New-York tribune., 1910-04-24
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CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER ".
AS the student Of golf plays IT, watches
ID sbzorbs IL re is continually thrown in
v-- an ever changing human nature. a
.-alsand times more tickle than the game
--elf Therefore, let the gtrangen-he who
tas never enjoyed the thrills OF a round Of
t-e links-bev are OF asking the simple
question. What: is golf? else he may meet
V.tl a Few crlOice ones on the following
-rde-.
SO. Golf O. what Sherman saio war
vzs and what Boss" Croker said politics
was - you 5oubt H. just get into that
rra-eI.lze Formation behind the home green
e. G.rden City or into. one OF George Lows
rrv traps a. Bsltusrol.
$50 Golf is az welcome as an oasis IN
r. desert. ss rsutalizing az a mirage. ever
re-s1rirg ard alluring. Il taunts anc mad
Sons. .t has Cts favorites. as che gods have;
r rlrls f-ogn the eager and showers It's
7-zrss ofter n the paths Of the careless.
e man " no can play IL regularly ana
-H- break a majority Of the Ten Command
u.ar-s .s Christian gentleman.
ESQ., a-5ce ~ is as great leveller a. death.
if r-crow7;s the kings of finance and makes
ts-r ants Of statesmen Vanity and
te-s-rr az spirit vanish before H. When
t1f was perfected a long step was taken
toward tie millennium
$50 Golf is the most agErsvating, sat
t.az. ss ductive. royal sport IN The world.
.e re- most democratic ot them al. An
emperor s-an play Il no better than . cad
fe. 7e-fz u,s not 50 ~ell. i - as absorbing
sa -|e stock market. as exasperatng As
r--s.f- CT the thoroughbred, as uncertain
lowe, szs coy as youth itseIf
80 5-.Golf has this advantage over law
g.. s~a your own Judge, 5ury and advo-
te.s Wa write your own Instructions flr-
DISH vasIr oUn witness IN the person OF
csddle assess the damage yourself, and II
SOP v-uut a new trisl all you have 70 do Is
10 e-ar1 once more II the first tee and trt
t sl c yer again
&c. ts-GoIf clears dull brains gives q
f- a bright ones. eases sorrow, revives
rd 1EIights and concocts new ones for
;-6rl palates To Turks are promised
aorrhz hereafter u they are good on this
F---l- let us hope that or the golf links 81
.eaue.. every golf ball vii have a good 10
r~ a "aIr green: that no drive will be Jess
t.ar two hundred yards. and that al bunk
'.s. end pits and creeks VIII be bauisheo
'e warmer climate.
Al. Coli IS a freenAn's game You car
Hars nothing on your mind and no shaekles
rr - lar feet You can play IL fast or slow
~ well. Your mood rs the games mood
N1s Fever may De said IN the heat of cor
t-et .s Immediately eXpunged by the re-
corc ug angel
-'s. S-Golf ia probably as ancient as the
fsrlcn 0f Eden. IN fact. rurnor has 81 that
I've lel out with Adam because ne spent
20 much time putting on the green. VIII
ca~uanuts for golf balls. u has also beer
t'ld thst the Scotch Appropriated the high
ia 81 md the game OF goif from the lrah
l;st TIE FIRST GO, club was shhlalaf
GEO hat Brian Bor71. one OF the kings oi
sreiand. played golf centuries before ever
afe Scotch dialect was Invented
No. e-solf has caused more divorces
ftan intemperance and more Eeparationi
man Hffinities. No man can succeed ~ 4
- -hout Heglecting his business, deserving
sh'e friends and abandoning his family
.s9ine players spend half their time dressing
,thc cleaning their clubs and fhe rensinoe'
20 f'rle looking Tor lost balls
Q far-g sof tae foregoing - rly mind