SPORT ANCIENT AND MODERN 



from the encroachments of the builder. As, 

 however, only seventeen of these London 

 clubs have links, the same result cannot be 

 claimed in respect of the other twenty-four, 

 which are private clubs connected with the 

 professions, societies, and social clubs, &c., and 

 play, by special arrangement, on the links of 

 other clubs. 2 The oldest of these the bulk 

 of which have come into existence within 

 the last few years are the Civil Service 

 and Lloyds, both founded in 1894, and the 

 Chartered Accountants' and the London In- 

 surance Clubs, both founded in 1898. In 

 addition to the three last-named clubs, there 

 are eight others connected with trade and 

 commerce the Baltic Club, the City Liberal 

 Club, the Chartered Surveyors' Society, the 

 Discount Market Society, the London Metal 

 Exchange Association, the Mark Lane Club, 

 the London Stock Exchange Society, and the 

 Spalding Club for the employe's of the firm 

 of Messrs. Spalding Brothers. The law is 

 represented by the Bar Society, the Inns of 

 Court Club, and the London Solicitors' Society ; 

 the stage, by the George Edwardes Society 

 and the Green Room Club ; and literature 

 by the London Press Society. There is also 

 a Cricketers' Golfing Society, membership of 

 which is confined to players of first and second 

 class counties and university ' blues ' ; and a 

 London Free Church Ministers' Golfing 

 Society. Lastly there are three clubs con- 

 nected with Scotland : the Highland Societies 

 Association, the London Lothian Association, 

 and the London Scottish Border Counties 

 Club. Setting aside these private clubs, and 

 taking the county and London clubs together, 3 

 the total number of golf clubs owning links in 

 Middlesex is twenty-five, nine of which 

 Northwood, Stanmore, Edgware, Hendon, 

 Finchley, North Middlesex, Enfield, Bush 

 Hill Park (Enfield), and Clayesmore School 

 (Enfield) may, roughly speaking, be described 

 as situated in the north ; five Muswell Hill, 

 Highgate, Hampstead, Neasden, and Wembley 

 in the east ; seven St. Quintin's, Acton; 



' As, for example, the George Edwardes Society, 

 founded in 1904, for members of the dramatic and 

 musical professions, which plays by special arrange- 

 ment at Ashford Manor. 



3 The ' county ' clubs are : Ashford Manor, 

 Edgware, Enfield, Bush Hill Park (Enfield), Clayes- 

 more School (Enfield), Staines, Stanmore and 

 Hillingdon (Uxbridge) ; and the London clubs 

 owning links are Acton, Baling, Finchley, Fulwell, 

 Hampste.. Hanger Hill (Baling), Hendon, High- 

 gatt, Muswell Hill, Neasden, North Middlesex, 

 Northwood, St. Quintin, Strawberry Hill, Wemb- 

 ley, West Drayton, West Middlesex, and Home 

 Park (Hampton Court). 



Hanger Hill (Ealing), Ealing, West Middlesex, 

 West Drayton, and Hillingdon (Uxbridge) in 

 the west ; and five Strawberry Hill, Fulwell, 

 Home Park (Hampton Court), Ashford Manor, 

 and Staines in the south of the county. The 

 northern and eastern links have the advantage 

 of being situated on the highest land in the 

 county, which in the former case has an alti- 

 tude of 500 ft., and at Highgate and Hamp- 

 stead of 450 ft. ; while, with the exception of 

 Acton and Hanger Hill, which lie on the slopes 

 of slight elevations, those in the west and south 

 of Middlesex are on level or very slightly un- 

 dulating ground. 



THE NORTHERN LINKS 



The Northwood Golf Club, whose course, 

 situated on undulating land not far from Rui- 

 slip Park, is one of the best within easy reach 

 of London, was founded in 1891 by Captain 

 Bennett Edwards and Mr. Wright-Nooth. 

 The eighteen-hole course is about 3^ miles 

 round, the length of the holes ranging from 1 50 

 to 543 yds. 'Hilly, plentifully supplied with 

 whins and gorse, with several ponds and a 

 stream which has constantly to be negotiated, 

 it is well provided with natural hazards. The 

 greens are beautifully true . . . the eight-hole 

 "death or glory" is by itself worth the journey 

 to Northwood.' 4 Bogey is an easy 8 1, and the 

 professional and amateur records 70 and 72. 

 The club prizes consist of the Club Challenge 

 Cup, the Coles Shield, the Autumn Cup, the 

 Captain's Prize, and various medals. The best 

 seasons for play are spring and autumn, but the 

 course, which is well drained, is playable all 

 the year. The number of members is limited 

 to 300, with 50 provisional members. 



The Stanmore Golf Club, instituted in 

 1893, has a course of eighteen holes, not far 

 from Bentley Priory on the borders of Hert- 

 fordshire, laid out round a high hill from 

 which there is a good view of the surrounding 

 country. The green records are 68 (profes- 

 sional) by H. Vardon, and 7 1 (amateur) by Mr. 

 M. Copland. There are for competition the 

 President's Gold Medal (scratch), won in 1906 

 by H. R. Herbert, 77 ; the Gordon Bowl (holes) 

 and club prizes including the President's and 

 the Vice President's Cup. 



Some 4 miles to the east of Stanmore are 

 the links of the Edgware Golf Club, founded 

 in 1906. The eighteen-hole course, 6,000 yds. 

 in circuit, is laid out on the Canons Park 

 Estate, on which a large club-house has been 

 erected. 



4 A. J. Lawrie, in The Golfing Tear Bk. 1907, 

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