The following customs belong to the established Etiquette of Golf and should be observed by all players :-

1. No player, caddie, or onlooker should move or talk during a stroke.

Note.-When a stroke is being played, no person should move or stand behind the line of fire. The proper place for all onlookers is either behind the player's back at a safe distance or directly opposite him as he addresses the ball. 2. No player should play from the tee until the party in front have played their second strokes and are out of range, nor play to the putting-green till the party in front have holed out and moved away.

3. The player who leads from the tee should be allowed to play before his opponent tees his ball.

Note.-The object of this is to leave the player unhampered in his choice of tee and unobstructed in his movements by his opponent and his caddy. The player who leads from the tee, after playing his stroke, should at once step aside and remain quiet until his opponent has in turn teed and struck off. In playing through the green, a player should take care that he does not get in front of, or obstruct in any way, his opponent's play.

4. Players who have holed out should not try their putts over again when other players are following them.

5. Players looking for a lost ball must allow any other match coming up to pass them.

Note.-After giving permission for a match to pass, players should not play again, but remain where they are until the match has passed and gone out of range.

6. A party playing three or more balls must allow a two-ball match to pass them.

Note.-A player playing by himself has no status and must allow all matches to pass him if required.

7. A party playing a shorter round must allow a two-ball match playing the whole round to pass them.

8. A player should not putt at the hole when the flag is in it.

Note.-A player should be careful, in studying his putt, that he does not walk across or along the line of his putt. The penalty for this is the loss of the hole. (See Rule 34.)

9. The reckoning of the strokes is kept by the terms, "the odd," "two more," "three more," etc., and "one off three," "one off two," "the like." The reckoning of the holes is kept by the terms, so many " holes up" or "all even," and so many "to play."

10. Turf cut or displaced by a stroke in playing should be at once replaced.

Garden G. Smith,