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ball off a watch as a " tee " without doing any harm to the 

 watch. 



On one occasion at the Antipodes skill at golf was of 

 great service. The rains had so swollen an Australian 

 river that the mail could not cross. Guns, slings, arrows, 

 were tried, but all failed to get a line across. At last a 

 Scot, a keen golfer, volunteered to try what he could do 

 with the clubs and ball he had carried with him to his new 

 home. A long string was attached to the ball, which was 

 carefully " tee'd " ; then, with a long, steady drive, the Scot 

 sent the ball flying through the air till it reached the 

 opposite bank and re-established communications. 



The genuine Scotch " caddie " is a shrewd observer of 

 men and things, and frequently gifted with a racy humour 

 of his own. 



"Lang Willie" was a well-known figure on the St 

 Andrews Links. It was generally believed that his origin 

 — at any rate on one side of the family — was higher than 

 his position. On the occasion of Louis Kossuth's visit to 

 St Andrews a public dinner was to be given in his honour, 

 and Willie applied for a ticket to the Bailie who was in 

 charge of the arrangements. The worthy man curtly 

 refused the application, saying to Willie that it was no 

 for the likes of him to be at the dinner. " No for the 

 likes of me ! " was Willie's indignant rejoinder. " I've been 

 in the company of gentlemen from eleven to four o'clock 

 maist days for the last thirty year, and that's mair than 

 you can say ! " 



A well-known St Andrews Professor was being taught 

 the game by a " caddie." He was lamenting his want of 

 skill, and wondering at his apparent inability to learn an 

 art which to the uninitiated seems so simple. He asked his 

 "caddie" for an explanation. The reply was, "Oh, sir, ye 

 see, onybody can teach thae laddies " (meaning the students 

 of the University), " onybody can teach thae laddies Latin 

 and Greek ; but gowf, ye see, sir, gowf requires a heid" 



But more surprising, and perhaps even less gratifying to 

 the player, was the following unfortunate phrase in which 

 a French " caddie " expressed his admiration. The Golf 

 Club at Pau is the oldest south of the Tweed, with the sole 



