Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-22

done it in one stroke. But topped tee
shot gets into terrible grief Of bunkers
and rough ground. and to take the hole IN
three is reckoned satisfactory. though TO
do 1t in two Is common enough.
The ninth or end hole has rough ground
to the left. several bunkers to catch a
short stroke. and large round bunker
which may trap very long drive, or
fooled second Four is quite good
enough for the end or ninth lie. From
the eighth there is a beautiful lew of the
river estuary, brimmed with bright blue
water or a colored expanse of sand and
faint blue or violet. and the long sand
spit of Tentsmuir. rich in relics of neo-
luhic man. and haunted by innumerable
sea fowl. limit the estuary, the sand hills
there glow like fairy gold; with good eyes
you may see the old tower Of tie perse-
cutor of the Covenanters. Gordon, of
i-arrs Hall. and above the smoke Of
Dundee rises the hight of Dundee Law.
Looking backward you see the ridged cliff
crowned by the ancient spires and towers.
murmuring Ito inattentive ears) the last
magic of the middles ages
The Homeward Course.
On the homeward course you play to
the holes on the left, and all the hazards
meet you with changed faces. Often a
man who goes out" in from thirty seven
to forty. tells you that, but does not tell
y,u the score Of his backward journey.
Most men are very we'll content with a
score of eighty: many are pleased II they
come in under ninety; but dear Freddy
TAFT was habitually round in from eighty
to seventy two, and he had a difficult putt
for seventy-two. then the record. That
putt took a year from my life!' he said.
Only two or three years were left to the
life of this great golfer. brave soldier and
friend of all mankind who knew him.
Recovered wound received
Magersfontein. he died in his next fight
a skirmish of no note. on the extreme
right of the Boer position-just before
French sweeping round their left. gal
loped into Kimberley. Freddys portrait
hangs on the wall of the great clubroom,
next to that of another Inflated golfer,
Charles l. who was PLAYING at Leith
Sands when news came to him OF the
great Irish rising.
In addition to the old course" which
has been described. is the new course"
between the old links and the sea. 1t
extends much further to the north than
the old course. reaching the limit OF the
spit of waste land, and is somewhat more
difficult. to all but very long drivers like
Mr.. Blackwell. than the historic links.
The ground not worn by the feet Of
the players of five centuries (at leasp.
is rougher. and the course. which winds
about like that of Sandwich, Is rather
longer than the old course.
The Jubilee course" Is mainly played
upon by unambitious ladies, children and
old buffers. II all buffers would conde
scend to "sclaff'' and "foozle" there 1t
would be we'll for their betters. The links
belong to the town. and are kept in re-
pair, at considerable cost. by the men,
bers of the club. From July to October
the links are inconviently crowded. which
may enrich the townsmen. but does
not favorably affect the temper of
the earnest players There is some talk
of laying out a fourth course. but the
worse people play the more adrently do
they prefer to chop up the green OF the
historic links.
The best book about golf at ST. An
drews. and the old players. is Mr.. Ever
ards illustrated History of the Royal
and Ancient Club" with remarkably
good colored reproductions of old por-
traits