[Ads-l] Earlier Citation for "Golf" Quotation

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

Two of the cites attribute the quote to an unidentified
" well-known jockey"

You may like to include  in your article the fact that
Sam Loates was a jockey, so very likely the one meant.


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From "ADSGarson O'Toole" <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 21/03/2024 00:39:36
Subject Re: Earlier Citation for "Golf" Quotation

>Great citation, Fred. Your discovery inspired me to take another look
>in the British Newspaper Archive and I found this in 1897.
>
>Date: December 29, 1897
>Newspaper: The Morning Leader
>Newspaper Location: London, England
>Article: A Golf Causerie, A Judge Who Lauds The Game
>Author: "Bunker"
>Quote Page 10, Column 1
>Database: British Newspaper Archive
>
>[Begin excerpt]
>Mr. Littler, Q.C., is a golf enthusiast. What is more, he believes
>that golf can be played at as late a period of a man's life as
>football or cricket. He does not, in other words, assume that the game
>is a game of old men. He believes, in fact, that golf is a game which
>requires in the word of a well-known golfer, "activity, suppleness,
>and strength." He does not assume that a game of golf is a "good walk
>spoiled."
>[End excerpt]
>
>The passage above mentioned a specific golfer, but the phrasing and
>quotation marks signaled that the saying was already in circulation,
>and the creator remains anonymous.
>
>The Quote Investigator article has been updated with the 1897 and 1899
>citations. Fred has been added to the acknowledgments. Changes should
>be visible within 24 hours.
>
>Golf is a Good Walk Spoiled
>https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/28/golf-good-walk/
>
>Garson
>
>On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 2:32 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>>
>>  There have been some postings in the past about "golf is a good walk spoiled."  I think this citation is earlier than anything previously unearthed:
>>
>>  1899 _The Referee_ (Sydney, Australia) 12 July 1/7 (Newspapers.com)  Sam Loates, for instance, on being asked what he thought of the glorious game of golf, smartly said: "Well, I think it is a good walk spoilt."
>>
>>  Fred Shapiro
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