RETIRED GOLF 



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Golf has frequently been labelled a selfish 

 game by persons who do not indulge in the 

 sport; nevertheless, it may be justly affirmed 



that scarcely 

 a round 

 passes with- 

 out provid- 

 ing opportu- 

 nities for a 

 display of 

 generosity, 

 patience, and 

 other kin- 

 dred virtues, 

 of which un- 

 selfishness is 

 the very 

 essence. 



It is, for 

 instance, an 

 essential 

 characteristic of the true golfer that he should be 

 able to praise an opponent's good strokes and 

 sympathize with his bad ones in a natural and 

 whole-hearted fashion, and at the shortest 

 possible notice. When he is four down at the 

 turn, and his adversary lays his second shot 



-Ecu^fi, j^^vtr^fi^' 



