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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1917.

TO GOLFERS.

Another Article by Vardon.

do better.

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tee.

Short Holes Furnish an Alternative,

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A Story of Wasted Effort.

A Saluting Problem.

The General Officer Command-

doen not give machine gunnara mach quarter, end we are just as nasty to him). I gave this chap Interesting Letter from Lieut such a clump with the batt-

Barlow.

end of my rovolver and be alopped shouting at once, and dropped like a log, and I am ears No more striking example of the blight of militarism on the

The following interesting letter he must have swallowed i dosing the Lahore divisional ares fraits of pioneering and enter has been received in the Colony false teeth, gold sa well. I would recently issued an order remind- priss has frer hacen offered to the from Lient. B. C. Barlow, former have shot the blighter, only I did ing N.0.0.'s and men of ind world than the entry of Brazil ly of the Hongkong Education not want to attact attention. We duty to salute offears, whether is into the ranks of Germany'e Department

were quite cut off, and had no or out of uniform, and enjoining enemies. Brazilians themselves, Yours of Feb. 12 to hand yee- targets, as the Boohe. had gone them to be on the safe side by in the last few decades, have tørday, for which very many

through and was being mopped eainting $1 on spec," everyone wondered at the German activi. thanks; it was indeed welcome. ap by the support and reserve who looks as though he might be ties in their midst; and through-It had been chasing me round for guns. I slayed with my fur an officer. Truth comments out the last three years they have a considerabis time, and the ward gune until about 5.30 This order has naturally caused marvelled to find such wealth of envelope was covered with ad-and in the distance we could much offence. Soldiers are always

like steam. Everything was quiet superiors, but they are not called professional

effort dissipated and destroyed. dresses. My address is;-153, see Frits retiring and hosts ready enough to pay military re-

over

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We can hear

their spect to

fared. They were about a quarter-quired to treat them. Paragraph

feature of golfsee any I' know, narrow that only shot struck BRAZIL AND GERMANY. LIFE AT THE FRONT had, machine gun there. (Frits MILITARY ETIQUETTE. and it does not favour the wage with perfect precision will alight, player to anything like the extent on the narrow pathway leading to that he is disposed to believe. But the green sed omntinorita coures be can make is help him to some amazingly up that pathway. On axtent by using s club with either side are banken, and the Below we give the cord of which it is certain that he can green is surrounded with a dif- series of golf articles which Barry reach the green.

ficulty. Here the golfer has the Vardous cotributing to the

I know several mediam and opportunity of playing either the New York Evening Pat. long handicap players who, at bold game and going for a pilob It is au aimest invariable con- shart holes, adopt the expedient on to the green, or carrying dition of human nature on the of building a high tee and playing shorter distance and raming op links that the more moderate the the shot with a spoon. This, be the path that leads to the haven golfer, the greater in bis affection it said, gets the ball up, all right, for the short boles." When and, as the spoon is virtually a shall we come to something substitute for a cleek in ordinary

In most cases short holes are easy?" he asks plaintively after shots, they obtain a carry of 150 not so good as they might be, sandry foozles with driver end yarde, without much trouble, in simply because they lack this brassie. "I'm tired of this con- spite of the distance which is lost provision of an alternative. We tinual slogging.”

through the soaring propensity have vary few on the champion Anybody would be tired who which the ball naturally develops ship courses in Britain that I call

as a result of the high tee and really great. The eleventh at St. the " United States of Brasil"-BE. F., France.

We have been apt to regard Corp. M. G. O. 51st Division, of his stretcher bearers working failed, as this type of player the lofted character of the club- Andrew's, like the sixteenth at to give the nation its proper de

I forgot to mention that I and so I thought it would-be aapan to treat civilians, even when usually does fail, through trying face. It is something of a adbtar-Seadwich, is among the admirable signation as one of a large nut back in France again, on a front good opportunity to visit my they hold official position, with any throwing his weight at the ball, is recommend it as a principle for the pin and, if he scoom- of limited attainments and pot sad I never want to see it again, mile away. I was tramping gaily 1719 of the King's Regulations to hit with herculean power, fage, and I cannot conscientious minority. The crack player goes ber of Latin-American republice that I have not been on before,pport guns to see how they had more respect than civilisos are re- gripping the club like grim death, oftrae golf or a means of learning pliabes the shot that he desires, entialities. This is not the case. but suppose we will be going and forgetting the vital fact that to play up to a first-class standard. finishes near the hole. His in- Brazil has attained mach. She back there in a few days. The along the trench and had got directs soldiers to salute officers it is the easy swing which pro Still, there it is sa a mesna to an ferior may not care to take the has known how to fight for her other places I have been to here about half-way (no revolver, only" whom they know to 23 such," doces rhythm and the end at short holes, and it is prac-risk, but he can play short and independence and integrity, and have been child's play compared the handle of a pickaxe) and on and if officers for their own con- results. As be stands on the teeing iced with some success by people be on the green with his next. she has known how to win. She with this hole. ground of the short hole, viewing who, perhaps, become fastered If he keeps his tee-shot straight, has preserved these intant in the

