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TIE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSD Y JUNE 29rn, 1911.
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HOW GOLF CAME TO SKILO,
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No game gives so much of the open air, the elixir of life from morning till uite. With a modest bits at luncheon, masyhap, it can to playd vithout undue fatigue oven by elderly people, [Our wader wilbo intorosted tab. erve that and then there is the few minutes rost and the in the following article Mr. Andrew Carnegieat at the green with your bosom many. No puts Jcts practice the theory of pimplified
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impairs the game. Sit and moralise. spelling he has often advocated.]
your pleasure, it's all the same. The first golf club in the United States was Another special feature of the graus geme is organised at Yonkers, November 14, 1988, and that, forgetting all other subjects, attention named Saint Andrew's Robert Lockhart, of must be concentrated upon it, This is what Yoakers, born in Dunfermline, Seelland, was takes the cobwebs out of the brain: hunger, often in his native town as buying member of thirst, cold or heat, business cares, sublime sear his firm, and there he lernt the ancient and inge, all take a back seat when the critical reyal game. Becoming a devotee, he resolved moment arrives and all depends upon the last that his country should no longer be without this indisponsable adjunct of high civilisation.
purchast several doxone of clubs in Dan fermline, and upon arrival at Yonkers explaidd of golf. Well do I remember laughing at the I was a very late convert to the zubis game the game to us fellow of began expori- into woo holes in some parts of the park at to appropriate out of the year's profits s
Dunfermlinite, Brai attemts of some guests to drive wee balls Jack leid, and a few others masting in Raid's orchard, a larger field boing Stibo. One day a noted golfer and cup-winner, afterwards secured. Jack Reid was elected Mr. Morrison, Librarian. Edinburgh, come to president of the club (Lockbart declining tee there, all eglow. his area sparkling, and caus he had to be abread so much) and John C. announced in rapid accante, panting for breth, Ten Eyck, of good Datoli stock,
become secret his remarkable find. ary, which he still retains. Long life to him a natural golf course at the bottom of the Do you know you hav Let it be recorded, therefore, in the annals of park between the Lool and the Firth tims thatthe introduction of golf to America Certain, no possible mistake. What a dad!' was the work of two Dnufermline bairns," and my friend awaited my reply in an attitude Lookhart and Raid, both of Dunfermline, which seemed to express wonder that I had Scotland, and of Yonkers, Now York, The not fainted at this qualities of the American wore, indeed, happily supreme gift of Provider lincovery, this which made Skibo superimposed upon those of the Soot. The perfect, leaving nothing also to be desired. Dunfermline Scot is brand by itself; We had to be careful not
shock our one of the chief glories of Edinburgh, the friend by seeming indifference, and did the best
to modern metropolis, boing that from the wo could to conceal the latent smile. This was towering castle its citizona can bahold only elos
eloven years ago. Morrison was told to the glorious plane and abbey of the ancient work it up and Skibo links is the result, and capital, whero fest the remains of The Bruce, such links! Along ono ride a salmon loch, Queen Margaret and many of the royal folk. sangalls nesting upon an island in the centre My parents have seen Sie Walter Scott sitting"whore soroam the wild sea-mor" as they flutter amid the ruins, hey, writing and sketching, around the salt Firth along the other side;
SCOTLAND'S GIFT TO AMERICA.
spores of skylarks nesting along the edges of the links and filling the air with their thrills as they monat.
stitution.
The links cost money, but we ask ourselves what amount of money would induce us to part with this social attraction which give more ploure to more of our visitors than any other one feature of our life in the Highlands. Tue links which we init at hat randere us the crank Morrison's dottor forever, and he is not much of a crank after all.
We must never forgot that Scotland also gave Episcopacy to the American Republic, for it was a Scotch Bishop who declared he would consecrate a American candidate, and
propor Am so after English Churchmen had refused. She also gave Wilson and Hamilton, the Feduralist pioneers, the former the originator of the doctrin of implied powers in the Con- A precions trinity-Episcopsey, ཐ་ Federalism, and, last, Golf, but who says the least of the three P We mito har moved My nefore play and win prizes; and upon aloug successfully without Episcopacy, since our visits to our gifted sister's Cumberland we in the Repablie are in the position of Island saw the effect of the game upon de- our Brilisis friends, of whom the French-votees of our family. Neverthless, I was man exclaimed Mon Dis! What a country Fifty different religions and only one sauce! But where could we find a substitute for golf? Botin recent estimate of the money already expended in greens and clubhouses in the United States is fifteen:
teen millions of dollars.
