MINIATURE GOLF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 4 (Supplement)

MINIATURE GOLF.

This fascinating " junior edition " 0 ' the new popular miniature golf game cat- '% he played on the table, the floor, or ia deed anywhere. The foundation of . the " couii-e " j s , length of 4in. by lin. deal, which can got from a timber yard or jobbing builde» very cheaply. Three feet, will suffice. »' At one end is mounted the little fjgur< of the golfer, about 4in. high cut fron fairly stout fret'.vood. He is glued to t disc of wood about 2in. diameter, with | screw through the centre of the disc u turn easily.

Close to the edge of tlie disc, behind the figure. is a screw, with one end o| a spiral spring attached. The other end of the spring is fixed to the baseboard. From the screw in the disc is also carried a length of fine wire, threaded through very small screw-eves everj few inches to the far end,'where it terminates in a loop for the fingers. Now provide the golfer with a ciub. A piece of thin wooden rod is firmlj stuck into his body where his hands meet at such an angle that the end just clean the baseboard midway between the edg« of the disc and the edge of the base. Carve a scrap of wood to the shape of a putter, and glue securely on. Making the Fairway. The " fairway " is the next step. Tin's is made of thin strip-wood (from any fretwork depot), size Jin. by l-16in. Glue two lengths of this on edge, halfinch apart, forming a channel reaching from the far end of the course to where the end of the figure's club rests.

Close the latter end with a piece, of :ft the same wood, and two inches further along insert a partition. Through the <; exact centres of each make a hole jusfeT u large enough to allow a piece of your" i thin wooden rod to slide easily. On the end of the rod which projects through r the partition glue a small square piece . " to form a head. With this head up against the parti-j i; tion, cut the rod half an inch longer; than the closed end of the fairway, and glue a second head on that end. Wind '' fp: a piece of fine wire t round the rod to for.ii a light spring, securing one end with a small pin driven into the rod (see dia-*' ,; gram.) The ball is a steel one from a cycle ball-bearing, and a quarierdnch one is * • best. You have only to pull the loop at the end of the course and release . it. when th« figure will swing 'round on its disc, its club will strike the wooden ;-.j rod and drive it for ward, propelling the ball. How to Play. You now require a selection of " haz« ards," which are placed in the fairway. You can exercise your own ingenuity; in devising these. They can be little slopes, tunnels, etc. made of wood or tin,. To play, put one or more hazards in place, and then, by pulling and releasing the wire, endeavour to send the ball > fairly along to the far end. If you succeed in doing this first time you have done the " hole" in one, and ( can proceed to the next hole, which is made by removing the hazards and substituting other —and more difficult — If you do not succeed, you must return, the ball to the putting /end and try a- . gain. The winner, of course, is he or she who does each hole in the fewest strokes.