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Herbert Corey Leeds
1855–1930
Best known for shaping early American golf, this Boston-born sportsman also left behind a small but curious body of writing, including a card-game manual and a yacht-racing log. His books offer a glimpse into the club life and leisure culture of the late 19th century.
1 Audiobook
The Laws of Euchre As adopted by the Somerset Club of Boston, March 1, 1888
by Herbert Corey Leeds, James Dwight
About the author
Born in Boston on January 30, 1855, Herbert Corey Leeds is remembered chiefly as an American amateur golfer, yachtsman, and golf-course architect. Reliable sources identify him most strongly with the design of the Myopia Hunt Club course, one of the notable early courses in American golf.
For audiobook listeners and readers, Leeds is also of interest as the author of The Laws of Euchre, a guide connected with the Somerset Club of Boston. Archive and catalog records also show that he wrote Log of the Columbia, Season of 1899, preserving a slice of the sporting and social world he moved in.
He died on September 29, 1930. Although he was not primarily a literary figure, his surviving works have lasting charm as firsthand pieces from an era when games, clubs, and yachting were central parts of upper-class American life.