GOLF.
The Amateur golf championship of Canterbury was played on the Shirley links, Christchurch, on Saturday, and was won by B. C. Rutherford (166 strokes). B. B. Wood (171 strokes) was runner-up. The Morning Medal Handicap was won by N. K. Cox (Timaru), and the Afternoon Medal Handicap by C. Humphries (New Brighton). The following is the draw for the Bogey Match of the St. Clair Ladies' Golf Club, to bs played to-morrow:—Mrs Wood v. Miss Burt, Mrs Gihay v. Mrs Isaacs, Mrs M'Carthy v. Miss Taine, Miss Gregg v. Mis* Fynmore, Mrs Kahlenberg a bye The Junior Medal Match of the St.' Clair Ladies' Golf Club was won by Miss Fynmore with a score of 108 (handicap 27, net 81). France's premier golf club, the Societe de la Boulie, has established an organisation among the caddies to rai6© them from the ranks of poverty, and to do away with the evil of casual labor. The cad"dies a.re ensured a steady wage and a hot dinner every day; they aTe ■to be taught a trade, and "given scholastic instruction, and a boy scouts' company will also be formed from them, while a. gymnasium and baths aTe being fitted up for their recreation and comfort. A scratch player the other day said: " I drive further, its trueness on the green is unequalled, and I have played 180 holes with the Challenger golf ball." In every test the best. Buy one to-day.—[Advt.]
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Evening Star, Issue 15140, 24 March 1913, Page 10
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