Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-01

lie IS veteran, but rather young at
golf, and very fond of experimenting
with novel styles of clubs, new makes
OF balls and other innovations. He is a
member of several golf clubs, and at one
OF them, where there are capacious sta
bles, he keeps several horses. One Sat
urday night, not long ago, he went to
the club to spend Sunday, taking with
him his usual stock OF golfng novelties
just purchased, and also some medicine
for one Of his horses that was aiiing.
He found several crones ut the club,
like himself devotees Of the links, and
they sat up late discussing the compare
tive merits OF various STYLES of cldbs
and balls, among the latter Of which the
Scotch high ball was much in evidence
Finally, in the wee sma' a0urs, he went
to bed, but had hardly got fairly into
his first nap when he was called by his
groom, who communicated the I'M
pleasant news that his SICK horse was
dead. He jumped ont of bed. and,
throwing a topcoat over. his palamas,
rushed TO the stable. Sure enough, his
favorite hackney lay lifeless in the
stall.
Did you give him the medicine l
brought from town." ne presently ask
ed the groom.
Visor, every hour, az you told me-
was the reply, but we had the OWLS
own time Citing them big pills down
Big pills?' shouted tne hercaveI
horse owner; what the lelce are you
talking about?'
Why, sor, them pills i'll the box you
give me-
Show me the box. demanded the
veteran.
THE groom brought it. 1t had con
tainel a dozen golf balls Of new
variety. but only six were left. Over
the subsequent proceedings it is kind
ly act to draw veil. boston Herald.
The amateur championship tou1na-
ment of 1900 is 70 lie pulled OF th;s
coming week on the Garden City Course,
Long Island. The entries are ;erv
many and the event is attracting golf
ers from all over the country. Of the
links it is said: The turf is firm, but
springy. Good lies are assured from
well-hit ball, and the greens are as true
as hands can make them. 1t is an ideal
championship course and will afford a
different players. Nothing but good
golf meets with reward. The hazards
are so carefully arranged that a topped
ball from any tee will cause difficulty,
while the long but erratic driver will
find punishment which will teach him
to sacrifice distance to accuracy. There
is no sameness about the course, the
holes vary from 129 to 500 yards, and
are so we'll placed as TO distances that
the drive and iron-shOt players will find
themselves in trouble from the start
A full shot, or the multiple thereof, is
necessary to reach any green in figures
that can hope to qualify. The new ar
rangement of the holes gives q total
playing distance of 500 yards, the bog
ey is &c, and the amateur record so.
The arrangement of the holes and the
DOGGY is as follows:
Out =. .279 129 S55 4S9 266 294 335 42f SIP
Bogey ....4 3 5 4-S7
In .SSs 40S 200 500 1888 37S 446 4S4 15o
Begey ....4 S-39
Every hole on the course has eharac-
teristics which make it attractive to
golfers. No. is the trickiest on the
course. 1t is only 129 yards, but a
yawning sand-pit from tee to green de-
mands perfect iron shot. A two is
, possible, but five or six quite proba-
BILE in many cases. One cannot hit too
hard either, as beyond the green anoth-
er bunker is placed, to punish an over
play. No. is the longest hole going
out, and it calls for sterling golf. 4
big sand-bunker, with long grass run
ming up to its base, forms a hazard to
make one tremble on the tee. The sec
ond shot is plain sailing but the third
demands great care, as a road fringed
by tall grass guards the green. Par
golf is five. The thirteenth hole is the
longest on the course. 1t measures 500
yards, but there are few difficulties to