turning into another trenob, venience discard uniforms for I We are back now about 20 гад iato & the pin 150 or 160 yards away, he when they have to choose theright he can run up the remainder of fallest possible senee.

party of plain clothes they do so knowing Bat a miles from the line and enjoying afterwards) who had gone too when they are personally, known Boches (23 Wa found feels that here, at last, he is on club for the shot. They have, con- the distance, since the green is greater danger tas lain within well-earned rest.

out that they will only be salated an equal footing with the longer fence in the spoon, sad so they open driver and better golfer. Success

(in one championship, her boundaries., than the big guns quite plainly, bat far forward and were now trying to men. The remedy is in the doen not depend on the make it serve for any distance up Willie Park was actually running threatened her from without. The that is all. The sound at to get back. I turned and ran hands of the oficers, and generals to that which they ordinarily dp the whole way from the tee vast numbers of German residents distance of 20 miles is not un-shoot or throw a bomb I cannot ordering the men to do what they liks, sad why they did not should tell them so instead of ability to obtain distance; he secure with mashie, iron or cleek, with a wooden patter) so that and subjects of German origin pleasant can carry all right the length Naturally, the farther they wast there ought to be no doubt at all have constituted the gravest required at this spot, and there;

In this part of the line, it is tell. After running about 50 ought not to do, for a military is no scope for the other man to to go the lower they make the about getting near to the hole in menace to Brazilia.go. The fight, fight, fight all the time, and yards, I heard rifle fire on my salute given to a civilian is mean-

two. The danger that is faced by tremendous influence sequired by precious little neat one get when right, and I went along cautiously ingles and ridiculus. It is a specious sort of illusion Mention of this subject reminds the man who plays the bold pitch these over the smaller commerce in the trenches, and trenches here and found about 50 Dorsets who and illusion is certainly is, for me that it is some time advis-into the green is that of finishing and industries of the country had are not like what I have been in I am satisfied that in no part of ed that, at a short hole, the player the trouble which abounds on threatened its own people with before. Here you go forward and the golf teat is the superiority of should not have a too at all. A every side save in the direct line stagnation and industrial strophy, push the Boche out, and then dig the better player more marked first class golfer has no particular between the teeing ground and Whole States-Sao Paulo, Bio yourselves in, then he counter - than at an ordinarily difficult need of one, and, personally, I the pio.

Grande do Sul, Santa Catherina, attacks, and pushes you out, you short hole. Naturally, if you have find it better when hitting the an easy ehort bole, it must ne. ball into the teeth of a stiff wind to compsl a pitch over an obstacle Great Britsin-are populated him out, and so the gains goes on, getting back to his own lines, and (Reserve) state:-

In the ordinary way, it is fairer the first two each larger than again go forward and push cessarily favour the inferior golfer, simply to play it from a firm piece in front of the green so as to almost exclusively by Germans, bot always to our advantage. because if he tops the ball or only of turf on the teeing-ground, be-avert the possibility of a player The German oredit system had About 10 days ago, I was sent

the remainder went over to inter. helf hit it and finishes short, the cause, in that manner, the man reaching it with a half-topped every where buried its fanga deep into the line at a moment's notice, view him. It was all over in two co-acerare that be will be on the who knows how to keep the ball shot a slice of luck which no in the heart of the rubber bus with four machine gane, se a big

minutes and we took eight pri- ania two hole, with a very down, and so avoid the worst of body has the right to enjoy even iness, the coffee trade, the dry Boche counter-attack was expect. two killed. You see this lot of Company, Central 5.45 p.m.

spuere, our own casualties being possibility of being down in the wind, has the better chance in a game which finds part of its goode commerce, and the retail ed. I had two of my gans right 23 was between our front line But that kind of hole is of achieving his purpose. Butin fascination in the good and ill business; and the shipping in- in the Front Line and two in the and support, line. After that,

ordinary circumstances I always fortune that attend its players, dastries bade fair to go the same support line. It was a pitch black have a small pinch of sand generally with impartiality in the way.

