THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
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-rHE finest, the most unique, and the best located all-the-year
ll 1 resort hotel in the world is being built in Asheville, N. C.
It will be opened July ist, 19 13, under the management of
Wm. S. Kenney, of The Mount Washington, Bretton Woods, N. H.,
and Hotel Clarendon, Seabreeze, Florida.
It is being built of the great boulders of Sunset Mountain at whose
foot it sits. It is being built by hand in the old fashioned way,
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF, and will be full of rest, comfort and
wholesomeness.
It is being built plainly, but as richly as man can do it. Four
hundred one-piece rugs are being made at Aubusson, France; the
furniture is being made by hand by the Roycrofters; the silver hand
hammered; and the "big room" will contain two great stone fire-places,
capable of burning twelve-foot logs.
In front of this hotel, GROVE PARK INN, are one hundred and
sixty acres of golf links and lawn, and all around, miles of majestic
mountains and the wonderful climate. The Hotel Company owns eight
hundred acres around the hotel and consumptives will not be taken.
For particulars address Wm. S. Kenney, Mgr., Grove Park Inn,
Asheville, N. C. Southern Office until April 20th, Hotel Clarendon,
Seabreeze, Florida. New York Orifice, 11 80 Broadway.
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THE HIGHLAND PINES INN
Weymouth Heights, Southern Pines, N. C.
THE Highland Pines Inn is a new hotel, Southern Colonial style, with modern
conveniences and luxurious appointments. Has 60 rooms en suite with private
bath. Excellent orchestra. Nightly concerts and many social events.
Accomodations for 200 or 250 guests. Open December 1st to May 1st. Charmingly
situated on Weymouth Heights with extensive and delightful views in all directions.
Behind the Inn are the 2,000 acres of the great Weymouth Woods, among whose
giant long leaf pines run many miles of hard, picturesque and well-kept roads, the
freedom of which is accorded the guests of the Tnn. The Southern Pines Country
Club golf course five minutes walk from the hotel. Auto bus service to the Pine
hurst Country Club. For rates and reservations address :
A. 1. Creamer Lessees and Managers M. H. Turner
Southern Pines, North Carolina
GOLF'S NATIONAL PROMINENCE
Directing Superintendent lloi
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DIRECTING Superin
tendent Donald J. Ross,
the Pinehurst Country
Club expert, returned
last week from a trip to
Chicago where he was
called to undertake the
construction of what is
to be the leading golf
course in the West, and one of the most
important commissions which has been
assigned him during the extended period
in which he has been regarded as Na
tional authority on golf course architec
ture and construction. " The property
is situated at Fort Sheridan on the shore
of Lake Michigan," said Mr. Ross, " and
the membership is composed of one hun
dred and fifty of the city's leading men.
No ladies will be admitted. From the
appearance of the land, I am confident
that a magnificent course can be con
structed, and one which will be unique
in the neighborhood of Chicago because
of its attractive and varied natural un
dulations, in striking contrast with the
comparatively flat land of the other
courses. The work at present is merely
in the preliminary stage, and I cannot,
of course, go into full detail.
u A significant feature in connection
with my work is the interest which is
being shown by resorts, all the direct
result of Pinehurst's international pre
eminence and marvelous achievement.
Take, for instance, Dixville Notch and
The Balsams in the White Mountains,
where Mr. Henry S. Hale, the million
aire owner, has given me carte blanche
orders to produce the best course in the
Hills, and I can assure you that with the
material I have to work upon the result
is bound to equal expectation. IThe
location of the Club house on what is
known as Panorama Hill, is one of the
finest in'the United States and upon this
vast'plateau which stretches away on all
sides, the course is to be laid out. For
many years this land has been under
cultivation and is now under pasture, a
preliminarypreparation which leaves no
doubt in mindbut that the most desirable
grasses can be grown there successfully,
ensuring perfection in turf for both fair
green and putting green.
"Thejview is a magnificent and inspir
ing one, stretching on over valley dotted
with forest, plain, lake, stream, farm
and clearing, to the distant mountains
which fade away into the infinite sky on
all sides. No expense is to be spared on
either Club house or course, for the aim
will be to make The Balsams the sum
mer resortfPinehurst, catering to those
who desire the best. T The novelty will
be the" provision of accommodations at
the Club house, so that those who desire
may live there and the public and pri
vate rooms will be charming in their
artistic simplicity. The Grill also will
be made much of. Adjoining the Club
houseware to be four tennis courts, and a
Tea Room and an Assembly Hall will
tendtomake the Club the social center
of this beauty spot, which has long been
known as the Switzerland of America.
Auto hack service will run between the
Club and the Hotel, a distance of some
two miles, and a good road makes the
journey an easy three-minute run.
"The new course which I have con
structed for Mr. Morton F. Plant of the
Griswold hotel at Eastern Point, Conn.,
will be ready for play this summer. It
is beautifully located along the shore
and its sea vistas are charming, suggest
ing the quaint picturesqueness of old
world links. The variety of the holes is
exceptional, the greens are large and the
quality of the soil is admirably suited for
the growing of those dwarf grasses
which are so essential to the perfect
putting green. The expense in connec
tion with this construction has been
enormous and it has not been spared.
The first difficulty encountered was in
blasting huge boulders and ledge rock
with which the land was covered. A
number of buildings also were torn
down, and mark my word, there can be
no more marked indication of the
demand for golf courses of the highest
class in connection with resort activities,
than is shown by Mr. Plant's accom
plishment, who by the way, is also con
versant with its importance as the owner
of Bellair.
"The new links of the Rhode Island
Country Club which were opened for play
last August, have developed into a grand
course ; its particular charm some of the
features of the British seaside courses.
Many of the hazards are sand dunes
covered with bent grass, and there- is an
endless supply of seaside sand for bunk
ers. Water hazards add to the variety of
difficulties which lie in wait for the
player who gets off the beaten path. The
distance is sixty-four hundred yards and
the course is bound to be selected for
many important tournaments. The prob
lematic difficulties of construction here
were most interesting, among them con
trolling the tides which covered a con
siderable area of the land. A large lake
adjoining the Club house is much enjoyed
during both summer and winter, and a
vast beach at the front keeps one ever in
contact with the subtle influence of the
grand old ocean. TTrap shooting and
tennis are both made much of here.
"Other important work in hand and
completed recently includes new courses
at Kansas City, Mo., Glen Falls, N. Y.,
and Charlotte, N. C, and the remodeling
of courses at Rochester, N. Y., Glen
View Country Club, Chicago, Winchester
Mass. Country Club, Cohassett, Mass.
Country Club, Tedesco, Mass. Country
Club, Tatnuck Country Club at Worces
ter, Mass., and the important work which
we are always carrying out at my summer
club, the Essex County of Manchester,
where my connection is identical with
that. at. Pinehurst."
Send Her Violets !
"Send her violets ! " You'll find them
at their best now. 'Phone the Pine
hurst Greenhouse.