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which golfers of varying skill can be placed 

 upon an equal footing. 



It is, of course, notorious that the player who 

 is permitted under the terms of his handicap to 

 shout " Boo !" in the ear of an opponent three 

 times in the course 

 of a round, just as 

 the unfortunate man 

 is addressing his ball, 

 possesses an advan- 

 tage which should 

 always enable him 

 to secure the match. 

 The right to "Boo!" 

 need never, as a 

 matter of fact, be 

 exercised, the mere 

 knowledge that this 



exclamation is per- ^ ..^ ^,^1 , 



petually dangling / c^K3'\^J|||[''W'/',j/.'' 



like the sword of 

 Damocles over his 

 head being as a rule 



quite sufficient to put the most experienced player 

 off his game. With eighteen bisques and a couple 

 of " Boo's !" I should be quite ready to challenge 

 Vardon himself. 



