New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
GOLF FOR OLD MEN.

| Golf is a sport requiring skill, as well as en-
durance 1t is form Of exercise well suited to the
| 'old man" athlete. When John D. Rockefeller was
| broken down in health his physician advised him
/ to get the links and exercise. He took the
| advice. Now he is devotee OF the game There
| is a considerable difference between knocking a
bail over the green turf and playing in tourna-
ment with score Of other golfers. In the hrst
| place, there is no mental exerton required when
competition is eliminated but without competition
any sport loses much of its fascination. The old
man" athlete is not barred from competition in
golf. however.
Last Thanksgiving Day Henry Nj. Brown. of
Philadelphia Won the chief cup at open golf
tournament Lakewood, N j. Brown is about
sixty-four years old lie met and defeated score
OF players some OF them thirty years his junior
His victory all the more deserving of credit
because he never played golf until he was fifty
years old. There f1ule about Mr.. Brown s
| victory. He had handicap, and won on the
merits of his play One of the old established golf
clubs near New York has an annual tournament in
which grandfathers pitted against fathers. II
is the most interesting contests of the golf
ing year, and always produces much amusement
There are probably over sixty years
playing golf than in any other athletic exercise.
OF first interest the country fairs the trot
ting tches a trottins match produces almost as
many thrills as a running race. And the skill OF
the driver every bit important the skill OF
the Jockey Trottng and pacing hold such strong
place in the sporting world that there is an or
ganized series OF meetings extending from the hid
die West New England. including contests in
Detroit. Cleveland. Syracuse, Hartford Providence
and a half dozen other places For more than
quarter Of a century there is driver whose
ability all these hundreds of races has stood out
above the others. That is Edward +. Gees
known Ed Geers. the silent man. He Is
native of Tennessee. and IS seventy years Old
Ed Geers made his debut the tcotting circuit
In 1873, when he thirty-fve years old. Every
summer for thirty-five years he has sat Ia sulky
and guided high strung trotters and PAGERS TO vic
tory He has bred and d:iVen more trottinE and
pacing champions than any other man. The totals
the purses and stakes by his horses would
run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
requires great skill and daring to pilot horse
through n big field OF racers. Oftentimes ten horses
go the rost in trottIng match. When trey tr,'
TO line up abreast the track is too narrow. Here
the drivers skill and into play.
With the falling of the starters flag they off
like Each driver must keep his eye the
others and at the same time that his horse docs
break" Round the they swing.
quentiy only wheel touching the track 1t
ly Is young mans work. But ED Geers
seventy wears old, still hold his with the
best of them lie will probably drive many win
Thousands of followers of trotting will remember
old Jimmy Morrow, the veteran trainer and
driver. who died in Washington less TIA. month
ago. His body lies in soldiers srave in
Arlington Cemetery. James Morrow, in point OF
eSe and continuous service In the trotting horse