[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Snz,—As one who has
been a keen golfer for over twenty years, may I very earnestly back up the plea which "Foozler " makes with reference to the employment of boys ? I am convinced that the life of a caddie is most demoralising to the lads who hang around the golf courses of this country. They become thriftless, sometimes dishonest, possibly even vicious; but, above all, they lose the chance of forming the habit of regular work, and in time add to the company of loafers. While quite prepared to support the kindly sugges- tion of your correspondent and to employ old soldiers, I would point out that the charge he suggests is nearly prohibitive. What, to my mind, bolsters up this caddie system is the rule that holds on our English courses, that players with caddies may pass those without them, a rule that is simply a piece of detestable snobbishness. Were that abolished it would be wonderful how quickly many men would find that they could dispense with the services of a caddie.—I am,
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