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nurance one who accounts for his dis tokee if he were good player out of his game is a great bother. But nach partners are educative for a time They teach tact and self control In order to win the match, you must make the best of a bad bargain. Never scold: if your partner is timid, it will make him nervous; if obstinate, lan will sulk; if choleric, he will say unpleasant things, or bronk his clubs. You will weaken & poor player by unsparing flattery: Let him ask you for advice; nover offer it.
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For enthusiasm, there is nothing like evils were dreamt of; to cast off the a close foursome. There is a partner 2153 absorbingly selfish element and to reship in the excitement as in the play. storo the social, noble, honourable and living rapture with, which old Sather- Ons can never forget the real burst of
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mauly game, we must urge golfers to land described the halving of a keen go in more for foursome play
match: And we would have lost it, wood foled the last pret !" but by the ddest providence Black-
In the 'ifties' and 'sixties when
The beauty of genuine foursome play lies in this, that a man's individuality is absorbed in the tonimen danse, o mustot tain a liberty or risk anything without his partner's consent He has
was at its best scoring was cons ed to two days in the year with the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrew's. Yet, strangely, the mere securing of the medal by strokes was never dwell upon. It was a necessary evil, at the time the only means of bringing out the medal holder, (not the best player) for the two meetings. But nobody remembered it for a month.
In fact, it used to be almost the in- varinble custour at St. Andrews, in the days of old, to play nothing but four somes, except when notually playing for It is a matter of comicroservation the medal. There were no invitation on paper difficult to account for
that a good, steady, second-chiss player competitions, to handicaps (except and a first-class player will-hole the
farce handicap on the medal day, which nobody but the winner with eighteen strokes remembered), to prizes in the shape of cups. It was the Medal Week, but big foursomes ruled every every day except the scoring Wednes day.
One rejoices to look over the minutes of some old golf Clubs which arranged for foursomes. The Honourable Com
to calculate where to drive lús ball, not important shot of the hole, but thinking ns if he had to play the secord -the of what his partner is best able è do and what will gais him best. There meut. Even the first-cinsuplayer is not must be mutual cound and encourage; beyond receiving at tinies snail meed of praise for a good shot. But a bad player for a partner is sometimes very never to ninko a tristake exacting; he considers that you cuglit
round in nearly as low-strokes as the
rat-class player can do, playing his owng ball The inferior golfer, when he has confidence in bis partier, will always play above his game. It is astonished at it; yet it is free. And nothing will improve his general play so much as a series of such fournies He is in the best of moods, and he will not cease talking over the match; and he goes at it with bir next match.
A FAMOUS TOURBONI One famous match of this kind hay any of Edinburgh Golfers possess re be here mentioned, asood zo in cords and medals for a century and a point. Mr Tom Peter, a second class
half. The
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lang syne would meet at dinner come bertson, played against Mr O'Brien six times during the season. After tive of the game all over yot sten, Tou Peter, and the best geuert] representa dinner, the witch-book would be pro- Morris. This foursome was played ou duced, and sundry foursome would be St. Andrew's Linea in the fifties, more arranged and recorded therein, with any form or since. On one occasion they frequently than any other foursome be- mild bets that excitement and interest played for two consecutive days fire called up. These watches bad to be rounds each day and the match ended played off before the next match dinner, said he had never had sio a belly fou in a draw When they nished, Allaiy when the results were officially declared, o gowra his days. Su enthusiastic and the beta melted. By this system were they that they would play on st of foursomes members got to know the the short holes, with lanterns set at
the holes to guide the patte play of all grades.
The late Mr. James Balfour Melville (father of the ex-Amateur Champion), ed ist St. Andrew's in 1869, between Mr. recorded a most exciting foursome play George. Coodie and Major: Boothby against Mr. Thomas Hodge and himself." All were metal holders, and were at the
IN PRAISE OF FOURSOMËS,
When golf ceases to be a social game, when its rewards are specially in divinal, when medala take the place of honest pleasure, the game is doomed.
A great philosopher--Lessing--and that top of their game. They played for two days-tires rounds the first day and he would profer the pleasure of the cothree rnd a limit the second, or 113 holes tinued and progressive = pourch after | in all, and at the end of the 112th ther truth itself. In a somewhat similar were all oven! But Candia and Bootli-
by gained the list hele. A match like. way, comparing great things with small, that lives in unde memory so long as golf there is really, to the true golfer, more can be thought of. ** satisfaction, more cheering heartsome of interest at the time arose from a shal- A toursone at created a good deal: ness, in the social development of four lenge which appeared in the Fold nəys- some play in its integrity, than in the paper, from the Mouldsworths, father 2461 individust glory for the time being of and sin, to play why other father and having secured a Championship In rounds of St. Andrew's Links Mr. son in the country, the match to be thy ec the latter, pride is fostered, and conceit Balfour-elville and his son accepted. is apt to malte on player cynical- in the the challenge. – The match was pinyed former man's naturo expands into genial and the Balfoure mid the salisination of in 1874, in presence of a large gallery : fellowship, true brotherhood is engen beating the English players by seven
holes. THE Following Particulars and Condi- dered as in no other from of the giras, Ttions of SALE of CROWN LAND by and health-invigorating energy is given PUBLIC AUCTION, to be held at the Offices to the generally worried, care driven, of the Public Works Department, on MONDAY, the 9th day of December, over-wrought, aver-moneyed, or over- 1001, at 3 p.m. are published for general indulgent man,
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The ideal foursome, as a successful H. STEWART LOCKHART,
results, would be to have on each side Colonial Secretary,
a tremendously long but very accurate. COLONIAL SECRETARY'S UPTION,
driver, and a never failing short game Hongkong, 23rd November, 1001. 2169 player, on condition that the latter com- menco play whenever he was within Particalem and Conditions of the Telting reach of the hole. A driver like Braid, by Pablie Auction Sale, te be held on and a puten like Jamie Anderson (at Monday, the 8th day of December, his best would be invincible, sinong 1901, t. 3
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with the option of renewals & Crown But the ideal cannot be reached. Rent to be bixed by the teror of "We must begin with smaller things, In His Majesty the tone the ordinary alternative stroking ve further teraj of 75 years
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