uld not try their putts over again when
other players are following them.

6. Players looking for a lost ball must allow other matches coming up to
pass them.

7. On request being made, a three-ball match must allow a single,
threesome, or foursome to pass. Any match playing a whole round may
claim the right to pass a match playing a shorter round.

8. If a match fail to keep its place on the green, and lose in distance
more than one clear hole on those in front, it may be passed, on request
being made.

9. Turf cut or displaced by a stroke should be at once replaced.

10. A player should carefully fill up all holes made by himself in a
bunker.

11. It is the duty of an umpire or referee to take cognisance of any
breach of rule that he may observe, whether he be appealed to on this
point or not.

INDEX

Addressing the ball, 62, 81, 171, 173.

Alps at Prestwick, 222.

Amateur Championship. _See_ Championship.

Amateur golf in Great Britain, 233, 234.

America, golf in, 232, 234;
tour in, 235;
spectators in, 238;
novel experiences in, 242, 243, 244.

American Championship, 23, 235, 241.

Anson, American baseball player, and golf, 240.

Approach play. _See_ Mashie, play with the.

Arms, action of the, in driving, 67, 69, 72.

Ashburnham links, 227.

Auchterlonie, Willie, 13, 15.

Backward swing in the drive, 65, 68, 173, 174.

Baffy, possibilities of play with, 83;
stance for, 83.

Balfour, Mr. A.J., how he learned golf, 30;
anecdotes by, 252;
preference in caddies, 253;
and "Big Crawford," 254;
interesting compliment, 255.

Ball, clean, 170;
rubber-cored. _See_ Rubber-cored balls.

Ball, Mr. John, jun., 223, 234, 260.

Beckenham, incident at, 263.

Beginners, advice to, 25.

Beginning, Vardon's, at golf, 2, 4;
first clubs, 5;
first matches, 6;
how he learned, 8.

Berwick, North, 17, 21, 225, 245, 247, 254.

"Big Crawford," 254.

Birth, Vardon's, 2.

Blyth, Mr. Edward, 256.

Body action in following through, 71.

Boomer, Mr. (Schoolmaster), 3.

Boots and shoes, 167.

Braces and belts, 166.

Brae Burn, match at, 235.

Braid, James, 96, 260, 263, 264.

Brancaster links, 228.

Brassy, play with in Championship, 23.

---- the, points of, 44, 49, 79.

---- play with the, first attempts, 32;
occasion for, 78;
stance for, 79, 80;
from good lie, 80;
from cuppy lie, 80, 81.