Sport: Shady Rest

The wink and scamper of dice . . . the flicker of honed steel . . the thud of fists . . . the pumping of great black legs. Is this all that Negro gentlemen know of sport ? Last week, those dolts who ha.ve derived their views on the colored race from the stale gags of minstrel shows were amazed to discover that at Westfield, N. J., there is a Negro golf club—the Shady Rest Country Club. Broad piazzas it has, sofas, rocking-chairs, lounges, loggias, beds, in which a tired golfer—or one who...

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