aight when I went up, and it is went on, everything being clear, very small one for a tee, partly course of a whole day. At the Fortunately for Brazil, she had, an awful experience going and and was just passing through because it is helpful, as a rule, to same time, there are soms excell- even, before the war, come to re- coming from the trenches when have the ball joat clear of the eat holes with narrow entrances. alise the danger of this

on you cannot see a yard in front of number of Baches; The first mistake that the grass, and partly because the The important point ig to croachment, and so well had she you. You blander round stepping a rifle and bayonet, Then I average player showa a tendency observance of this system assists see that, if the golfer is going begun to cope with it that she on dead bodies, both cars and thought my number was up, when to make at a short hole is to un-to preserve teeing-grounds. They to play short of the hazards, he finds herself now able to answer theirs, and when searches I noticed that they had no equip. Headquarters' lab on Monday, der club himself. He seems to would soon be very badly cat up must place. his tee-shot with con- the call of conscience and duly up, you drop at once, and perhaps regard it as part of the religion if everybody hit the ball from anmate accuracy in order to with a resounding note of de- drop next to a Boche who hast, and that their hands were July 30, at 5.30 p.m. of the gathe 1081 the the torf, for, to accomplish an benefit by these openings. The fiance. The memory of an insult been lying in the sun for about a shooting up. I was awfully

Police Reserve Band. bucked. I looked fierce and instrament team for the tee shot iron shot properly, one has to cat twelfth at Walton Heath is such may have helped her. Shortly be week or so. Ugh! it is loathsome,

The Band will play at North in each circuinetances is an iron through the tops of the grasshole.

fore the war thousands of German And if you are not very careful prodded one chap in the seat-be

Point 03 Wednesday next, of some description. Even that roote, and with a piece of tarf A Fine American Short Hole, school maps were found in cir- you might wander into Boche a fat chap and swfully it. August 1, at 9 p.. would wol ba so' bad if only becoming away with every shot, Hoylake has two excellent short, calation throughout the country trenches.

viking. The bag consisted of a

Band Practice on Monday, Jaly would seizet an iron of aufficient there would be little left after a holes the fourth and the thir with the Germanised States We have barying parties work- Major, a First Lieut. and eight 30. No exemption will be grant power. The fact that he can tee hundred people had played a teenth. Both are guarded in marked, coloured, and specifically ing night and day-conscientions Private, I made them turn out all ed except by the undersigned. the ball appear to inspire him couple of rounds in a day. At front, but here is a chance for the inscribed as German colonies! objectors and that is just the their pockets and pile the con- with the faith that he will be able championship time, I have seen short carrier to pitch to within In trath, Brazil is a great factor job for such creatures. They are tapta in a heap. I callared what to carry as far as the better the Leping-grounds at short holes ten or fifteen yards of the hazards to reckon with. Potentially she is under fire all the time they are papers there were, and put a pisyer. Often I have seen a long which had to be played against that stand sentinel so as to leave an infinitely greater one. With a working.

sandbag over the rest, one or two Imodicap man take a mathie at the wind practically destroyed in himself an essy ship on the green. territory slightly larger than that

I got all my guns into position my bag in the direction of Head-heavily, I went to the nearest in good souvenirs too, and marched

was smashed. As it was raining hole of 130 yards when, for a sol twelve hours. Under each con- Naturally, a good golfer goes for of the United States, with sand posted double sentries. I of that length through the green,ditions, a crack golfer may feel the pin, but at either hole the population of twenty millions, stayed with the two forward guns, quarters. he would not think of selecting that he ought to play the shot shot is beset with difficulty. and room for eighty millions more; as the attack was expected and, half his face blown away, and be he could spare. There was just One of the privates had had officer himself brought down what fantry to cadge somerum, and the anything less than a mid-iron. As from the groand the better to be Thus at the fourth: if you are a with a host, already, of exports in after an hour or so, thought we looked a pitiful sight. I fell enough for a small tot round. I a matter of fact, a champion able to beat the ball down, but little too strong, you are apt to dispensable to the rest of the were all right. About 2.30 a.m.

tree.

an anaemic, dead-and-alive form

oi sport, and is not often found even on coarsee that have no pretensions to severity,

The First Mistake.

proper

nees to hit one of his very best

with a mathie to reach a green at

such a distan€3.

