20 APRIL 1929, Page 18

POINTS FROM LETTERS

CADDIES AND THEIR PAY.

We are all agreed that for boys the post of a caddie is a blind alley occupation so far as his future prospects are con- cerned. Many caddies, however, have become professional golfers. Yesterday, at a Sunday School class, three boys of ten years of age (circa), in reply to my question as to how they were spending their holiday, told me that they had been acting as caddies at the local links. In six days one boy earned 17s. 3d., another 14a., the third 115. 9d. For the holidays, at any rate, the boys had plenty of open air and were well recompensed for their work.—J. P. BACON PHILLIPS, Burgess Hill, Sussex.