GOLF.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 41, 28 May 1910, Page 3

GOLF.

{By "deck"). (her forty entries have been received, for the mixed foursomes at Xgamotu today. As the d.i; - tire cosing in, the committee hopes that competitors -.via not delav those behind ov holing out after the hole is lost.

It is probable, thai four or live Niramotu players will attend the Wanganui tournament. On the 3rd June (King's Birthday) there will be a M-holc eclectic match on the Xgamotu links for first and second prizes, presented by Mr. Tonks. The lirst round must be finished before 2 p.m. Thursday, dune 2, and Saturday, June 4. are free days. Owing to the solicitors' offices closing on Saturdays alter IlDlh June, there will be very few regular Thursday players at Nganiotu. it Inn therefore been' ,;«- cided to cancel tne Thursday programme after 23rd ..'line. It has also been decided that from the 30th June the links will be closed to ladies at 1 p.m. on Saturdays, except in mixed foursomes as per .programme, and that men shall not be allowed to play after 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, public holidays excepted. The club, however, will he pleased to see the ladies on the links on the Saturdays, when the putting greens will be available to them, and the whole linka up to 1 p.m.

The ladder competition for tne men of the Xgainotu Club will be inaugurated immediately. The conditions win fliortly be posted in the club house, and all players desirous of having their names placed on the ladder are requested to notify the match committee as soon as possible. The otlicial opening of the Carrington Road Club's new lin'ka will take place next Thursday afternoon. Messrs Geo. Gray (captain), W. Broome and W. Perham have been appointed a ground and match committee of the Carrington Road Club. The matter of building a pavilion was considered at a committee meeting this week, and wall be further discussed next week, when plans, estimates, etc., will be available. Ladder competitions, for Hwth ladies and gentlemen, will probably be inaugurated in the Carrington Road Club shortly. The links of the Carrington Road Club are now beginning to look ship-shape. The putting-greens have been fenced, cut and rolled, and the approaches are being attended to. The club have an indi fatigable member in Mr. Perham, who lia.s not spared himself in getting the grounds in order. The club have much to thank him for and members should be—and really are—gratetul to him.

Our new Governor (Lord Islington) indulges a good deal in sports. He is very fond of golf, but makes no pretence to being a, good player. Tiie following eloquent panegyric on golf was .pronounced in a. recent speeca by Mr. D. R. Forgan, the President of

the National City Bank of Chicago, and a member of the well-known St. Andrew's family oi that name. Mr Korean said: "It is a science, the study of a lifetime, in which you may exhaust yourself, but never your subject. It is a contest, a duel, or a melee calling for courage. -!■:'!!. .'!:ite;:y. m 1 !/-.•ont.rol. It is a test of temper, a trial of honor; a revealev of character. It affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman. !t means going into Coil's out-of-doors, getting close to nature, freshair exercise, a sweeping away of the mental cobwebs, a geuine recreation of the tired tissues. It is a cure for care, an antidote to worry, it includes companionships with frien Is. social intercourse, opportunities for courtesy, kindliness, and generosity to an opponent. It promotes not only physical health, but moral force." So delighted were Mr. Forgan's hearers with the above that they determined it should be preserved in some .permanent form, and they have carried this out with true American thoughtfulncss by having the words engraved on brass plate*, which, in turn. have' been framed; and tlie.se plates are having a wide circulation, several having been sent in St. Andrew's.