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thelengthofthegame.Asaninstance.may
bequotedtherecentfinalroundatHoylake.
Beforeplaycommenceditwasgenerally
acceptedthattherewaslittlebetween
Messrs.HutchingsandFry,buttheresult
ofthefirstroundmadeitappearthatMr.
Hutchingswasinfinitelythefinerplayer.
HeoutdroveMr.Fry,wasinvariably
nearerinhisapproaches,andhisdeadly
workonthegreenlefthisopponentno
loophole,withtheresultthatthelatter
foundhimselfnolessthaneightholesin
arrears..,Hewassimplyoutclassedonthe
playintheseindividualeighteenholes,
andhadthecontestendedinthisround
thiswouldhavebeentheverdicthanded
downtoposterity,butowingtothefact
thattheplayershadtocontinueinthe
afternoon,theopportunitywasgranted
Mr.Fryofprovingthatthosewhohad
arrivedattheopinionthattherewas
littlebetweenthetwofinalistswerecorrect
intheirjudgment.Whereas,inthemorn-
inground,everythinghadcomeofffor
Mr.Hutchings,intheafternoontherewas
acompletereversalofform,asalthough

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