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...STRANGE RIDE OF RUDYARD KIPLING by Angus Wilson; Viking; 370 pages...
Webster is a Christian Scientist who neither drinks nor smokes and stays in shape by playing tennis regularly. He and Wife Drusilla weekend at the family's 265-acre farm in Callaway County, Mo., 90 miles west of St. Louis, where Webster rides horses and breeds Black Angus cattle. The parents of a college-age son and two daughters, the Websters have few qualms about moving East-even though, as Mrs. Webster says with a laugh, "we'll be one of the few in Washington not from Georgia...
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...luminaries who belonged to Shinnecock Hills over the years learned the game under the strict tutelage of a single task-master. Born in County Angus, Scotland, Charlie Thom emigrated to America in 1898 and became the professional at Shinnecock in 1906. He retired in 1961, but at age 96 Charlie Thom is still a fixture of Shinnecock Hills. A truly great player who never felt the need to prove his talents by playing on the tour, Thom is a throwback to the early Scotch golfing missionaries who devoted their lives to spreading the gospel of the game...
Charlie Thom, who was sitting in a golf cart next to Easterly, suddenly learned forward and with a clear County Angus brogue said, "that's r-r-right...