The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-26
Golf caddie Says He Is One Of
the Finest Men That
He Ever Met.
LAD HEADS GOLF CABINET
BOY % CLOSE ADVISOR OF THE
PRECEDENT ON HIS FAvoRITE
pAsTiMg-cALLs HIM A STEADY
PLAYER.

Boston, Mass. July 26-"Mr. Taft Is
. jolly good fellow. He is one OF the
finest men have ever met. and have
caddied for nearly all the members of
the Myopia Club. He plays good.
consistent game Of golf, averaging less
than the crack players. but never
varying or slumping. You can just
bet I shall go on caddying for him as
long as he wants me."-Hueston Low
EFT. Presiden. Taft's 1910 caddie.
The proudest and most envied lad
In all America Is Hueston Lovett. a
small. sunburned boy with slight. thin
figure, straight yellow hair and diff
dent manner, President Taft's chosen
caddic during the summer months.
Selected from among all the caddie
urchins OF the exclusive Myopia Hunt
Club nc Hamilton to act as the person.
nj attendant OF the President. Hueston
IL not n mere chaser of balls driven
by the Chief Executives club. He Is
an authority on golf. the adviser of the
President on how long strokes should
and should not be made. He Is, In
fact. the chief golf counselor to Presi-
dent Taft.
During the few weeks that he has
been adviser In chief to Mr.. Taft he
has not only watched the Presidents
style OF play carefully and critically,
hut has made boys study of Presi-
dent Taft as man as well.
TAFT . steady Player.
President Taft does not play nearly
rs good game as some OF the club
members" the youngster said. but he
n much more consistent than any OF
them. Where others make DOGGY one
day and fall back to hundred or more
the next, he Is absolutely steady and
Once he played around 90.
"But although the President some
times Ia lucky. he is also usually un.
lucky on certain holes. over a good
part Of the course he will play close
TO bogey and then go into hole that
takes ten or a dozen stokes to get out
OF. II Is this that retards his game.
HE talks to me a good deal about
golf. After q bad shot. he asks me to
explain just how he came to make II
so that he will not do the same thing
a second time. Sometimes he asks my
advice on just how to make a certain
shot.
His greatest trouble seems to be
that he makes his shots too deep. so
that he strikes underneath the ball,
hits the turf and spoils both his di.
rection and some OF tho force OF the
swing. But he Ia constantly practic.
ing. and with good players, too, SO
that look to see him get better in his
game steadily.
Some days. however. he set such
q pace for good shots that now a shot
Of this kind has been dubbed the
Presidents luck and everybody that
comes to the Myopia Club to play Is
always trying for a Presidents luck
shot
Shows interest In Boy.
when the president varies the con.
versation away from golf. 1t is usually
to ask me about myself. how like
my work. my school work. and SO on.
He often asks me who people are
that we meet or see in the distance,
especially when they are apparently
going to address him, and he wants to
be able to call them by name.
Hts favorite golf opponents are
John Hays Hammond and Henry G.
Trick. both of whom are with him a
great deal. They can usually beat hin,
too, and now while he Is away for a
time. Mr.. Hammond is practicing Up
and taking instructions from Jones so
that he may surely be able to beat
the president when he returns.
Occasionally catch stray bits o.