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“... 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, Warsaw, Worthing, the Crane, and Freshwater Bay. .
CLUBS The Bridgetown Club, on the top floors of the hand!
some building of the Barbados Mutual...”
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“... Washington writes:
“ It is very pleasantly situated near the sea, and about a
mile from town. The prospect is extensive by land and
pleasant by sea, as we command a view of Carlyle Bay
and the shipping.”
The Savannah of St. Anne’s is a fine open space of
some fifty acres in extent, surrounded by a belt of hand-
some trees, a little over a mile from Bridgetown.
Formerly it was the parade ground of the garrison, but
since the withdrawal of the troops in 1905-6 it has been
devoted to sports of various kinds. The central building
with the clock tower is now the house of the Savannah
Club, which organises games of polo twice a week and
race meetings on a course round the Savannah periodi-
cally. The Club has several excellent tennis lawns and
well-kept golf links. To the north of the club-house is
the property known as Bush Hill, and at the intersection
of the roads stands a monolith to the memory of fourteen
soldiers and a married woman of the 36th Regiment
(now the 2nd Bn...”
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“..., Clovelly,
and Lucas. Polo is played weekly at the Camp, on the ground
of the Kingston Polo Club at Knutsford Park and at Drax Hall,
in Saint Ann. Yachting and rowing can be enjoyed in Kingston
and other harbours. Shooting and fishing : There is fair sport
in Jamaica for rod and gun, blue pigeon, the bald-pate, the ring-
tail pigeon, the white-wing, the pea dove, the white-belly, and
the partridge being the principal game-birds. The close time
is 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...”
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“..., Punta Gorda, El Cayo,
Benque Viejo, Corosal, and Orange Walk. A cable laid under
the Rio Hondo connects British Honduras with Payo Obispo,
Mexico, and a wireless station is established at Belize.
SPORTS. Lawn-tennis is played on concrete courts of the
polo and golf clubs, and there are also several private courts.
Cricket is played from May to October, and there are several
native cricket and football clubs. The Belize Golf Club, which
was established in 1900, has' a nine-hole course (subscription
$1.25 per month and $10 entrance fee). Polo is played on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from October to March,
by the members of the Belize Polo Club founded in 1895 (sub-
scription j per annum and $7.50 entrance fee), under Hurling-...”
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