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but not for boys, and he hoped it would never be extended 

 to girls' schools. It was lacking in co-operation." I agree 

 with him to a certain extent. I don't think golf is a good 

 game for boys. What is wanted in boys' games is some- 

 thing to promote a spirit of fellowship, to foster esprit de corps 

 and not to encourage individual prowess and the natural 

 conceit which it engenders. The same argumentwould apply 

 to girls' schools, but if Canon Lyttelton means to imply that 

 it is not a fit game for ladies — I beg to differ from him. 

 A naturally graceful woman playing golf in good style is 

 a most attractive sight, though the athletic girl graduate 

 of Girton and Newnham might resent that point of view as 

 an insult. But the introduction of ladies into the game 

 robs of its point the story of an enthusiastic old golfer who, 

 on hearing that there had been an addition to the family of 

 an intimate friend, asked anxiously, " Is it a gowffer?" 



