IN golfing at Gleneagles you will enjoy that tingling glow of delight that invariably animates the keen sportsman when he finds perfect conditions for play. You are at once impressed by the remarkable scope afforded for every variety of stroke, for whether your forte be the long or the short game the ultimate test of its value is here. From the player's point of view, that is the crowning glory of Gleneagles. It stimulates powers perhaps hitherto latent, and may surprise you by revealing such fine qualities of golf in you that formerly were but a nebulous vision of "the stuff that dreams are made on." One point, however, to be realised and remembered, is that Gleneagles does not Matter your form. It certainly calls forth all that is best in you, but in equal degree it will teach you wherein lie your faults. Gleneagles is encouraging always but uncompromising. A good shot gains reward, a timorous one may be let off fairly lightly - although not always - but a bad one is certain to be punished. Your true golfer would not have it otherwise. He demands value for commendable play, craves consideration in moments of anxiety and accepts what the Fates may send when for failure he has no one to blame but himself. Your golfer of moods, on the other hand, meets his match at Gleneagles. Colonel Bogey sits enthroned on the little hills at every green on both the Courses. He is the monarch surveying all; ever quick to give the accolade to those who triumph, but alas ! to those who "foozle" his laughter has an echo that is grim. It is probable that those who foresaw the adaptability of the site at Gleneagles to the purposes of golf, having judged the salient features of the ground and the beauty of the landscape, declared enthusiastically at the conclusion of their survey, "And we'd have the Club-House here." Its position suggests just such a happy thought. From the landscape point of view the best approach to either of the Gleneagles Courses is from the Club-1 louse steps. You look towards the hils. the broomy knowes, the heather moors and the pine woods and realise how inspiring is the panorama. Yet the magnificence of the vista that presents itself serves but to throw out into holder relief the glory of the more immediate surroundings. They suffice of themselves to quicken elation in the heart of all gollers and to awaken that joie de were that whispers "Come let us start now. tor assuredly there could be no liner place tor golf than this It. however, with the game in prospect, advice ma\ he offered to :

vers and heartening assistance tendered to potential champions whose handicaps, mcantime are somewheat about the Injure 18, perhaps the 1 best plan to adopt would he to take them round the Courses with Braid as guide and counsellor. Let it be clearly understood then that on the rounds on which we proceed Braid is with us. The technical points in play - described in detail - are his. Observe them carefully and you obtain a double advantage. You return an excellent card and, when you meet your friends, you may say, "I played over Gleneagles the other day with Braid." Should they ask you if you beat him you will doubtless allow your attention to wander and leave it at that! There is a Scots saying that "if you bode a silk goon ye'll maybe get the sleeve o't." If that saying were to be applied to the counsel of golfing perfection which Braid offers at Gleneagles, it would be significant. To master even a few of the holes in his figures would be encouraging. So we may aim at being worthy wearers of his mantle, but we are not likely to complain if we have - probably we shall have - to be content if but a sleeve of it be our portion.

What we have to realise, however, is that in the attainment of success, whether it be of a minor or major character, we may be assured of pleasure in full. That may appear to be a contradictory statement, but it is paradoxically true. The great golfers are wonderfully brisk in spirit when they complete a good round, but the lesser golfers are quite as happy on registering a score that runs to larger figures. The course simply makes you "play up." even at those moments when you may be temporarily off your game.

Nearly everyone playing at Gleneagles for the first time underestimates the distances. Even those who know the Course well find it extremely difficult to harden their hearts and take wood when the light iron or mashie would appear to be the right club. The optical delusion, caused by the immense expanse of view and the clearness of the light, makes the fairways in instances seem shorter than they are, and is apt to encourage the golfer's besetting sin - to be short. The good caddie, at crucial moments, nearly always concludes his advice with the words "Be up," and a few rounds at Gleneagles will convince you of the wisdom of that injunction in its extended form "Never up, never in."