Reminiscences of the old Bruntsfield Links Golf Club, 1866-1874

BRUNTSFIELDLINKSGOLFCLUB23
But,thankthegods!itallwasbutadream!
Tho'forawhileitdidsorealseem.
AndslowlywokeItothefact,sodread,
Thatitwasso,andthat,alas!unsaid
Remain6dstillmyspeech,mygreatoration,
OnwhichI'dspentlongweeksinpreparation!
Isighedasigh,thatmightmakeangelsweep,
Thenwenttobed—perhapsoncemoretosleep,
Perhapstodream---buthereIdrawtheveil
Aroundmystrange,mywondrous,awfultale.
Canyouthenwonder,aftersuchprobation,
IloudlycursetheClubandPresentation?"
Altogetherwewereaverysocialbody.Wedid
notmeetatBruntsfieldmerelyforthepurposeof
playinggolf.LettheweatheronaSaturdayafter-
noonbeneversobad,therewassuretobeafairturn-
outofmembers,someplayingwhist,someplayingat
"thejugs,"othersindulginginachatovermattersof
commoninterest."Thejugs"wasaverypopular
amusementwhenwetweatherpreventedourmaking
useofourclubsintheusualway.Dr.A.H.Bryce
maderatheragoodpuninregardtothegamewhen
henoticedClappertononeverywetdaystandingat
thewindowsurveyingthehopelessconditionofthings,
"I'mafraidit'sacaseofJuggernaut."
Onethingthatnodoubttendedtopromotethe
feelingofgoodfellowshipsogenerallyprevalentwas,
thatallreferencetopoliticsandchurchmatterswas

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Description	By Thomas S. Aitchison and George Lorimer.
Shelfmark	R.251.a
Attribution and copyright:	Public Domain - This work is free of known copyright restrictions. For details visit our copyright page. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1902 [Date published] 1866-1874 [Date/event in text]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Probable place published]
Subject / content:	Golf Sports
Person / organisation:	Aitchison, Thomas S. [Author] Lorimer, George, 1846-1939 [Author] Bruntsfield Links Golf Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) [Subject of text]
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