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“...and Combermere School
also have clubs. There is a Country Club where lawn-tennis)
is played in the Rectory grounds, St. Peter. Nearly every house
in town and country has a well-kept lawn, where either lawn-l
tennis or croquet is played. There are several lawn-tennis clubs,
notably Belleville, Strathclyde, Bulkeley, and the SavannahJ
where play is above the average. Polo is played twice a week
on the Garrison Savannah; and under the auspices of the
Barbados Turf Club, which is affiliated to the Jockey Club of
England, race meetings are held periodically. I
There are private golf links at Codrington College, Porters , j
and " Kent,” and the Savannah has been leased to a sporti
dub, which encourages racing, polo, lawn-tennis, and golf, the
clock-tower being now the club-house of the Savannah Club!
Sailing boats can be hired. Good line fishing can he had, as
well as trolling for barracouta with rod and line from sailing
boats ; and the bathing is excellent at the Engineer’s Pier, Villa
Franca...”
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“...120 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
a large membership and well-kept links on the Savannah.
Football is played continuously during the cooler months. The
Trinidad Turf Club, affiliated to the Jockey Club of England,
holds race meetings at midsummer and in December, which
attract very large crowds to the picturesque course on the
Savannah. Several minor meetings are held in the country
during the year, one always taking place between Christmas
and New Year’s Day; apart from the very fair sport to be
enjoyed, the assemblage of so many races in quaint costumes
in the Queen’s Park is a sight well worth witnessing. Bathing
can be enjoyed at Macqueripe Bay on the north coast, a drive
of ii miles from Port of Spain, where a few huts for bathers
are provided ; and at Pointe Baleine on the island of Gasparee,
a drive of n or 12 miles and a journey of 2 or 3 miles by launch
over the sheltered waters of the Gulf. A favourite excursion
is to leave Port of Spain at about 4 p.m., bathe and dine at the...”
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“...from March 1st to about July 15th, or sometimes even to
August 21st. Jamaica is also visited every winter by large
flocks of duck and teal, besides snipe, which afford good sport.
Snook, snappers, and tarpon are to be caught with rod or hand-
line at the mouths of nearly all the rivers. Tarpon also abound
in the bays and inlets, and often scale over 100 lbs. Higher
up the rivers, mountain mullet, sand-fish, snook, tarpon, and
drummer are all to be caught. Racing takes place under the
Jamaica Jockey Club at Knutsford Park, and also on the old
Kingston race-course, and in the country districts. Jamaica
has upwards of 2,200 miles of main roads, most of which are
r well suited for motoring. The gradients rarely exceed 5 per
cent., or x foot in 20, though occasionally gradients of 20 per
cent, are met with. Motorists are advised to consult the official
“ Itinerary of the Main Roads,” published at the Government
Printing Office. The Jamaica Automobile Association has its
office at Headquarters...”
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