One thing is certain--and that is we cannot all be first-class players.
Personally, owing to the accident I have already referred to, I hardly
ever play at all, but I always make it a point, if I am going on a visit
to any place in the country where I know there are no golf links, to
take a few niblicks with me. A bag for clubs only costs a few shillings,
and it looks well amongst your other paraphernalia on a journey. In
engaging a valet again, always remember to ascertain whether he knows
the rules of the "royal and ancient game." I shall never forget my
humiliation when down at Lord Springvale's. As I was taking part in a
foursome with the Hon. Agrippa Bramble, Lady Horace Hilton, and the
second Mrs. Bunkeray, I got stuck in a furze-bush and my man handed me a
putter. I could have cried with vexation.