LAWNS & LINKS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XII, 21 March 1896, Page 319

LAWNS & LINKS.

NOW that the heat of midsummer has passed, people seem to be roused to tresh energy and go in strongly for outdoor games. Tennis and croquet claim equal honours, and are played in tournament fashion all round. The croquet tournament in Wellington, as being the first for so many years, is creating great interest. It is played in sides, Hutt versus Town, twelve players on each side. The Hutt contingent includes Mr Burnett, Mr E. Bunny, Mr and Mrs Fitzherbert, Miss Fitzherbert, Mrs Howden, Mr Mowbray, Mr Rees, Mr and Mrs Scales, and Mrs Williams, while the players for town are Mr Butter, Mr Brown, Mr Goring, Mr Hadfield, Mr and Mrs Maxwell, Mr and Mrs Moorhouse, Mr and Mrs C Johnston, Mrs Newman, Miss Williams, and Miss H. Williams. The games are played partly on the Hutt lawns and partly in town, and the eighteen games will probably all be played off some time next week. So far the town is winning easily, but the crisis is not passed yet, and it must not begin tocrow too soon. The Wellington Golf Club still lives and enjoys life in spite of an overwhelming number of resignations from last year’s members. Of course many others have joined, and as new members pay the entrance fee as well as the subscription the change of members is good for the finances, and should be encouraged. At Miramar last Saturday the monthly competition for the Boyle Medal was played, Miss Ethel Cooper being the successful player. The medal has now undergone six combats, and changed hands as many times, though one winner—Miss Siddie Johnston —has been successful on two occasions.