Golf

is said to be an evolution of the shepherd’s crook and the rabbit hole, characteristic of the old sheep pastures over the sandy downs. There are G. Links now all over the worlcf, e.g. at Bagdad. In 1896 the Amateur Championship was won dv F. G. Tait the Open by H. Vardon the Ladies’ by Mi Rascoe; the Irish by J. S. Moore; the St. Andrew’s Gold Cro was won by H. II.; Hilton; the St. George's Vase by F. G. Tait. The best small book on the game is probably one published by Park the profe ional.