Alwaye would I recommend the

mediocre golfer to err on the side

Course.

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POLICE RESERVE ORDERS.

bad made the same discovery 38 myself. They had been there for about

hours, two

and billets, having been relieved. We were on their way back to.

Put bombing parties at both ends Orders issued to-day by Mr. J. of the trench to prevent Fritz W. Franks, acting

what

Was Unce Station, when

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Parade.

DSP.

Uniform-White with helmets. Monday, July 30--No. 2

Company, Central 5.45 p.

Tuesday, July 3L-No. 1 Thursday, August 2. No. 3

Complay, Central 5.45 p.m. aRailway Friday Augaet 3-Route March Stains Square st. 6 p.m. ap jumped 8

had All ranks will attend.

"Police Reserve Gazette." · The Committee will meet at

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this is not a stroke for a moderate come into contact with the hum- world; with many other resources the Boche Artillery opened with sorry for bim, Boche or no Boche, was in my fank-hole at the time performer, and he will save both mook behind the green and to end industries as yet untouched; every gun he had on that front, and waited while his wonnd was making out my report. I m the turf and his temper by having run off it ia any direction, ac- and with the laws and system of and we knew we were in for it; Prussian, offered me a filthy-look-came a whizz which half baried dressed. Another, a surly-looking just thanking him when over email tee.

cording to the particular part of Government of the United States of couree, our artillery replied af Four Short Holes for Every the hammock that you strike. of America rightly applied, the once. We watched anxiously ng cigar. I got the Major, who me and that was the last of the of choosing the longer-range club

This often happens in a follow-future of this country is ilimitable. and after a time saw friend Fritz could speak English, to translate rom. It passed within a foot of "when it is a question of which of Short holes are efficientlying wind. Against the wind the Col. Roosevelt was right when he coming over in swarms,

my rude reply to him. This my face, and for the moment I two be sucald use. The more interesting to warrant the inele shot has to be truly struck with a remarked, during his exploration From where my two forward Major had spent some time in thought my head had gone. It early be plays the shot she sins of four in every eighteen-clab of considerable power: In tour in 1914, that Brazil was de-guns were, we got beautiful an- Singapore. I marched the men baried one of my gan team, but greater will be his chance of suc-hole course, and I would say that the open championship of 1987, stined to become a second. Un-flade fire and got rid of several off and handed them over to the we managed to dig him out in cess, and he will be the more five are not too many if the when the wind blew a gale, play-ited States of America," and the beite in no time. Then I heard s first party of infantry I met, and time. I did more swearing over disposed to take it easily when character of the sites and the ers were taking drives for their city of Pars, commanding the corap at my right-hand gun (1 then went off to my other guns. the loss of that ram than I have he knows that he has a dab that mode of architecture anggest that tee shots to this hole, and even vast reaches of the Amazon, was with the left shout 20 yards They had had a lively time, but done for long time. We all can do the work without being number. One might measure then they had to keep the ball" another New York."-Observer. away round a bend). Iran round,

were all0.K.

agreed that it was a dirty tick. goaded to undue effort. I must 110 yards, and two others from low in order to reach the green.

and was just in time to see my The worst part of the Front is I prefer the MG.O. to infantry. confesa, however, that it is difficult 130 to 160 yerde esch The At other times one can get up

No. 1 take a pot shot at s big that there is quite a lot of night Although the work si timen in to induce the majority of golfers to remaining one (or two) could be with a very easy iron.

Prussian; he found the target but fighting, and there is nothing very risky, it is much more appreciate that fact. It is pro from 200 to 220 yards, with the One of the beat short holes I

Frits managed to hobble on worse.

interesting. bably just an example of the sheer bankers guarding the green saw in America wae-st Datroit— About fifty American residents round a traverse. I took a couple I am now living at a little

The Division I am now in is & cussedness of human nature that situated about twenty-five yards the green in a little valley with in Yokohama bave so far regie of infantry men; and borrowed French farm, and since I have Highland one-all Bootch and they will insist on giving them-short of the rear edge of the the river on the right and a big tered for military service, resp.nd- my No. 1 revolver, and been here I have drunk quarts of I wear s Belmocal. It is very esives sa little margin as possible green, so as to allow for a ran on banter on the left. The fourth ing to the call of the U.S. Consul- went for error, and selecting & clab the ball. It is a good idea to at Sunningdale, London's finest General in that city. with which they will be simalar give the mediocre golfer some course, is another excellent short ed to strive their utmost to obtain Opportunity of playing short and hole. There are two terraces of the neossary distance.

