PAGE ltet"THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK lPSgf- GOLF AS A MEDICINE Those who Walk the Links for Health May Throw Physic to Dogs. Dj Destroying the Element of Self- ConclounN the Game Give a Complete Ilettt to the Mind. I HE worth of flrolf as medicine is appreciated by the physicians, and al though it mars the profits of the druggists, doctor are forced, through prin ciple, to send forth their patients to the links-. Quite as many play golf as a re storative to health as for exercise which is a form of medical treatment or to ex eel in the game for its own sake, and which is the best of it the getting near to nature on the links never fails to re turn a bounty in good spirits and renewed energies. Another good thing is that more than one who has been ordered to the game by a doctor, has developedinto the first rank as a player. While all who play the game know its mental and physical virtues, there are sceptics among the non-players who do not appreciate the medicinal worth of the pastime. These captious critics, who see nothing In the game but a "loss of time and a waste of strength," carry along their opinions uncontradicted until the inevitable hour of the consultation with the family doctor to account for "that tired feeling.M Should the prescription be to buy golf clubs and spend a couple of days a week on the links, the sceptic will soon be convinced against his will that he has been wrong. He finds that to be come a successful golfer all worries and cares must be left behind and every men tal and physical power become concen trated in the effort to strike the little white ball. The Field says in part on this theme ; "It is in destroying the element of self consciousness that golf as a medicine is so valuable. It gives a complete rest to the mind ; it switches the mental machin ery on to another set of new revolutions, and it exacts that there shall be in the mind only one idea demanding concen tration at the moment. The only ends to be considered on the links are the correct management of club and ball. The curi ous thing is that it should have taken modern medical men so long to find out the virtues of golf as a medicine. They recommend it nowadays practically with out hesitation to many of their patients greatly absorbed in business, in so do ing many, no doubt, look upon it as a pleasant method of giving a new form of medical receipe ; but there are many pas sages which can be quoted from old writ ers of a hundred years ago on the laws of health showing that the game was well known then as one of the best medicines in the pharmacopoeia. Sir John Sinclair, in his "Code of Health" published in the last century, mentions several ball games whose prac tice is good for health, and of golf he says : "It is a diversion well calculated for exercising the body and may always be taken in such moderation as neither to overheat nor fatigue." "Mrs. Oliphant, the novelist, more than thirty year ago made the medicinal virtues of the game one of the principal features of a chapter in one of her books. She was writing of St. Andrews, and one of the characters says: 'Twice round the links in a day is the whole duty of man; and one round maintains him in that decent condition of moral re spectability, falling short of excellence, but far above mediocrity, which is in some respects a more comfortable state than that of supreme excellence itself. The parish minister is made to declare : I play my game everv day of my life without its ever interfering with my du- :ies as a parish minister. Play your jame, and be thankful to Providence that gives us a wholesome and innocent imusement.' "Golf as a medicine naturally enough rawly enters into the calculations of the young and vigorous. The middle aged golfer, if he has passed through that period, also looks back with brightened memories to the days when he too got en joyment out of the pastime of the links. It takes them out in the open air, breeze md sunshine when, perhaps, in less for tunate circumstances of attraction, they would sta' quiethr at home or take the solitary and monotonous walk for healths sake. The lonesome ramble is rarely stimulating mentally, for it presents too many temptations to lapse into' the thoughts that are the constant compan ions of the working hours. Golf, on the other hand, forces a man out of his every day preoccupations and reinvigorates him by the charm and the witchery of its own special chemistry. - C-?alrfii i ,,ik ' W : V . i V , I v " I i , : i jfi ( 7... r : m I''- G. LEE KNIGHT, PHILADELPHIA. If yon see a golfer standing in this attitude siir the sixteenth green, lay a ten to one shot that it's Mr. Knight, and het on a sure thing! THE HOIiliY Ifift pinehubst, n. a KTV ill .. ' -l-.lW 1 r Nr.- r-V' fell The Holly Inn is one of the most attractive hotels in the South. Since it wag built in 1805, it has been necessary to enlarge it several times to meet the constantly increasing demand. The interior is elegant, cheerful and tasteful. No modern con venience is lacking. There are bath rooms, electric lights, steam heat and open fireplaces. There is a call bell in every room, and all beds are furnished with best hair mattresses. An orchestra furnishes fine concerts daily, and also provides for dancing. The cuisine is unsurpassed. The waitresses are all white girls from the North. Rooms for billiards and other games are provided in the hotel. A. I. CREAMER, Manager. The Harvard PINEHURST, N. C. TiPiLHURST.Ti.C2. inis recently completed hotel Is centrally located be. tween The Carolina and The Holly Inn. It is modern in every respect, having electric lights, steam heat and severa. suites with bath and with its cottage annex and large dining room accommo dates seventy-five guests. The Cuisine is in charge of a competent chef, and the table service L guaranteed satisfactory. F. H. ABBOTT, Manager. THE UPLANDS BETHLEHEM, N. H. F. f-i. ABBOTT, - Proprietor, Address until May 1st, PINEHURST, N. C Hotels Guilf ord-Benbooi, GREENSBORO, N. C. An ideal point for tourists to spend the night en route to Pinehurst. Two of the most complete and best equipped hotels in the south, on the main line of the South ern Railway, and a thirty minutes drive from the historic Guilford Battle Grounds of Revolutionary fame. Greensboro is a beautiful old southern city, has fine Opera House, beautiful streets, and is surrounded by picturesque macadamized roads. All Pullmans via Southern Railway for Pinehurst and the south stop within two blocks of these hotels. COBB & FRY.

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