KEPINEH
UK&T
O
TT TTFi
OK
II It X
VOL. XXIII. NO. 12
MARCH 3, 1920
I'HICK 10 CENTS
AMERICA LOSES IN
HORSES' EXPORTATION
By W. E. Smollinger
Almost every day some new name is
added to the list fo fast American
trotters sold for export and if the exo
dus is not checked before long we will
begin to feel our losses severely, irres
pective of the very sizeable sums of hard
cash that remain with us in lieu of these
horses. That is especially the case with
the last notable instance the sale of the
black stallion Binland (2:03) to a
horseman from Milan, Italy.
Binland, now seven years old, is, with
the sole exception of Cresceus (2:02,)
by far the best and fastest standard
bred trotting stallion that has yet been
bought by the foreigners. And as re
gards Cresceus, that famous horse was
far past his prime when he found a new
home in Russia where he died, perhaps
mercifully, in December, 1915, before
the "red terror ' had set in. Binland,
however, is right now in his prime, and
there is a very great likelihood that had
he remained in this country, he would
have in 1920 trotted to a faster record
than that of Cresceus, even.
Our trotting breed, to date, has pro
duced few such splendid specimens as
Binland, whose breeder is W. L. Snyder,
of Springfield, O., his sire being Binjolla
(2:17), son of Bingen (2:06);
while his dam was Alice Wren, by Ash
land Wilkes (2:17). Alice Wren was
for some years the favorite driving mare
of Mr. Snyder, and he liked her so much
that he determined to perpetuate her
good qualities by raising some foals
from her. As his son, the late John L.
Snyder, was the owner of Binjolla, he
mated her with that horse. She pro
duced several times by him and then
died prematurely while still compara
tively young. Her first foal was a black
colt that was named Binville and became
a noted campaigner, winning many
races over both mile and half-mile
tracks, taking a record of 2:09 and
capturing over $15,000 iin stake and
purse money. Binland, foaled in 1912,
was two years younger than Binville,
the two being brothers.
This past year he was unlucky. He
started off by a really phenomenal per
formances, as in the very first week of
the season, at Youngstown, O., July 5,
lie lowered the world's record for a stall
Jon over a two-lap course from 2:07
to 2:06. Those who witnessed the feat
Predicted that he would trot in two min
xes before the season closed. But he
tad the misfortune, soon after, to be
Cwae lame. He trotted one race in that
condition, in which he was beaten by
Av.te Guy (2:04) and was then re
tl:ed, as it was riot thought wise to take
A TRIP TO PINEHURST
This shows Nat Hurd and the hall playing at hide and seelc.
any chances of breaking him down.
Rest soon removed this trouble and he
fore fall came he was reported as good
as new. Consequently his return to the
turf in 1920 had been eagerly looked
forward to. But his exportation ends
all that.
The price paid for Binland by the
Italians remains private, but it is known
that it was a big one, probably in the
neighborhood of $15,000. But whatever
it was, there is nothing left in America
to duplicate him, consequently we suffer
a distinct loss that cannot be replaced
by money, when we bid him good-bye.
hotels have been medically examined and
certified against infectious diseases.
Altogether 175 employes were examined,
85 of which were employed in the Car
olina Hotel alone.
"The hotels inspected are Carolina,
Holly Inn, Berkshire, Pinecrest Inn,
Country Club."
PINEHURST HOTELS AR6
PRAISED FOR CLEANLINESS
Hotels at Pinehurst are highly com
mended for their cleanliness in a letter
transmitted yesterday by Mr. John
F. Gordon, hotel. inspector, to Dr. F. M.
Register, State Epidemiologist. The
letter follows:
"The management of Pinehurst
hotels is to be congratulated on their
methods of maintaining sanitary condi
tions in all five of their hotels. The dif
ferent hotels met every requirement of
the State hotel law and score 100 per
cent, or a perfect score, which entitles
each hotel to a certificate from the State
Board of Health designating it as ex
cellent. "All food handlers at Pinehurst
OUIMET NOT TO CAPTAIN
MASS. GOLFERS
Francis Ouimet has decided definitely
that he will not be Captain of the Mass
achusetts State team this year,' says
Pulver in the New York Globe, and has
suggested that the captaincy might bet
ter be an honary position, to be turned
over to a man well acquainted with the
capabilities of the golfers. Ouimet had
the misfortune last fall to be unable to
accompany the team to the National
Links for the Lesley Cup matches. The
duty of selecting a captain will be atten
ded to shortly by Bart Stephenson, the
Massachusetts Golf Association Presi
dent. The Bay State organization is also in
terested in. the movement toward day
light saving. At the annual meeting it
was announced that petitioners would be
sent out to all the member clubs seeking
their individual as well as united sup
port in the movement. These petitions
have been delayed because of a new
move to have the Massachusetts Legisla
ture pass a bill calling for saving for a
period of seven months instead of five.
The Pinehurst Outlook is 'published weekly from November to May by The
Outlook Publishing Co., Pinehurst, N. C.
HERBERT W. SUGDEN
Editor
Subscription Price, $2.00. Ten cents a copy. :
Subscriptions will be continued on expiration unless the editor receives, notice
to the contrary.
Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Pinehurst, N. C.
Edgar Guest, in Detroit Free Press.
Pinehurst, N. C, is the shrine to
which every golfer hopes someday to
make a pilgrimage. It is the winter re
sort of the enthusiast from which he
returns every spring to tell the poor
enthusiast at home of his marvelous per
formances on the links.
We had longed wished to see Pine
hurst. Its beauties had been advertised
to us, nor wrongly so. But it wasn't
the blue sky nor the tall pines nor the
summer sun in March that we wished
most to see. We were burning with a
desire to sneak in there and, discover for
ourselves whether or not these million
aires played the game as well as they
have always told us they did.
At last we have seen the millionaire
on his Pinehurst courses. We've seen
the rich of Boston and Chicago and
Cleveland and Des Moines and every
other community which has rich citizens
all gathered together endeavoring to
make a wonderful score to go home and
tell about.
We were nervous at first. Cast to
play with two strange millionaires on
our opening day was too much for us.
"Here," we thought, "are two rich
men who write home nightly to their
poor friends up north telling of the 76
and 78 they, made during the afternoon,
and now we are to witness their actual
play."
But in a minute or two we discovered
the first millionaire with the same old
half swing which he undoubtedly dis
played at home; the second man of
wealth humped his shoulders; took a
death grip on his club, tied himself into
a knot and plowed up the turf, and we
heaved a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness," we said, "we are
at home. That is the sort of golf we un
derstand. ' '
The next day we were taken out by
three other millionaires and again we
discovered that it makes no difference
how large the check a man may be able
to write it doesn't follow that he can
drive a golf ball any further than the
chap with the perpetual overdraft.
So down to the end of the week. We
watched millionaires morning, noon and
night. They stood in groups on the tees
and gave instructions to each other,
just as they do at home. Now and then
they forget to count the strokes taken in
bunkers, just as they do at home and
they walked up, after the game was
over, and bought golf balls for the
poorer financially but better golfer, just
as they do at home.
We were in Pinehurst, N. C, the
golfers ' paradise, where all those won
derful scores we heard about last summer
(Continued on Page Ten)