire professional al the WaUmbek Golf Club. OF
Je1e-zou- y H. while David Kay. who was in
Florida during the winter has been engaged AZ the
Bethlehem links Kay recently established new
record q 3 for the COURSE and this IS likely 70
stand unbeaten for some time 10 come
Al Manchester Vt the new Ekwanok Golf Club
has secured the services OF George Low, Of Dyker
unprecedented activity The former amateur
ord q g. held by Dr.. Clark Burnham. Of Brooklyn,
has been broken by " H Davis. the well known
lakewood golfer who recently did ia feat. by
The way, which equals Lows professional record.
A rev clubhouse. costing more than 30,G0o has
beer completed, and Is one OF the finest buildings
q rs kind n The country. The club has already
started It's season Of team matches. and in the
-ezc few weeks the series for the championship
Ct the Green Mountain Golf Association VIII be in
t1I swing. Last week Dr.. Durham and A NJ
Reed. o. lakewood, played foursonae with Archi-
bald Mcclure. OF Albany. and George Low. in
which TIE latter team was badly beaten
DtZTi-le Notch IS another Of The White Mountain
resorts where golf is the order OF the day The
links laid out last season by George Thons is re-
ce-v-rg increasing amount OF attention. and q
sumner programme q handicaps and team matches
IS vel under way The IntervaIe Golf Club also
has potent charms for the mountain golfer. Il
possesses nine hole course Of 2s00 yards, laid out
year ago by Alexander H Findlsy, professional
inchiet ot the Florida East Coast Golf Club Other
courses II the White Mountain section now patron
-zec ~ local players are those AZ North Conway,
tranconia, Mount Pleasant and Colebrook-
Al The seashore the same activity is apparent
Down az Cape Nay everybody who IS anybody has
the goS fever and there seens little chance that
The uicrobe viii De checked until the return OF
eo1 weather t is said that John c Bulutt, presi
dent o. the club. who is in the seventies suffers
more than any one else from the disease. He IS
4 match for many Of the younger men. and is a
players there this season are Edwin F Cook
Charles Y Davis Louis A Scott. Wistar Harvey,
Frank P Shattuck, George ". Boyd. Louis y.
Ayrez. Thomas " Eastwick and Morris Dalett-
sea5-1ghL Monmouth Beach and Atlantic City are
some o. the other resorts where golfers have gath
cred n unusual numbers this summer
Long Island has another links This time II is
Interstate Park which is endeavoring 10 get recog-
milton The course there was laid out by John
Dunn, and Is expected 70 be ready about August !
There Is z wei appointed casino AZ the grounds,
enc n order 10 encourage attention the club has
decided require no initiation fee The dues for
ne season are 70 be 80 for men and 5 for women
M--ch enttle them 70 all privileges transient
Players. guests OF those who have paid the
yearly dues viii be allowed 10 play over the
course for - cents q halliday and 81 q fuA Day.
et@2r.ght being almost Level, except Tor a shgghr
to--lng surface over the western half, The as
ssnces OF the holes are: First, 40 yards. second
~ Lh-rc, 80, fourth, rs fifth. zoo sixth 20; sew
Greens committees looking FOR advice about lay
- cur inks may be interested IN Few sugges,
80 49, oiIsrec Dy Dunn. Wno mas en}oysd unIsIal
s-ta1tages IN studying American links II the
s1es exceed eighty. says Dunn, and the gTou4Ao
- any good, an eighteen hoie course saouIu DC
paired; II less than, say. forty or hfty acres
TTs'er more than nine holes should be designed
a. cases II Is better % nave good course o.
re holes than an Indifferent one OF eighteen
- oest land FOR golt INKS Is that Wtch shlILss
dcz ssasnore although II ms country sCo1 III
- not seem 70 exist there IN fact, II IS nearly
a-y OF gravelly subsoi snouln pc sought. sroun95
80 clay subsoi should be avoided II the land
z great extent covered with aealheI I If
Dr. .--oergroHLn ana the S4ri1cs u pistLy eve
y q the speeoisst means OF getting u IN shape
- plough l. up with 4 scarifer ms Is an
= eraWu By powerful horses II makes short work
Gearing the surface II Fl is al al feasible /
FcleDu recommend any one Wno lhtenas hAglLls q
80 course laid 10 obtain the services OF some
ossg.lnEag'
ete carried out there Will be Women's fourna-
49, 49, q shinnecock this summer second ~ IN