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Show HA1TIEN CADDIES ! wjpis Island Boasts Two Six-Hole Courses at Present . . a . PORT-AU-PRINCB. Nov. Although Haiti at present boasts but two six -hole folf c our aee, the royal and anolant game aa played In thla Island has one feature that will appeal to golfers tn tho United Statee, Caddy fees) are firmly Intrenched at Mia rate of 1 cents, and not for the round, but for the morning or afternoon It Is Immatarlal whether the golfer plays one round or alxty, the oaddy pay remains re-mains .at U oenta. Even at thla low rata, tha nut tnrlt v rt that sMlfaM as pa rw.iel onough to hold thai tho oaddlee ara over pa.d. Tha standard day waga for a full grown laborer la Haiti Is 1 gourde, or 2s cants, except for those In the employ of the American super teed sanitary and public works departmenta, who ara paid a gourde and a half and furnished with a midday meal. It Is not stranga, therefore, there-fore, that tha caddy Is beginning to regard re-gard hlmeelf as an aristocrat among hla frUowa. and hires an assists nt to carry the bag, while he la content to for-caddy. for-caddy. At preeent there ara two oouroea where "gardes," the Haitian equivalent of 'fore.n la haard dally, ona on tha outskirts out-skirts of tha capital and tha other at the Interior bill station of eflrabelata, whare a dosen marine and navy medical officers are on duty. In oommon with the low caddy rate at aacb, the duas and cost of upkeep are flxrd at flguree far below the ambition of any American course. Foremoet among tha devoteea of the gams ara tha medical officers of tha United Hla tea navy and the publio health service, who regard goilN as ths Idsal tropical exarclre. There is a wall dsftned plan on foot, backed by local American and Haitian bualnasa men, to ereot a modern hotel for the West Indian tourist trade on a beautiful site within an hour's drive of th city, with a first clsss golf eourse as ons of Its attractiona. |