"High Tee and Spoon.

Patriotic Americans,

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You mention that I am becom→

Very cautiously in milk straight from the now, and comfortable, and much nicer to search of him. (We are allowed esten dozens of new-laid eggs. the head than the stiff cape. I Beveral infantry to each gun as We have a speadid cock-once ahall have, to learn how to play protection on the flanks). We chef at some place in London, the pipes and to dance a High being fairly treated when he greens, one below the other, and you will strike it fallface, and the found our man in a shell hole, and two or three times a week he land Reel! cannot manage a long carry, and the player has to be ware of being chances are that your ball, in- and he had his breeks down turns out steak and kidney pics, While there can be no question so I like to see a patch of well-hole-high neither more nor leas stead of going with the slope, bandaging his wound. I was or veel and ham pies, and they are ing callous. One has to be to a as to the wisdom of choosing, at keps ground in front of the in order to avoid a putt over will bound straight over it and inclined to chuck a bomb and top hole. I always go in for a great extent. As Shakespeare a short hole, the club that afforde bunkera goarding the green the bank which linke up the two into trouble.

save him the trouble of further generous" second helping, says "This is a bloody business." the opportunity of anconstrained at B hole which

First Aid, but on second thoughts They always remind me of HK. There is an old duck on this swinging, the adoption of that mands a fairly considerable Playing for the Green, There is always a place on the I thought we might get some We also got fresh bread and fresh farm and I have made friends principle does not wholly enable carry. On to this the man who This question se to the parti- green for which to air. It is information from him, especially butter, and it is a treat.

with it. It is sitting at my feet, Lue inferior player to stand on the is not good at getting distance calar part of the green for which anally the pin, but if it is as I could see that we were cui Of course in the line there we now. I have christened ́ ́it. same footing se his superior. The has a chance of dropping his ball one shall play is often important, question as to what kind of putt off. We jumped into the hole have to subsist on sinned stuff "Cooky," She follows as round Latter apart from any question as with the sasurance thas, o ex-land the place which you choose will be left after the tee-shot, and gave hit the shock of and bacon and bread. We dare the farm, and when I return from to greater ability to hit the ball ecutes the stroke proper he will from which to hit the tee-shot then reflect upon the part of the his life. His hands wens not light fires, but we cook our parades etc, ebe waddles acrome cleanly still has an advantage have a satisfactory lie for his next sometimes has a bearing on the green on which you want the up promptly, and he did look bacon and boil our water over gascking for all she is worth in the sense that he can take au shot. But, unless a keeps dead matter. Thus if the green slopes ball to come to rest.

funny, with a bottle in the candles, and it is surprising how always carry a piece of bread in

de-terraces.

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easier club with which to reach straight, he should have to pitch from the left and rear toward The third of the series of ather. It took him about one quickly this is done. We also get my pocket far her, the green. Thar, where the aver- that second over bunker or the hole, you do best to stand on articles will sppear in our issue second to adjust his pants and cum every night when in the line. My room is just as natidy sa age player might need a mid-iron, some other difficulty; he should the left of the teeing green so that of next Saturday. In it, Vardon would not let him put his belt on, and it is very welcome. One night ever, and my servant thinks I am the top-tawyer could rely upon a not be left merely in scuttle it up if you hit the slope on the left, paints out various common se holding up his trousers would our ration party (three or four hopeless. Ele sqascos it up in the mashie; where the long-handicap to the pin.

you will ran around it and post awkward situations that result Leep his hands occupied. Women who bring up the food etc. morning, taking about ly hones man required a brassie, the chamAnother excellent type of short sibly finish olose to the pin. If when the ball is lying otherwise went through him and took him from the damp about two miles to do it, and I can undo the pion would probably find hole is the sixteenth at Sandwich, you stand on the right of the tee- than well poised on a laval piece back. When he saw.our guns, he behind) got shelled; two ware whole thing in about two m straight-faced iron suitable. A England, which has a bottle-neck ing groand and come into contset of turf, and he tells the best way setimp saoh a gall, balling for his killed and one ounded. We ates. Give my shinokime to all good short hole is as inwresting approach clear of bunkers, but so with the grown in the nama spots of playing such lies.]

frianda and telling them that we last oLF | and the rum juz kind sognirang

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