Evening star., 1903-07-22
CADDIES ABOLISHED.
Women, Dogs, Sheep or Goats Proposed
as Substitutes.

| From the Chicago Record Herald.
Under the new child labor law, which be-
| came effective July l, and which prohibits
| the employment of children younger than
| sixteen, the supply of golf caddies Will be
| much curtailed. if not cut off altogether
| With the threatened extinction of the caddy
| disuuiet has come to the golfers Of Chicago.
| They cluster on the wide verandas of the
| club houses; they eye the blazing sun: they
gauge the farstretching sweep of green;
they weigh, first in left hand then in right,
the golf bag with it's full complement of
clubs; finally their gaze rests Hngeringly
upon the agile caddy. They turn to each
other. questioning. There is one universal
cry: And IL he goes-What?
What then?" reiterated one young wo-
man in tan at the Onwentsia Club yester
day afternoon as the question was asked
why we'u get lovely big St Bernard
dogs, of course, and train them to follow
| us about with the bags on their backs:
They could do 1t splendidly, and 1t would
be such fun. Let's try it,
"Yes, but every one would have to buy
their own dogs and have them trained. 1t
would be such a nuisance, and they would
be sure to fight" objected some one.
And just when you wanted your lofter
the dog would be chasing bird" suggest
ed another.
The idea was vetoed and return made
to the original question of WHAT"
Golfers at other clubs yesterday were
IL
when l was in Wales said H. j.
Tweedie, president Of the Belmont Club,
Il remember that l saw girls acting as
caddies- Big, strapping girls they were.
and seemed to fill the bill pretty well.
Perhaps Wen have to give the modern wo-
man a chance on the links as professional
caddy. Chicago women would surely come
forward"
The men about Mr.. Tweedie laughed.
"Ill tell you," said one of them, ''if the
caddy is done away with here is great
chance for Prof. Garner. He has been
studying the monkey from a cage in the
jungle for years. He says they have
language. If they are intelligent enough to
talk surely they have sense enough to be
taught to carry golf clubs.
Personally l wouldn't care to trust my
self alone two miles from the club house
with a full grown chimpanzee as a com
panion." said one of the listeners
Il firmly believe that our salvation will
be found to be goat" said a third golf
enthusiast. Here is an animal which is
domestic, hardy, quiet, unofficious. and
would follow to perfection. Care would
have to be taken, of course, to prevent him
acquiring taste for golf balls"
'If animal which will follow well is
the main thing" contributed a fourth.
why not try sheep? One would carry two
sets of clubs very nicely
"Of course they'd follow, but they'd fol-
low each other, not you" grunted the sec
ond speaker.
well" said Mr. Tweedie. II don't be-
lieve this law applies to caddying. because
that is pleasure for the boys and not work.
But II it does it certainly will have a bad
effect on the game. as there is no easy So
luton to the problem. AS far as grown
men are concerned, they would be too ex-
pensive."
Edward p Martin, president of the West
ern Golf Association. agrees with Mr..
Tweedie that the problem is difficult.
1.-The lads who are employed are as a
rule farmers boys and schoolboys," he
said. They are paid on an average OF 20
cents an hour. This is paid by the indi-