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Graves was well down in the qualifying lists, with a 78, but he literally took the stiff Oakley course apart Saturday. Captain Jack Barr was his nearest pursuer, and a distant one at that with a 74-76--150. The nine stroke winning margin which Graves had even surpassed the record of present national amateur champion Willie Turnesa, who reigned over the Eastern Intercollegiate golfers for three years...
...worrying fact about U. S. foxhunting is its brief, comparatively traditionless history. Author Peters faces the fact, avers time will tell it differently, reminds his supporters that George Washington, though he may not have dressed the part, was an ardent pursuer of foxes. Chief differences between U. S. and English hunting are of climate and country: "Our days are not so long, our distances, curious as it may seem, not so great, and our going, except for the damage of frozen ground, not so severe on horses." But to hedge-jumping British riders U. S. post-&-rail fences seem high...
...PURSUER-Louis Golding-Farrar & Rinehart...
...many existing causes for alarm, one minor one has been Author Louis Golding's caracoling cleverness, which has frightened away more than a few cautious readers. His latest tale is frightening for a different and better reason: it intends to be. A psychological horror story, The Pursuer gives hunters of goose flesh and duck bumps some satisfactorily thrilling moments...
...deed done, he fled from England with his daughter-south to Marseille, to Africa, to the Italian islands, to Berlin. He doubled and twisted cunningly to shake off the dreaded pursuer, but his hope dwindled. One night he gave himself away by getting drunk and writing a letter to his enemy, addressing it to Hell but in care of the proper London business address. After that it was only a matter of time before the pursuer found his hiding place. At last Wace went to earth in Berlin, smuggled himself into his daughter's apartment and decided never...