The evening world., 1916-05-17
This Millionaire Golfer
Wins Matches on Tips
From, His Private Tutor

magnate. has engaged Macdonald
Smith. a noted golf professional. as
private tutor at . salary believed to
be $4,000 a year. Any afternoon now.
except Saturdays and Sundays, this
young millionaire may be seen prac-
tising with his instructor on the links
Of the Greenwich Country Club.
Drop your left shoulder Q little
more" says Smith TO his pupil. and
Mr.. Topping, good player that no is.
meekly obeys like any novice Just
taking UP the game. This novel meth
cd OF cultivaung ones golfing style
has already brought results for the
Greenwich player. Last week Mr.. Top
ping won the Ardsley tournament, de-
feating John Anderson In the finala.
and 1t was Anderson who was nation
al runner-up to Bob Gardner at De-
troit last year.
Hen" Topping. as he Is familiarly
known to his many friends, isn't In
the duffer class Of golfers by many
jumps. For several years he has been
conspicuous In many of the most i'm
portant championships and with q
fair amount Of success. He is rat
ting good match player, the type tina,
! Will fight for every shot. But like
thousands OF other golfers this Green
| wich star has his careless spells. /,
was to cure these and speed up his
game a little more that Mr.. Topping
recently hit on the idea Of hiring q
private tutor.
lie selected Macdonald Smith. q
young star who won the Metropoli.
tan championship at Scarsdale in 1914
In a new worlds record for ~ holes
from a number Of candidates for tho
! job. This combination Of a millionaire
sportsman and a young golf profes
sional has worked together so sue.
cessfully that Mr.. Topping tried par
tcularly hard to win the ArdsleJ
tournament. lust to please Mac"
For several years the name o,
Henry Topping has appeared well VI
In many Of the leading golf meets. HI,
father. John A. Topping, Chairman o,
the Board Of Directors OF the Repub.
lie Iron and Steel Company. is an en-.
thusiastic golfer. Both father and sor
are members OF the Greenwich Coun
try Club. The elder Topping recent,
presented the club with $4,000 to re.
make the fifteenth. q hole on tn,
course he didn't like. Now the fif
teenth at Greenwich is one Of the bes
short holes In the country.
Henry Topping first attracted at.
tention from golfers when he defeated
Chick Evans in n ls-hole match in tn.
semi final round for the North anc
South Championship at Pinehurst q
1912. He captured several small clu,
titles during the next two years. I,
the winter Of 1914 he spent man,
hours in Herbert Strong's indoo
school perfecting his swings. In tn,
spring OF that year Mr.. Topping &C
companied Francis Ouimet. Jerr!
Travers, Chick Evans, Fred Her,
reshon. Frasher Hale and Edward
Knapp abroad for an invasion OF tn,
English links. Mr.. Topping lastet
longer in the British amateur cham
pionship than Travers. Ouimet, Hal,
and Knapp. In the French champion
ship OF that year Mr.. Topping wa
runner-up to Francis Ouimet for tn
title. Last year the Greenwich sta
played on the links with varying sue
cess.
Henry ]. Topping In 1910 Marie,
Miss Rhea Reid. only daughter o
Daniel G. Reid. The wedding was on
Mrs. Topping received from her fathe
as a wedding present q check runnin
into many figures.
| On Feb. l6 this year the Wall Stree
magnate presented his daughter wit
his mansion on Fifth Avenue. value
at 100000. Mr.. Topping already Ia
set aside a niche in his new homo 70
the collectio Of golf trophies he sx
poets TO win this season.