Illustrated. 318 pages. Golf is covered by H.J. Whigham the 1896 US Amateur Golf Champion and future son-in-law of famed golfer and golf architect, C. B. Macdonald. Vignette drawings and illustrations include Wille Dunn's shop at Shinnecock, plan of the Newport clubhouse, old clubhouse of the Chicago Golf Club, the Essex County Club (home of the Curtis sisters), Shinnecock Golf Club, Tuxedo Golf Club, St. Andrew's Golf Club, drawings by A. B. Frost, etc. etc. Also of golf interest is the final chapter by Edward S. Martin on "Country Clubs and Hunt Clubs in America." Good coverage on Myopia Hunt Club, Rockaway Hunt Club, Montreal Hunt Club, et al. Additionally includes chapters on lawn tennis by Robert D Wrenn the 1896 US Tennis Champion, surf and surf-bathing (chapter author Duffield Osborne is surfing without a board!), athletics, and bicycling. Light cover wear, front hinge repaired, pastedown offset. Contents clean. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Title: The Out of Door Library Athletic Sports
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York
Publication Date: 1897
Binding: Cloth
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Good Plus

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