THE ROUTE to the LAND o' BURNS. Nowhere can the delights of Golfing be more thoroughly enjoyed than on the two famous 18-hole links laid out by the G. & S.-W. Railway Co. at Turnberry. Expense has not been spared to bring them to the forefront among courses, and the company's policy has been justified by the high praises of all who have had the pleasure The outward of playing over these seaside links. In the principal or No. 1 Course (6120 yards long) five of the holes are from 415 to 450 yards in length, and the natural and artificial features of the ground, which are used more with an GOLFING at TURNBERRY. the lighthouse and the ruins of Bruce's Castle with its historical and legendary associa tions until the 11th hole is reached, after which the direction taken is more inland all the way to the home green. It was over this course the Ladies' Championship of 1912 was played. eye to affording a variety of play than to the multiplication of difficulties, exercise the highest skill of the good player. The second course is rather shorter, 4900 yards, and is more favoured by ladies, who find the other course rather fatiguing, but they are both equal as regards the high standard of condition in which they are kept. Turnberry Station Hotel stands on the hill immediately overlooking the Golf Courses. It is an establishment of the highest class, conducted under the management of the Railway Company, like those at St. Enoch, Ayr, and Dumfries. There are many other Golf Links along the G. & S.-W. system, some of them ranking high in the Kingdom's list-Prestwick (Championship Course), Troon, Barassie, Gailes, Bogside, Ardeer, Bridge of Weir, Kilmacolm, &c. Glasgow, 1913. DAVID COOPER, General Manager. CONTENTS. PAGE. Burns's" Science of Life "-John Horne, Ayr 32 37 - - Lawrance Fergusson and Burns: The Shaping of a Poet-Frank John Burness ("Thrummy Cap ")-Robert Murdoch- PREFACE. FOR many years past, the energies of the Federation have been directed towards accentuating the purposes for which it was formed, and so doing away with the reproach that Burns Clubs are associations solely devoted to social intercourse and conviviality. It was to refute such charges that the Chronicle was established, which entitles it to the whole-hearted support of every Burns Club worthy of the name. It is gratifying to observe that this conception of the Chronicle is rapidly gaining ground, and we would earnestly commend it to those Clubs who have apparently not yet realised that the Chronicle is their own and not an outside venture. BENRIG, KILMAURS. January 1st, 1913. EDITOR. |