The Washington times., 1915-08-08

back, whereas Massey hit q firm
mast.ie shot and landed near the hole.
Coll, Coli was a, advancing BY, BY leaps emo and
the outbreak Of war; l fear 1t will take
the game q long while to recover its
Volopment among the people of France
was splendid. once they took to 1t; for
years they saw 1t played In their midst
by Britishers and Americans without
apparently having the smallest desire
themselves to dabble in it. One of the
first indications of enthusiasm that
saw was at LIE Touquet. near Boulogne.
one day, when two F'renchmen arrived
found the links covered with snow and
all the golfers snugly ensconced In the
hotel. Nothing daunted. these new ar
rivals procured snow shoes and con-
tested the full round of the course.
An interesting feature OF golf on the
caddies. l have never seen them In
America. and they are to be found on
very few courses in Britain-Aberdovy,
Luton. and St. Annes-on-sea are the
moment. Caddying seems to rue to be
admirably suited to girls; II Is not much
use as an occupation for a boy seeing
that unless he happens to become a
good player land only about one in
nifty does thaD, 1t offers no future worth
having. Taken all round. too. girl
caddies are more attentive. polite. and
keen on the game than their brothers
who carry clubs. At lie Touauet. they
are a-study for philosopher or painter.
cal fishermen; sooner or later. they
marry tho sons Of fishermen and disap-
pear from the links. But until they
are about twenty, caddying Is their vo-
cation. and right strong and healthy
they grow under Its influence.
Svfn IN rria6 for last vaaY-a
tall, dark girl whom any artist might
, gladly have selected to sit for the pic
ture Of gypsy-never seemed to grow
tired and never lost her zest for the
game. She used to tramp ten miles
beyond Etaples. One day. she car.
ried four rounds walked In an interval
to Paris-Plage and back "a distance of
four miles) In order TO accompany a
girl friend: and informed me at the
dance to which she and other caddies
went everyo week and which would
finish at 2 o'clock in the morning.
calculated that. before she started
dancing. she would ave walked twen-
ty;six mile. durin' e day. ..,u,.,
| and in Germany GOD many girli
used to be emplor the links. Coll
| was rapidly becon popular In Ger
many when the W" oke out. and this
| decent course had been laid out In thu
| country. A German once told me tha
| I could make a huge fortune In fivt
| years by going out and designing
courses and inaugurating clubs on thu
| lines that obtained In America ant
Britain: perhaps It was Just as wei
| that I declined to be tempted.
! Some. OF the greens on which ! have
| played in Germany have been truly de
plorable. At Baden-Baden. where w
| competed for the chamv4onship. th'
place was such a quagmire after heav,
| rain that every one OF us lost lot O.
! balls in the fairway: a ball would sim
ply pitch into the mud and disappea
! in it. lost six in this way. and' ulti
mately sent my caddie forward at cacl
hole to mark the spot where the bal
+, dropped.
T, ing laid out close to the royal estate a
| Potsdam when the war began. Repor
says that the money for II has sine
| heen Communicated by the German gov
ernment. 50 presumably that scheme ha
succumbed.
Copyright. 1915. by the Wheeler sydni
| cate, Inc)