Show RECALLS FAMOUS GOLF MATCH projected game brings back contest in which roya royalty alty was involved the projected golf match between two well known amateurs and a ing member of the london stock exchange for a stake of 2600 2500 recalls to the westminster gazette the famous foursome in which the duke of york afterward james II if took a prominent part on the leith links in the year 1682 it was really an international contest in which the duke with john Pater sone a golfing shoemaker 1 of I great repute championed scotland against two noblemen of england a heavy wager depending on the issue tho tha duke and the cobbler had an easy victory thanks largely to the man of the last and john Patera Pater ones sones share of the stakes was so substantial that ho he was able to build a goodly house in the Canon gate in a wall of which the duke caused a stone to be placed bearing the Pater sone arms with the motto far and sure a tribute to the cobb cobblers leriT driving powers Pater sones house survives today to day |