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game of golf in my young days was the presers of the upper classes in Scotland, saro mark of the gentleman, and a sickly plant south of the Border: Ne-lady was ever seen on the links. The missionary work in various linee which the northern manber of the United Kingdom has performed for her Southern pa. bor is too largo to recount, but in the Sonth the noble game now tuks high, its most notable exponent being the Sectel ex-rine Ministor and loader of the Conservatives. Mr. Balfour, a 'pawkio chiel" as Scotch as broso.. The writer red that at a recent conference of political lead ors, when the present dangerous position of hereditary Peers had produced profound silence, Mr. Balfour restored hilarity by proposing to change the subject and take ap the real pressing question of the age" How to keep on the line of the patt.
"
por-
suaded to try one drive or two just to be in the fashion. The another, and lo and behold, be fore I kusw it, the touter had me in his toils and I became not a player of, but at golf, which I am still and shall forever remain. Beginning at sixty-thros, what can one expect! I try to make good bargains with real pingers, end the number of strokes some generous souls allow giv ne a game now and then. Sometime dire saspision-Inrks about the explanations for cer tain extraordinary failures they make, von when the handicaps are liberal, but not wishing to embarrass my liberal colleage, I accept the situation, smiling to myself, nevertheless."
I am tolerable nowadaya upon the green, but the strait drive is beyond my reach.
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I am test with clever sister-in-law, "The Commodore," mother of my nine uefews aud nieces, who, captivated by the game, has her own links. She soon found the absolute neces sity for some expletiv which could be indulged in with immunity, more especially since she could not restrain herself from giving vent to aa explotive now and then which was reali The charm of golf, who cau analyse and de-appoald to mo in her extremity, and I suggested
wtoked, and prayd upon her con-cienes,
During many years rubber caving has been cide in what it really consists First we need that when she foozlet so badly that something with very satisfactory results, at some of to use the plural. It has not one, but a score of had to be said for immediate relief she should the large railway stations in London. Here, charms. We are under the sky, worshipers of tryPotsdam, Esterdam, and Azosterdum,wever, it has not been subjected to the ever- the "God of the Open Air Every breth sooms which she agreed to du. Relief proved only changing atmospheric conditions. The glass of to drive away weakness and diseas, steuring for transitory, and she finally confest, she found it rubber pressary has now been experimented us longer terms of happy days here on earth, too long. Something shorter and more concen-
with, and manufacturers are putting on the oven bringing something of beren here to us. trated was absolutely ascessary in extreme market a ru bar composition which will give No doctor like Dr. Golf-bis eures aro na miraon-
casas. Not lone as thoso sometimes credited to Christian she had returned to her old favorite short but city.
long afterwards she confest to me act only a ucisslo London, but a much cleaner Science, minus its unknown and mysterious expressiv expletiv. Remonstrance prevaild and agencies which are calculated to alarma prudent she agreed to prople. Not the least of the virtues of golf is spelling which eliminand upon a simplified Its power to affect the temper and especially the solid Presbyterian Scotsmon to day this ruders tung Wa hay only to remain silent to produce the words "The Dail" wholly henote. I unusual results. The preventiv treatment, suc
beg to recommend it to troubled souls as yield cossfully applied, has its richest fell upon the ing more, at less risk, than any remedy known. green. There was a picture in Punch recently No copyrite! which a caddie following a player was haild by the elber caddier. Where are you going, Sandy-
•I'm going to hear this gentleman play golf.” - Clover lna, some of the caddies! A real duffer of noble presence was on a practis gaman stone. Repeatedly he had foozled in his attemple to drive and finally exclaimed, "Well, I never foozled like this before! Caddie, as tonisht, "Your honor za plard before A cousin of mine made his first trial one morning on Skibo links, end, as is often the case when taking it all easily and not trying hard ho suc ceeded wonderfully. He could hardly wait for the mornin
game. We started and be fooled orerything, and at last. I heard exclamations, and cold out to bins, "What N Morrison P "Ke replied
"I know, I know, I felt it, but I didn't think I said it,” We have a celebrated professor who was lost from site for a time. His caddie at last come in site, and being nakt, "Where's the professor" cald ont, "He's down aring the whins in to hisel," A deacos was reported as bring resigned from his office in the kirk. Being askt why he did so by his minister, he explained that he had either to resign or quit playing golf, and he knew he couldn't do that,
ME, FREDÉLIC BARRISON AT SKIBO. Skibo links have some celebrities whose first efforts at golf began there. Frederic Harrison had been initiated one morning sud was playing bis first match. When be was foozling his way to the long hole for some time I turned round aad sekt,How many " "Three," be replied. T hud
seen him miss frequently. After three and seven had oach been affirtad several times by the players, they proceeded to locate the strokes, After getting in a few "air strokes" in counting the seven, Harrison exclaimd, "Oh, make it twonly if you count those; I only hit the ball
tires!!
