Amateur golfers have taken up the Scotch game of curling as a Winter pastime and several of the golf clubs in the metropolitan district have curling ponds. Owing to the backwardness of the Winter, resulting in the lack of ice, play did not start until New Year’s Day, but from now on to the opening of the golfing season matches will be played on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
From a New York Times article published in 1914. Entertaining! View the full article here.