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SPORTS. There are many Cricket and Football clubs. Lawn
tennis is popular, and there are several clubs where it is played,
notably the Savannah. 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. They attract immense
crowds to the Savannah.
There are several private Golf links and a 9-hole course at
the Rockley Club (see below). Sailing boats can be hired.
Good line Fishing can be had, as well as trolling for barracouta
with rod and line from sailing boats; and the Bathing is excellent
at the Aquatic Club, Villa Franca, Warsaw, Worthing, the Crane,
and Freshwater Bay.
CLUBS. The Bridgetown Club, on the top floors of the hand-
some building of the Barbados Mutual Life Assurance Society
in Beckwith Place—one of the best social clubs in the West
Indies—is open to visitors on introduction by a member. So
too is the Union...”
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“...The
Queen's Park Cricket Club, with a membership of over 400, has
a beautifully situated ground to the west of the city with a well-
appointed pavilion and a visitors’ stand. The club, of which
the Governor is president, also affords opportunities for Lawn
tennis, Boxing, and Athletics. The St. Andrew’s Golf Club has
a large membership and well-kept links on the Imperial Govern-
ment Lands at St. James’s. Football is played mostly from
July to December. The Trinidad Turf Club, affiliated to the
Jockey Club of England, holds Race meetings at midsummer
and in December, one always taking place between Christmas
and New Year’s Day, which attract very large crowds to the
picturesque course on the Savannah, and 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. Several minor meetings are also held in the country
during the year.
Bathing can be enjoyed at Macqueripe Bay on the north
coast, a drive...”
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line at the mouths of nearly all the rivers. Tarpon also abound
in the bays and inlets, and often scale over ioo lb. 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 2,000 miles of main roads, most of which are
well suited for Motoring. The gradients rarely exceed 5 per
cent., or 1 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 in Coronation Building at the corner of King and Tower
Streets.
CLUBS. Kingston. The Jamaica Club at 59, Hanover
Street in Kingston, founded in 1872, welcomes visitors. The
Liguanea Club at Knutsford Park, opened by Chief Justice...”
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