Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14
COLTS FAST GROWTH
IN THIS COUNTRY
Responsible for Employment
of Thousands-Has Made
Lawns and Villages.

NEW YORK, August 13.-Although
golf in America is still in its swaddling
clothes as compared with the game on
the other side of the Atlantic, it has
much to be proud of, for unquestionably
the royal sport has worked wonders in
a comparatively short time. 1t is doubt
full if even the most optimistic devotee
of driver and iron ten years ago would
have dared to predict that in 1910 gclf
would give employment to thousands.
and add to the attraction of hundreds of
town and villages. Had he ventured such
a prediction he probably would have been
placed in the same category as the man
who prophesied that a heavier-than-air
machine could fly from New York to
Philadelphia.
Time has shown that golf is not a
pastme to be taken lightly, but, rather.
seriously Practically every ether game
mas it's limitations as to season. Not so
with golf, for only foot or more Of snow
will prevent the golfer from making his
rounds of the links. and weather is
never too hot to prevent it. either.
No longer does the man in the street
gaze at the golfer with his set of clubs
as curiosity. Nor is tn" hockey
PLAYER remark so frequently heard.
One might hear a man of the navy type
inform his friend that golf Is a rotten
game, but even INlS Is d SIKH VI pioS-
ress, for he knows it is golf and not
hockey.
The huge strides golf is making, and
has made, is conclusive proof OF ITS fas-
cination. Ten years ago the solfer mad TO
travel much longer to reach a Sclf course
than he does at present. EVe!y toM,'
of any size at all has its golf course.
No seaside resort is a complete success
unless it has it's own links, and 1t Is the
knowledge that golf is to ne hao tnat
frequently brings the visitor ana ms
family. This is also true OF hidhy iiaiiu
resorts. =, $1,000
This means business for the resort or
the village in or near which the course Is
located Even in ten years Harden City
has made big strides in the way OF I'M
provement and much OF II Is que 10 the
golf course there. Incidentally, Garoen
Citv now has two courses. the second be-
ing the Salisbury links. over which the re-
cent tournament of the Eastern froles-
sional Golfers Association was piayed.
This is by no means an eaoep.lo tlns,!
case for there are a great many other
cities and towns where similar instances
might be cited Land owners are quick
to realize the fact that the ground they
have hitherto looked upon as pelhg
scarcely worthy of consioerdt Is salu-
able from a golfing point OF view, and
they charge more per acre for it than
they do for their hest AGRICULTURAL land:
With regard to the employment that the
game provides, it is difncult 10 esti1hate
il Professionals and their assistants:
ground keepers. caretakers, iron head
makers. golf ball makers, etc, are de-
pendent upon the game, while there are
thousands of boys and even men who
make their living as caddlSs. Inc list
could be considerably increased even to
those who earn their livelihood by max
ing mixtures for the determination OF
worms and other ground pests.
1t seems pity that the expenses of golf
are such as to debar those who have
scarcely more than a comfortable income
from participating in the pleasures of the
game, but even this may soon be relieved
for at present there are public links which
are very we'll patronized by persons in
ordinary walks of life. 1t is quite posi-
BILE however, that in a few years various
municipalities will take more of an inter-
est In the sport than at present, for, raj id
as the growth of the game has been. it
still is in it's infancy.
From the health point of view golf is a
we'll known preserver of youth, not only
being prescribed by physicians as a health
restorer. but being played by ply sicians
themselves, who practice what they
preach.