Spirit of the links

64 THE SPIRIT OF THE LINKS
he is so often unorthodox in his methods. On the
links he is the broadest-minded man alive, and he
is tolerant of all things. Why, if ever in London
one wants to be reminded of just the way in which
the Barry swing is done, one might seek out none
other than the Bishop of London, for if ever a man
performs that fall-back, bent-kneed swipe it is Dr.
Ingram, as photographs will prove. If this is to
be, then an archbishop might play no stymies, and
how then shall a curate become a champion?
IX
We have not that form and ceremony in the
management of our golf clubs that our ancestors
had, nor is there so much idea and sentiment em-
ployed. Golf in these days seems often to be
regarded too much as a work-a-day affair, so that
at few places besides St. Andrews is there any real
preservation of the old feeling. Else, the true spirit
dominating, why should there not still be chaplains
to all the old-established golf clubs? How much the
chaplain counted for in the great golfing days of
old may be gathered from the minute of the
Honourable Company which they made when settling
an appointment to the office. The club then had its
home at Leith, the date being
1764,
and it was
entered in the book—"The Captain and Council,
taking into their serious consideration the deplorable
situation of the Company in wanting a godly and
pious Chaplain, they did intreat the Reverend
Doctor John Dun, Chaplain to the Right Honourable
the Earl of Galloway, to accept the office of being