Saint Androw's Club, as we have seen, has. two distinguished Dunfermline menbora as its founders. There is a third who is distinguished for being allowed more strokes in his favor in match games than any other member of the club. in the words of Henry Van Dyke's recent poem, In conclusion, let us ond our tribute to golf for it is in the puo open air of heven alone joy of ardout ponth, the topic of sover middle that golf works its wonders that make it the life, the soothing refage of old age: For the comforting warmth of the sua that my
body embracos,
For the coal of the waters that rus thru the
shadowy places,
For the balm of the breezes that brush my face For the respor hymn of the thrash when the
with their fingers,
twilight lingers,
For the long breth, the deep breth, the broth
of a hart without care,
I will giv thanks and adore thee, God of the
open air!
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SEEDS OF CHINESE TREES AND SHRUBS.
The Kew Bulletin says:-"Kew has latoly received through Mr. J. C. Williams and Mr. A. K. Ballay a quantity of seeda osllected in South-Western China by Mr. Forrest. Among Mr. Forrest's seeda (of most of which the Hours only is knowa) there is a considerable number of rhododendrons, ranging from low- rustled shrubs to trees 30ft. high. One of the latter, described as having large, pale yellow, fragrant awers, is of exceptional interest. I it provide us with the long-desired yellow- fapered, harity shodendron with large
leares and trusses? All the yellow spories wo cultivate at present, with the raption of R. campylocar- pum, are of a small Alpine very pretty in their
By,, and, although
There are games and games. Does a game make friends alo-er and dearer to each other, or does it aronse ill-feeling and jealousy and
are not robust, drive, men apart as rivals, even fors, each and their charms are of a modest kind. Mr. For- grudging the success of the other? We often rost describes this now one as growing in the rhe hear accounts of the rivalries aroused by some of dodendron for on the Tali range of mountains our gates, football especially, and I very maturat 12,000-13,000ft, altitude. On the same tange, ally ro, playd as it is with us when mon roll on at somewhat lower altitudes, he obtained sool of the ground attenting to disable cash other two other yellow rhododendrons; these he The reverse is the case with gelf. Men become describes as from 2it. to 4ft. high, one with derer friends than ever; tae oftuner they brig
bright yellow, the other with deep Follow mcet, on the green, the fooder they become of flowers. Of the reminder of the sends the most each other and the greater the long for their interesting are two spruces, two. Grs, a Isrch, chinm's socioty, and lu after years, if separated, doubtful as to the generic identity of the cedar, and a cedur. Mr. Forrest seems somewhat. each warts as the name of the other is men- tioned, and ends his panegyrie with the ever. A we pe bat his estimate is corect, entrasing words lauamurd with emotion," Alt, new codar would be a great scquisition,
golf together! Short, simple, suth
sath with the deodar growing en the Himalayan cient Golf gives us intervals for exchange of ranges, the existence of oue vn the mountolos. mutual thoughts which strengthen the lies bo- uerthward sess at least probable. Maples and tween us. We rejoice to see that our chams cotouensters are also in the collection. Unlike are playing well, and sppland their nose,
the cedars, of which we have still only three Golf is a game entirely free from fysical strug for at most four) species, our gardens are already gles over opponents-the ineradicable root of well stocked with these. All the conifera wars evil in football,
collected by Mr. Forrest on the Lachiang range. of mountains,
we
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