Chapter 22

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Varieties of caddies--Advice to a left-handed player--Cock-shots at Ganton--Unearned increments--An offer to carry for the fun of the thing--The caddie who knows too much--My ideal caddie--His points--The girl caddie--A splendid type--Caddies' caustic humour--Some specimens of it--Mr. Balfour's taste in caddies--When the caddie is too anxious--Good human kindness--"Big Crawford"--"Lookin' aifter Maister Balfour"--An ingenious claim--A salute for the Chief Secretary--A story of a distressed clergyman--Sandy Smith--The clothes he wore--An excess of zeal--The caddies' common-sense--When his lot is not a happy one.