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

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REMINISCENCESOFTHEOLD
health
as
winner
of
the
prize
and
to
hand
it
over
to
him.Needlesstosay,
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drewaveryflatteringportrait
of
him,
and
spoke
of
the
delight
with
which
we
saw
him
once
more
among
us,
but
what
I
dwelt
on
chiefly
was
the
untiring
zeal
he
had
so
long
shown
for
the
welfare
of
the
Club
and
the
amount
of
time
he
had
spent
in
its
service.
I
held
him
up
as
an
example
to
the
younger
members
of
the
Club
—
no
doubt
when
I
got
this
length
he
must
have
been
in
fear
and
trembling,
wondering
what
was
coming,—and
pointed
out
that
in
his
case
the
truth
of
the
adage
"Virtue
is
its
own
reward"
was
fully
shown,
I
produced
my
calculation,
and
to
the
delight
of
my
audience
I
told
of
the
number
of
hogsheads
of
whisky
he
had
con-
sumed,
and
showed
that
the
benefits
he
had
received
in
the
way
of
"free
drinks"
far
more
than
exceeded
his
original
entry-money
and
yearly
subscriptions
put
together,
so
that
he
had
had
all
his
fun
for
nothing.
The
toast
was
drunk
with
tremendous
enthusiasm,
and
then
he
rose
to
make
his
reply,
which
was
famous.
After
thanking
the
members
present
for
the
compli-
ment,
he
said,
"I
do
not
know
where
Tom
Aitchison
gothisfigures,butthisIamquitesureof,that
if
I
had
drunk
as
much
of
his
beer
as
he
says
I
have
done
of
whisky,
I
would
not
be
here
to
tell
the
tale."
I
do
not
require
to
say
that
he
scored,
and
that
his
retort
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