noon
While generally level , the course is diversified by slight elevations , upon which are the putting greens , their red and white flags visible from all parts of the links . As has been said , the holes are short , the longest , Lake Hole , being four hundred and ninety-six yards , and the shortest , the first , but one hundred and thirty-three . Outfield West once spent the better part of two weeks , at great cost to his class standing , in making a plan of the links , and , while it is not warranted accurate as to distances , it is reproduced here with his permission as giving a clearer idea of the ground than any verbal description . Play had begun this morning at nine o'clock , and by noon only Somers , Whipple , and West had been left in the match . Blair had encountered defeat most unexpectedly at the hands of Greene , a junior , of whose prowess but little had been known by the handicapper ; for , although Blair had done the round in three strokes less than his adversary 's gross score , the latter 's allowance of six strokes had placed him an easy winner . But Blair had been avenged later by West , who had defeated the youngster by three strokes in the net . In the afternoon Somers and Whipple had met , and , as West had predicted , the latter won by two strokes .