Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1913 — Famous Golf Match. [ARTICLE]

Famous Golf Match.

me projected golf match betweex two wen known amateurs and a leading member of the London Stock Exchange for a stake of £6OO reculls the famous foursome in which ths Duke of York, afterward James 11., took a prominent part on the Leith links in the year 1682. It was really an international contest, in which the Duke, with John Patersone, .a golfing shoemaker of great repute, championed Scotland against two noblemen of England, a heavy wager depending oa the issue. The Duke and the cobbler had an easy victory, thanks largely to the man of the last, and John Patersone’s share of the stakes was so substantial that he was able to build a goodly house in the Oanongate, lit a wall of which the Duke caused a stone to be placed bearing tire Pater sone aims with the -motto “Far and sure,** a tribute to the cobbler’s driving powers. Patersone’s house, ws understand, survives to-day.