The White Sulphur springs; the traditions, history, and social life of the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs . ani-zation, which called itself from the beginning theOakhurst Medal, went abroad to their homes inthe British Isles and brought back the latest in clubsand balls, as well as Scotch tweeds and other golfingclothes. The fact that the clubs and balls were passed by theCustoms House at New York without any questionwas extremely interesting in the light of an experiencehad several years later by George M. Donaldson, an-other Scotchman, who joined the Oakhurst coterie. He arrived from his n
The White Sulphur springs; the traditions, history, and social life of the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs . ani-zation, which called itself from the beginning theOakhurst Medal, went abroad to their homes inthe British Isles and brought back the latest in clubsand balls, as well as Scotch tweeds and other golfingclothes. The fact that the clubs and balls were passed by theCustoms House at New York without any questionwas extremely interesting in the light of an experiencehad several years later by George M. Donaldson, an-other Scotchman, who joined the Oakhurst coterie. He arrived from his native heather, and after allhis luggage had been stamped with the official sealpassing them into this country, the inspector noticedhis bag of golf sticks. Whats this you have here? he asked. My golf sticks, laconically replied Donaldson. Your what? demanded the minion of Uncle Sam. My golf clubs, my sticks. Then noting the blank amazement of the man, whoby that time was deeply engrossed in a minute exami-nation of one of the clubs he had taken from the bag,Donaldson asked: Surely, my man, you play golf?. Golf at the White 363 Play what? Golf, almost screamed the then irate Scotchman. You dont mean to tell me you play a game with this—this , stammered the inspector. Well, it may be a stick that you play a game with, but I dontpass these until I know more about them. I neversaw anything like them before. I shall have to getan official ruling about them. He called in another inspector. It was finally de-cided to hold the bag up, after Mr. Donaldson con-sidered he had been grossly insulted by one of theinspectors remarking that they were more like elon-gated blackjacks or implements of murder. Three weeks later, after an official ruling had beensent on by the Treasury Department at Washington,the clubs were forwarded without further ado toDonaldson at Oakhurst. Ten years or more ago the club disbanded. Thecoterie of golfers broke up with the departure forvarious parts of the wor
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