Outing . His escapewas one of the bitterest disappointmentsof my sporting experience ; yet, afterall, the memory of the trip is dearlyprized, and is always cheerily referredto whenever I meet the man who stroveso sturdily to save that prize for me. A GQ&SW QH QOU By <S5. HateJjiiijisiaigp ^atljior @f ti?<$ Hs^inijlirjtoirj ©©Iff. EN or twelve years agoa lighthearted lady fol-lowing a very great golfmatch round the links of Scot-land dared to observeto her grave male com-panion : How f unn y itseems, being so solemnover Its not a game,came the reply in theshock
Outing . His escapewas one of the bitterest disappointmentsof my sporting experience ; yet, afterall, the memory of the trip is dearlyprized, and is always cheerily referredto whenever I meet the man who stroveso sturdily to save that prize for me. A GQ&SW QH QOU By <S5. HateJjiiijisiaigp ^atljior @f ti?<$ Hs^inijlirjtoirj ©©Iff. EN or twelve years agoa lighthearted lady fol-lowing a very great golfmatch round the links of Scot-land dared to observeto her grave male com-panion : How f unn y itseems, being so solemnover Its not a game,came the reply in theshocked tone inwhich it seemed toi) him natural to re-buke such irrever-ence. Its not agame ; its a study. The remark of this light-hearted ladywas but the expression of that spirit ofslight veneration for that grand oldmanner in which our forefathers pur-sued the Royal and Ancient Game in thedignified habiliments of high hats, knee-breeches and swallow-tailed a nation borrows from another. an art, a sport, a pastime—anything ofwhich the nature is progressive—theborrower generally takes up the noveltyat the point to which the lender hasbrought it, and modifies it according toits national characteristics. Thus Eng-land, a jovial, cricketing nation, in as-similating the game of Scotland, a seri-ous, golfing nation, did not fail to modifyit by the influence of English cricketingjoviality. A second borrower has come on thescene. America, taking her golf fromEngland rather than from Scotland, ata stage of its development at which thetraditions of the old kind were alreadymodified, has grafted upon it her owncharacteristics. Comparing infinitely little things withinfinitely big ones, I see a strong anal-ogy between my personal position atthe time I took up golf, and that of theStates, in respect of golf, at the presentdate. For I had not the chance of learn-ing the game at any of the great Scot-tish centers (there were no great cen-ters, in those days, that were not Sc
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