Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1899 — General Grant on Golf. [ARTICLE]

General Grant on Golf.

Golf, although a comparatively recent importation to this country, has been played in its native land for many years. Gen. Grant, when he was In Scotland, heard a great deal about the game, and being a guest at a‘ country house, expressed a wish to see how it was played. Accordingly the two gentlemen went out to the park. The host teed the ball, says Pearson’s Weekly, and waggled the club with all due solemnity, and the General’s expectations ran high as he observed these Impressive preliminaries. Presently there was a heavy thud, a flight of turf, and the little ball sat on the tee. Again, and yet again a thud, heavier than before, with turf still flying, with ball unmoved, with the golfer perspiring and perplexed. Whereupon Gen. Grant gently remarked: - “There seems to be a fair amount of exercise in the game, but I fail to see the use of the ball.”