Red Room and Other Chat 31 



golfer. Members come into the Red Room after a 

 hunt exhilarated, enthusiastic. The golfer is usually 

 downcast after a round. Evidently to him " Youth 

 is a blunder ; Manhood a struggle ; Old Age a re- 

 gret." 



To check the risibilities required quite an effort 

 as the first professional golf match was played, so 

 downcast were the spectators. The funereal proces- 

 sion wound over the hills and through the valley 

 with an awful Hush ! Only the presence of a bier 

 and the tolling of the village bell could have increased 

 the solemnity. The following was overheard from 

 the Pond teeing-ground : — 



" I just drove over the pond with a putter ! " 



«* Why did you do it ? " 



" Oh, in the cause of science," was the reply. 



This is the only sunbeam that was ever known to 

 penetrate the gloom of Myopian golf. 



We no longer have a coach ; but a few years ago 

 the coach " Myopia " ran from Manchester-by-the- 

 Sea to the kennels on polo days. In another season 

 the " Constitution " ran from Pride's Crossing to 

 Manchester-by-the-Sea, thence to the kennels. Both 

 were a credit to the Club, being well horsed and 

 well managed in every way. 



Tandem meets in the past were very pretty sights, 

 the first being under the guidance of Mr, S. Endicott 

 Peabody. A feature of the second one was the Irish 



