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Hawera Star, Volume L, 28 July 1930, Page 4

A perusal of the old prize ring rules surely indicate that the present-day boxing is after all a parlour game. A few excerpts from the old rules are .given herewith: “(1) That the spikes in the. lighting boot shall he confined to three in number to be placed in the broadest part of the sole and one on ’the heel, and that in the event of a man wearing any other spikes, either in the toes or elsewhere, he shall be compelled to remove them or provide other boots properly spiked; (2) that all attempt to. inflict injury by gouging or tearing the flesh with lingers or nails, and biting, should be deemed foul: (3) that in the event of magisterial or other interference, or in tho case, of darkness coming on, the referee shall have power to name the time and place of next meeting, when the. fight shall be continued; (4) the use of hard substances such as stones, or sticks, or of resin in the hand shall he deemed foul, and either man accused shall open his hands for the examination of the referee. An interesting link with the early historv of golf in New Zealand lias been found. Mr. T. M. Wilford, the Dominion’s High Commissioner m • London, is a golfer, and lie often visits St. Andrew’s, the great headquarters v of the game.’ While there recently he remarked to a writer on golf that the first game of golf in New Zealand was played by one Pryde, in 1885, with a set of Forgan’s clubs, which Pryde had bought at a. sale of unclaimed lost luggage from the wharves. That statement was read by Dr. Edward Morrison, a well-known St. Andrew’s man, who said that he visited New Zealand in 1885, and brought with him a set of Forgan’s clubs, which he lost on landing. Now, after forty-five years, he lias heard what became of them, and the important part they played in starting the game in the Dominion.