VECEMBEE 29, 1920.
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The Week in Pinehurst
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Trofcssor Jolin Bassett Moore has re
turned to Pinehurst for his annual visit
and is registered at the Carolina.
Miss Clarissa Metcalf entertained some
thirty members of the younger set at a
tea dance at the Country Club on Monday
afternoon last.
Miss Lida Leonard, age 14, won the
prize for the best score of the week at
the Rifle Range with a score of 118 out
of a possible 150 points.
All of Pinehurst turned out on the af
ternoon of December 26 to follow an ex
ceptionally high-class best-ball match
staged between leading amateurs and pro
fessionals and were well rewarded for
their attendance, for the match developed
some of the. most brilliant golf played
here in some time.
During the course of the Gymkhana
staged at the race track on Christmas
Day, Miss Dorothy Daggett and Miss
Martha Leonard proved the best "Har
vesters" and tied for the prize in the
potato race on horseback, while the Je
rusalem contest found Miss Lida Leon
ard and Master Hewitt Swoope sitting
on the one remaining chair at the end
of the contest and was pronounced a tie.
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A deputation of Justices of the New
York Supreme Court and other legal
luminaries arrived here on Monday last
to take part in a little private golf tourn
ir.ent of their own which will last through
the week. The party comprised Justices
Edwin Ridley Finch, Francis T. Dele
hanty, John M. Tierney, and Messrs.
Edward F. Barrett, Thomas W. Churchill
and Elihu Root, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Hurd of Pittsburgh
arrived this week and are registered at
Jhe, Pine Crest Inn, while their new cot
tage is in process of construction. Mrs.
Hurd will remain for the season and will
be on hand to defend her title as North
and South champion. Mrs. Hurd won
pdded honors in the championship sea
son of 1920, being runner-up to Miss
Alexa Sterling for the Woman's National
championship, which was played at the
Mayfield Club, Cleveland, in October.
Mrs. Evelyn P. Spencer achieved the
distinction of being the first woman to
take part in looping the loop in an aero
plane at Pinehurst. With Lieutenant
Clark as Pilot, the big plane circled over
the links and performed the stunt several
times in full view of the large gallery
that was following a match on the links.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Parker, who are stay
ing at the Carolina, went up on later
trips in which the loop was looped again.
A number of the younger set deserted
the links and courts on Monday last and
joined an equestrian picnic party that
wended its way through fifteen miles of
woodlands to a luncheon rendezvous on
the shores of Chandler's Lake. Among
the party were the Misses Martha and
Lida Leonard, Edith Frost, Ann Merrill,
Marguerite Burrage, Josephine Richards,
Louise Emery, Janet Johnson, Lieuten
ant W. H. Clark, and Messrs. W. II.
Beekwith, Francis Harrison, James
Tufts, Phillip Johnson and Russell Tra
cy, Jr.
About twenty riders took part in the
first fox-hunt of the season, which took
place on Thursday last. Breakfast was
served before six and the start was made
at dawn. Two foxes were raised, but
both of them managed to save their
brushes after giving the field a hard
five-hour run over many miles of wood
land country. Among those who took
part in the hunt were Mrs. Harold E.
Porter, the Misses Dorothy Daggett,
Frances Thomas, Janet Thompson, and
Mrs. Evelyn P. Spencer, Messrs. C. Frost,
Edward Beekwith, Francis Harrison, and
Henry Swoope.
One of the most exciting and amusing
events in the course of the Gymkhana
staged between races at the Jockey Club
course on Christmas Day was a furious
half-mile dash on mule-back in which the
gallant steed of Mrs. Evelyn P. Spencer
defeated the speed marvel ridden by Miss
Dorothy Daggett. It was only after a
gruelling stretch drive and by the nar
rowest of margins that the victory was
gained. Ordinarily, the decision would
have been rendered in terms of the pro
verbial nose, but as Mrs. Spencer's mount
had his ear in front of his nose the mar
gin of victory was decided accordingly.
Youthful Pinehurst golfers were eager
for the Boys' and Girls' tournaments
which started on December 29, and will
continue until December 31." The fol
lowing young ladies are entered: Miss
Theodate Johnson, Miss Mary Grace
O'Brien, Miss Algene Edson, Miss Vir
ginia Burrage, Miss Betty Close, and
Miss Louise Emery. The young men en
tered are: George Dunlop, Jr., Walter
Swoope, L. Dow, John Chapman, W. S.
North, Clarence Edson, Richard Chap
man, Hewitt Swoope, Billy O'Brien,
Forbes K. Wilson, and Billy Fuller.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Derby and Mrs.
George H. Meurice entertained a large
party at a dance and supper at the
Country Club on the evening of Christmas
Eve. Their guests included: Misses Ellen
and Charlotte Maurice, Mr. Stuart Mau
rice, Miss Sarah Wiley, Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Mudgett, Mr. and Mrs. II. G. Waring,
Miss Carolyn Bogert, Mr. II. G. Phillips,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dudgeon, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Page, Capt. A. Loftus
Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander O. Jones,
Mrs. Leonard Tufts, Mr. James Tufts,
Mr. Albert Tufts, Mr. Charles P. Mason,
General A. E. Mason, Mr. Ralph W.
Page, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Orr Gibb,
Dr. R. T. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Cheatham, Miss Elizabeth Cheatham,
Judge and Mrs. Maynard Harlan, the
Misses Harlan, Mr. John Harlan, Mr.
and Mrs. Milton H. Bird, Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin F. Butler, Mr. Robert Snow,
Mr. Channing Page, Lieutenant Page,
Miss E. E. Merrow, Dr. and Mrs. M. W.
Marr, Miss Marr and Mrs. Robert Snow.