The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-11

ou.et but irresistible 'biffr' the bulged.
teather-covered face Of the driver meets
the dainty little globe fairly and square
IT, and dispatches u on its journey with
q rrihc force. Far and sure" is the driv-
er's motto, and a.. with that low but ev-
er ascending swai1owiike motion. the ball
pursues It's way towards the hole. spring.
ing forward again and again "a With new
NE until nj last it's race r. run and IL
reluctantly comes TO rest on the green
sv ard. the happy watcher stands on the
tee with arms and club extended after II
and with head thrown forward. peering
into space with a radiant and rather sur
pr.sed smile on his countenance. He has
lust realized that n. has somehow made
n practically perfect drive, and he IL
henceforth hopelessiy enslaved. All the
Va, ations OF the previous week. all the
bro ken clubs. the hacked OF vanished
balls. the utterly unpiayable. Impossible
positions In which he managed to lodge
his ball. the unerring fate which seemed
4, lead him into the solitary bunker or
stony kopjs which he was trying so hard
TO avoid and where he couldn't ground
his club. but where he ground his teeth
and muttered darkly: the devious paths
he pursued wnen he got on the course
and found his ball In bush. and where
every time he whipped the whins. he
gled the ither d-"-all these troubles
which so disheartened him will vanish
with this. his first real drive. as the
mists scatter before the morning sun.
lie viii experience them all again, for
no golfer n infaliible. and perfection In
unattainable. But they will come TO him
always az longer intervals as he gets more
proficient. And nc will have many more
loCftatic moments. As Andrew Lang says.
Eye mamma think drivin' In a." The
forty-yard approach laid dead within a
foot OF the hole by his trusty iron: the
lIau9 elaaI m hrs ahnf hmm
ming In the face Of a head wind and re-
gaining the ground lost by a "mslled"
drive. the wonderful mashie stroke when
Ne lay six inches from the foot of a stone
wall and cleared u like a BIRD. or that
stlii more wonderfui-nay. almost mirac-
uicus one-where he negotiated q ''sty-
ME by lofting his ball over his oppo-
rents into the hole without a bound:
tho long steal from the uttermost parts
lof the putting green which habbergasted
his adversary, who had just played ''the
odd TO the edge Of tho hole, and which
pulled the match out OF the fire-ali these
Joys will one day be- his and will only
serve to tighten tas siiken bonds which
King Golf has been 40 busily weaving
around him since that first drive sealed
his fate.
In a sub-tropicai country Ike Hawaii
, the sun IL certainly rather hot. but golf
H.. with the exception Of croquet per.
IEIlN NNt t0UlfNN VI b1luOON Eknt-rs aho
should be an ideal recreation for our eli.
n,pte Through the energy OF one OF tvs
: ENTHUSIASTICALLY Mr.. n. ". Sinclair
who has done all the secretarial work ~
: far and who has been the moving spirit
lr kindling such enthusiasm as has beer
manifested. and also through the cour
itsay OF Mr.. =. NJ. Damon. over whoe'
: private course most OF the playing o.
late has been done-the game has taker
! n slight hold IN Honolulu. What scent
rec essary now for the further develop
msnt OF the game IL the formation Of |
club and the institution Of medal an'
trophy competitions. I am sure that II
! club were formed the trophies would no
. long be wanting to encourage the mem
bers 90 practice the royal and ancien
. game, and there II no reason why Homo
lulu should not produce a second vardo
or Hilton 10 carry OF the championship
%, the United states at least.
y Lately several handicaps have bee
played at Moanaiua. but. with no visibl
Q prize IN view. interest dies away and
lhfty-cent sweepstake cannot supply I
= an. ateurs the Incentive which a MONTH
medal or presidents cup supplies. Con
' siderable interest has been taken In
hole competition played lately which cul
n minated In n final tic between Mr.. ID. Nc
tntyre. Moanaiua, and Mr.. Digby SioE
= get The latter, with two holes OF
start from hts opponent. won by FIVE u
N ana four 20 play.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY scotchmen-seer
10 favor the game most here. but M
ccrndent that the popularity of the gam
amcng Americans on the Mainland wi
soor be extended 20 the new Territor,
" anf expect that familiar cry Of "Forel
win IN the near future be much more m
quently heard both among the quiet al
Va iards OF Moanaiua and on the sum
slopes Of Punahou. whore there 10 n
nucleus Of n thoroughly sporting hit
nine-hoie course.
I trust that these remarks may revi'
the dropping interest of Honolulu goife
q. and perhaps they may serve to awake
Interest In the good old game In son
who have not yet been Initiated into
mysteries or experienced its joys ar
IN sorrows. DORMY ONE.