New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-16
WITH THE GOLF PLAYERS.
4 Day on the Links with Women Con-
resrauts

Next to The person who invents a new religion
Ike Dov1e Mahomet-the proudest man on
earth Is the nan who iavents new golf stick
And next him. they say. comes the
who wins & golc championship-the Metropolitan
championship. for example such as IS being
tested tbs week the links Of the ApawaInis
Club a. Rye.
A golf tournament may be exciting diver
Gon Tor those who compete. but for the gallery
OF tie curious adrnirtng who follow the game
from respectful distance Il Is apt 10 be a sup
pressed and silent species OF amusement Persons
whose waist lines are fading and whose chtns are
beginning 10 c-unable find Il hard 20 walk and talk
a; the same time anywhere When they are climb
ts over graveI pits. sliding down hill, crossing
brooks By wzbbly plankx. pulling themselves up
-oeAy r,ecpices. and tagging over miles OF stub
be speech fails ell but tho NEST resolute-
But even II they had al the breath and reso-
LUTON II the world. they could not either while
ths contestants we're playing. The caddies wouldn't
LEI then The other spectators wouldn't let them
When play IS OF, NUNS the word"
Ssh, don't you she's going 10 play" some
one whispers reprOachfully. The caGdie looks
around sternly detect the source OF the disturb
ance Perhaps the fair player VIII herself say:
Please don't talk" So there you are 4 blight is
thrown over conversation Coleridge himself could
NOT table-taIk 81 goIt championship tournament.
But when the play Is over-when the white ball.
singing and sizzling through the transparent air.
has dropped upon distant knoIl-and the players
6 field cUl OF spectators there Is applause, with
shouts OF That's q dandy" and 'Oh. what
beauty"
Among the contestants none more interesting
than Mrs. z. A. Nance. OF the BaItusrCl Club
who has twice won this championship. Yesterday
she was paired with Mrs. I. r Sanford OF the
Orange Country Club. From start TO finish their
game was followed BY al enthusiastic gallery
Both are handsome brunetres. On the links they
are picturesque. Both wore shortish white skirts
with white sHirrwaists Mrs. Aanics wore a white
sailor hat tipped over her eyes Mrs. Sanford pre-
ferred 10 play bare headed. Their hands pro-
tected by perforated gloves that fastened the
back OF the hand
Last year Mrs Nance was considered the most
formidable ria that Mrs. Stout (AGiss Genevteve
HecKerj had TINS year she is herself prime
centre OF Interest she IS watched with interest
ron the moment she makes her first drive, and the
gallery Is hers from the start
She's as steady as a church. commented
o. the Spectators
She puts brain into every play" added a second.
Pity there aren't more entries" remarked
out-of-toVn man
Vel, you know, people are afraid OF the Apa-
wants course. its 50 long" spoke up a. Baltusrol
-0D"onaan. It Is not only long, but IL enjoys q
.sS5iS reputation for being long. Players all over
ne country. Il you mention Apawamis 10 them,
isn't ity"
4nen there's another thing about H. and that's
- '-'1 objected girl with a tremendous black
. -oS0h Dow standing Up top or her head The
~ rather had-too much clay in the soil II
esesnt give the elasticity these golf cracks Ike
"asa they're playing a tournament"
a young man who swinging a white sweater
+" . one hand summed Up the case thus:
ou re iact is-alc you may well say IL right
o-1If-peope are afraid OF this course That Is why
80 VINO play over the course all the time don't
70 II y s.1heT long or hard suppose We get used
S@asger clothes show or 10 as great advantage
tvne soII course IA a ballroom. II Is a different
az s@agger but II Is equally distinct individual
-. -. llFiistskable Nearly every looks
ciselrt OF golf course-and pretty. II isn't the
l r. = tnough-it is the links that does IL
~ lie glorious sunshine the wind swept spaces
G brilliant shiIamering green landscape the blue
fheilisss or the sky that throws it's glamour over
pnS Hho play and those VINO follow the game.
.a%hes mem all young and charming.
bli.efe Il nothing ike golf for beautifying the
pt tt maiden or touching up the charms OF the
Eve-, sa,sss are some or It's gifts ana YOUTH
. 49,. ko4I INK Is & fountain or perpetual youth.
g-ss Ing young woman who was holding a Paris
300 s1nshade over herself and her much oelsced
NsSsoss gown as she trotted In the wake OF Mrs
Mr., Vel 7 shouldn't call them girls exactly" the
1sH1s e5Ieeked matron at her right replied between
t,rn.es otsy climbing a steep little hill at tho
tsar OF them Is. but Mrs. Sanford has son egh-
Sseu and Mrs. Nance has a caughter seventeen
vfSSa.ispA rs the other way round"
vo,-lte % the dominant sartorial note. All the
po1,s women whesr white One girl has white
duo - laT below the knees. Another a white
eaElrt and corset coat Pongees there are too.
No. - Il looks cool IL "cOmpOses' delightfully."-
burn.S me natural scenery. and IL becomes the sun
eoioras eve most women. Bright green and mud
sols ~ Wells noat from a few hats. but wells and
isit 70 clash. The younger people go ABOUT