Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

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70 Andrew Kirkaldy that he thought OF
Eettling in the United States the worthy
Andrew, who had Travelled a good deal
IN America, was nip and talking at onro
with fine yarn about the possibilities
Of the game on some OF the greens in
tho backwoods. In all solemnityy ana
< tirnpressiveness he declared TO Tom that
frequently II happened that, white you
we're playing. bandits would appear sud
denly from the undergrowth, point loaded
revoivers at your head and tell you to
hold up your hands and at the same
time produce all the money from your
pockets
Personally, have never been presented
with this problem In any state; 1t must
be a great nuisance II you are in tho
midst OF quiet reflection as to whether
YOU shall take g brassie or a cleek in
order to reach tho green. Since. how
ever II has been suggested that should
relate some adventures OF the links, let
me tell Of one in England. 1t accurred
some 20 years ago when I was profess
sional to the Bury Club In Lancashire
Those were unsophisticated days. when
the game attracted little attention and
when the expenditure OF large sums of
money on the provision of comfort was
considered unnecessary.
The landlord of the ground on which
our course was situated had little regard
for the people who came to hit a golf
ball about his estate. We were there
on sufferance, and we had many trials.
One was that he gave the famous Besees
o. the Barn Ban0-and, In its proper place,
you never heard a finer band-permssion
10 use the last green for practicng their
harmony whenever they wished to do SO.
IL was no Joke to be all even and one to
PLAY and find the home green packed with
111ttQ Nlt
autocratin landlord insisted on putting
his prize bulls to Craze on the course F;
this was the circumstance that led up to
my adventure.
They were fine lot of animals, and
one-a white bull--had secured for him
many trophies. All the same, they made
round of golf an exciting proceeding,
and there were players who would not
venture so far as the first tee when these
ferocous hazards were loose. The white
bur seemed to have an Unborn hatred of
golfers. Often II sent us running to
places of safety; suddenly one would see
T. approaching at top pace with eyes
ablaze and tail whirling angrily In the
air and then the only thing to do was
"a be OFF. / had to make several undig-
Mined flights from IT, but whenever I COM
planned to the owner, his invariable reply
vas
''You shouldn't tease him: he would be
rail- right II you'd leave him alone."-
At length decided upon retaliation.
Our putting green's. as on a good many
other courses, were surrounded by wire
so as to protect them from invasion bv
animals grazing on the links l told the
owner that, If ever the bull went for
me again. l should enter one of. these
protected spaces, walt for the animal to
come up to the WIRE and then stick il
In a vital part with the flag pin. Our
flag pins had sufficiently sharp points to
be very useful for this purpose. Again 1
was told
"You shouldn't tease the thing; you'll
never have any trouble with him IL
you'll only leave him alone"
That naturally made me feel the more
aEgrieved, and for several days / went
about longing for the moment when I
should blossom forth into a toreador.
One morning / was going over the course
In connection with its upkeep when | saw
the bull approaching in an obviously an
CRY mood. 1t was gathering pace, and
as ! was in the middle of big field, 1
determined to put my plan into operation.
] dashed to a putting green near by,
Jumped over the wire, seized the flag
pin. and returned TO the boundary of the
green to act. In few seconds the bull
was on me, and while was maneuvering
for a favorable position from which to