Word: turf
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that the links of the Harvard Golf Club are ready to be played over, it is hoped that more men will join the club. The links are naturally good, the turf being rather better than that at the Cambridge club, while the course as a whole is decidedly interesting. There is one very sporty hole of 90 yards, just beyond a gravel pit, half full of water, and another on the side of a steep hill. Captain Gannett has arranged two team matches, one with the Agawam Hunt Club for May 1, and another with the Country Club...
...thought to be the case, the fault lies, not in the drains, but in the heavy soil above, so that the water can not sink through, a large bulk of the old earth must be removed and new substituted. As it would then be impossible to grow a good turf and get the gridiron ready in time for the first games, that part of the field will be left as it is until the rest is finished...
...Henderson; "Wheeling thro' Western England," by Alice L. Moque; "A Fin de Cycle Incident," by Edna C. Jackson; "Yale at Henley," by W. B. Curtis; "Wheeling Through Virginia," by J. B. Carrington; "Len's World Tour Awheel"; "Military Cycling Thro' the Dakotas," by Lieutenant R. C. Cabell; "America's Turf-Transition," by Francis Trevelyan; "Getting into Commission," by R. B. Burchard; "Haverford College Cricket," by A. C. Thomas, and the usual editorials, poems, records...
Golf at present is arousing considerable interest at Princeton. A club consisting of one hundred members has been organized and excellent links have been laid out. They consist of a nine hole course, having a fine turf and abounding in natural hazards. Work on the Brokaw Memorial is progressing rapidly. This building contains a spacious swimming tank and an ample number of lockers. It will fill a long felt need at Princeton, and its completion is looked forward to with great pleasure by the students of the college...
LOST.- Five dollar bill on the turf in front of Sever, Saturday forenoon, Oct. 5th. Finder please leave at Leavitt and Peice's. Reward...