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It calls for judgment, confidence, coolness, 

 and delicacy of touch. 



" I have played over a number of greens on 

 'the other side,' and, vphile I admit that they 

 enjoy greater climatic advantages, which go 

 far toward making their greens naturally 

 better than ours, yet I cannot recall a single 

 course which possesses better putting greens 

 than we have at present at Garden City; and 

 few approach them in excellence, so far as 

 trueness and turf are concerned. 



"They are in such excellent shape, prin- 

 cipally by reason of the methods adopted in 

 their up-building and maintenance; owing, 

 also, a great deal, to the natural advantages 

 in the way of a coarse sand-and-gravel 

 foundation. 



"It is quite within the reach of most 

 courses to closely approximate such greens — 

 even where the soil conditions are vastly 

 different — ^if proper attention is given the sub- 

 ject, hand in hand with unremitting care. 

 Let me briefly outline the general conditions 

 governing the proper treatment of a green. 



SPRING WORK 



"In the early spring, immediately after the 

 frost is out of the ground, a man should go 



