GOLF.
At Elthuiu on 'Saturday i) H . local a; ; nb defeated Patea bv -five sanies t 0 three. .
Twq remarkable golf coincidences. a'l'S recorded from Shirley, kaya a Cln-ist- j ehuich "paper. A few davs ;i"o a prominent member of the Christelniivh Golf' flub holed, out "Old Xiek" j„ 0n... In itsCif the feat was not very wonderful, but tjli,is w. ls that player's third "oflenee. It i s stated that for Uie third time, -also, he paid the penalty which is demanded of every player whose luck' is so abimrmil. This coincidence, how-| eu;r, is put in tlie shade by a -troko wade by Mr C. 11. Hewlett, one of the Keenest gn.fers i„ ChrWfolmrch. Mr Hewlett was playing tllic first hole, when his second shot-, a full brass'ie, cut down » sparrow in flight, killing the bird instantaneously. Golfing history furnishes at least one instance of a similar tragedy but it ia a rare event, and quite Jiistifiqs the rumor that the body of -the unfortunate sparrow is now iii the builds of a taxidermist. ,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 34, 30 June 1914, Page 8
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176GOLF. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 34, 30 June 1914, Page 8
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