The Washington herald., 1907-09-22

Right under the shadow of the great
pyramid Of Cheops. an hour away from
Cairo, You will find at Mena a nine-hole
course OF fair length. well laid out, says
Recreation. What is surprising to those
who think Of Egypt as a vast sandy
waste is that the links of Meua is on a
stretch of beautiful green turf, close 10
the Great pyramid. which shows its
shadow across the course when. in the
afternoon, the sun gets around 10 the
west The course has this popularity. IL
Is not always playable. For the last three
months of the year the Nile is in flood.
and the land is under water. due to infl-
tration, but by the first week in January
the water has recedod sufficiently 20 allow
the game 10 proceed. You stand near the
Great pyramid as you make your first
drive. but golfers are not troubled with
sentiment, ana il is therefore doubtful II
the proximity OF this mysterious pile will
seriously affect the tee shot The putting
greens on the Mena course are very fast
and tricky. The largest hole on the
course is the fourth-510 yards with a
mud wall bunker close TO the green. The
visitor Is requested 10 wear rubber sole
shoes, as the grass is not very thick. and
nails would damage il.
Green on II. Helena.
The Petit Caporal" Who fnmortaIized
St. Helena by dying there. had probably
never heard OF golf. aud # he had he
would never have supposed that per
hdIous Albion" would have carried the
game 10 thar far-on island in the Atlantic
ocean Yet it was done. and quite close
70 the house in which Napoleon lived will
De round the ninth tee. The longest hole
Is so yards, and the course viii compa~a
iavorably with the average golf courses.
II has some hazards TO which we are not
accustomed, such as hedges Of catcus
ana the terrible creeper called Hottentot
Hg' OF more commonly 'pig-face."
East OF the Suez. says the poet the
len Commandments are abolished bIt
mere IS sun hope fo- the benlghred There
IOL soI hourishes. India has several
soH courses, and Ceylon has flourish
ING cIup al Colombo. Then az Raroo-
"a burnah, BY the old Mu,mein Dagods
looAlAs eastward 10 the sea. men are
playing golf and playing well II is ouito
L superior variety OF golf that is ~ be
met with in India. Scotsmen who have
learned the game AZ St Andrews and
Prestwick and Muirfeld are numerous In
the civil service and commercial life. and
then there'is always the British army 10
draw upon. In the hills. in Kasbmir
there Is the Culinary golf club. where
they have regular eucampment of golf
ers IN the season, the tents on the u,oun-
talnside bordering the course giving If a
very picturesque appearance.
Ceylon golfers claim that they have tbe
best golf course east of Suez, and this Is
probably true, for men from all parrs of
the East make pusrimages to the sunny
Side 20 play their favorite game. Except
IN point of dist2uCe-the course is short
1t seems almost perfect The want NJ
distance is made mp by the abundance Of
hazards, and good hazards. toa. which
make low scoring difficult. A writer fa-
miliar with good golf says. IF You
want 20 know what the greens are like
just turn over IN your mind what is the
most perfect green YOU have ever putted
on, and remember that an are like that. '
Apparently the climate is perfect.