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THEMYSTERYOFGOLF
typicaloftheAnglo-Saxonofmoresouthern
proclivities.Hereyouhavemoreexcitement,
greaterrapidityofaction.Thereisnoserious
andcontemplativeaddressingofyourselfto
theball;noterribleanxietyoveryourstance;
noforty-tworulesforyourslog.Golf,onthe
otherhand,isself-reliant,silent,sturdy.It
leanslessonitsfellows.Itlovesbesttoover-
comeobstaclesalone.Ifthegolfertakeacad-
die,itbutproveshimamemberofaclan:
hiscaddieishisfellow-clansman.Ofthetwo,
perhapscricketisforyouththesuperiorgame.
Itrequiresaskeenaneye,asaccurateanad-
justmentofhandandeye,asgreatmuscular
powerinthestroke,anditismorerapid.It
mustbeplayed,too,asmuchasgolf,"with
theheid."Incricketyouhaveanallyor
allies,bothinbattingandfielding;itiscom-
munistic,political.Thenationthatevolved
cricketevolvedtheBritishconstitution.
Note,too,anyouwill,thenomenclature
propertogolf.Whereyourbluntandcareless
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