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“...76 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
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...”
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“... extensive by land and
pleasant by sea, as we command a view of Carlyle Bay
and the shipping.”
The approach to the Barbados Aquatic Club is on the
right, just beyond this house.
Farther on the road ascends a slight incline and skirts
the Savannah of St. Anne’s, a fine open space of some
fifty acres in extent, surrounded by a belt of handsome
trees, a little over a mile from Bridgetown. Formerly
the parade ground of the garrison, the Savannah
has been devoted to sports of various kinds since the
withdrawal of the troops in 1905-6. The building with
the clock tower, formerly the guard-room, is now the
house of the Savannah Club, which organises polo, 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 inter-
section of the roads stands a monolith to the memory
of fourteen soldiers and a married woman of the 36th...”
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“... popular, and the clubs devoted to that game include
those of Kingston, Kensington, the Garrison, Melbourne, 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. Bournemouth Bath on the Rock Fort
road is a favourite resort for Bathing and dancing, and the bathing
at Doctor's Cave at Montego Bay is unsurpassable. 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 are the principal game-birds. The
close time is from March 1st to about July 15th, or sometimes
even to August 21st. Jamaica is 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-...”
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“... to and from New Orleans.
On the BeUze River Motor-boats ply between the capital and Ei
Cayo several times a week, except in dry weather; and com-
munication between Belize and all important places on the coast,
cays, and various rivers is maintained by sloops and motor-
boats.
A Government Railway runs inland from Stann Creek to
Middlesex, a distance of 25 miles.
The roads are not at present suitable for wheeled traffic
except in the immediate vicinity of towns, and between El Cayo
and Benque Viejo. 1
There is a canal between Sibfin Bight and Manatee which is
suitable for light draft boats only.
Belize has a good local telephone service, and trunk lines
connect the capital with Stann Creek, 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...”
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