Toeal leaders wore well, to the fore. Budd was hitting a long ball, and he showed some beautiful brassie work with that powerrfu smite that he has. He returned the second best eard in the morning, having 76, and five strokes of this were accounted for by either indifferent or unlucky putting, as on, five greens ho required three putts, He improved upon this performance in the afternoon, but again gave away strokes throug! failing to get down putts.
Pilcher was well among the lead. ers. Ho was playing an extra ordinarily sound game, keeping h Grives straight and sustaining the reputation he has of being one of the best iron players in Shanghai While he did a 77 in the morning, he had patches of bad luck in the afternoon, and required 80.
Malcolm, who was playing a splendid game, did not seem to" blessed with any special degree of luck. Both in driving and approaching ho was excellent and seemed to be judging the [strength of the greens extremely well, yet time and again he missd the whole by the merest- fraction of an inch. For instance at th> eighth in the afternoon he was on the green in two and required four niore to hole out. Playing with him XK, M. Cumming who seemd
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