UTIDDOltC I VOL. XIX, NO. 12 SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1916 FIVE CENTS SPRING TOURHAHEHT Biggest Golf Tournament Eyer Held Opened at Country Club Monday Philip Carter of Kanau a Ex pected Distances all Competitors PHILIP CARTER came back from Elbe and again took command of the situa tion Monday last. The Largest golf tourna ment that has ever been held in the world started at the Country Club that day with 267 entries, a fair field and no favor. It was the opening of the qualification round of the Sfping Tourna ment. Two days of medal play,' thirty six holes, were on the cards. The first eighteen holes told the story of the medal. It was a raw day for Pinehurst, and the scores all reflected the chilL But nevertheless Carter returned a 76 on the number two course, playing with E. C. Beall of Uniontown, the win ner of the medal in the Valentine Tour nament. Beall was not up to his game, and had to be content with ninety that day. Charles Skehens of Woods Hole, who has been regarded as a possible dan ger to the champion was second best that first day with an 84. Carter dropped to eighty the second eighteen and Beall duplicated the performance, recovering from sixteenth to 4th place. Carter's total winning score was 156. d. P. Merriman of Waterbury beat Charles Skehens out for second place on the two days' play, with an 86 and an 82, a total of 168 against Skehens' 169. Considering the size of the field, and the veterans in the lists, there were amazingly few low scores. There were only eleven to average ninety or better for the two day's play. There was a spirited competition at the end of the first division to see whether Spencer Waters of Apawamis or J. D. Armstrong from Buffalo should have to drop to the second class. These two tied on the thirty-six holes at 184 apiece; Armstrong 89 95, Waters 9490. They played it off and Waters won, leaving Armstrong heading the second division. The play was on both number two and number three courses. The courses have been remodelled and rebunkered in many places by Donald Boss since last year, and not only require better golf to make the score but as scientific a game as is called for on any course in the country. This makes it all the more noteworthy that Carter's score this year is seven strokes better than that made last year by the veteran Travis. THE SUMMARY FIRST SIXTEEN Philip Carter, Nassau 76 80 156 B. P. Merriman, Waterbury 86 82168 Chas. Skehens, Woods Hole 84 85169 E. C. Beall, Uniontown 90 80170 H. C. Fownes, Oakmont 86 90176 H. H. Will, Onondaga 88 89177 C. L. Becker, Woodland 85 92177 W. E. Truesdell, Fox Hills 88 90178 Austin Sands, Newport 89 90179 L. E. Will, Onondaga 91 88179 T. B. Boyd, St. Louis 92 88180 Irving Bobeson, Rochester 86 95 181 THIRD SIXTEEN W. M. Ailing, Plainfield 94 97191 J. L. Wellen, St. Catherines 93 98191 C. H. Williams, Hackensack 95 96 191 E. D. McCabe, Brooklyn 96 96192 G. T. Dunlap, Canoe Brook 95 97192 G. T. Dunlap, Fox Hills 95 97192 J. W. Howell, Baltusrol 96 97193 W. F. Brooks, Minneapolis 99 .94193 D. Parson, Youngstown 102 92 419 Lester Howard, Portsmouth 95 99 194 W. H. Nichols, Piping Rock 98 96 194 A. W. Ford, Binghampton 97 98195 J. A. Barnes, Wellesley 92 103 195 R. H. Hunt, Worcester 100 9 196 C. B. Hudson, North Fork 95 101196 F. W. Stevens, Baltusrol 105 93198 FOURTH SIXTEEN William Jarvie, Boss Rock 198 R. J. Baldwin, Springfield 198 A. L. Carr, Bellevue 199 George Orvis, Ekwanok 199 GOOD H0RSEIIAI1SHIP Wanamaker and Folly Ride to Ylctory An Am Deo aad lied &s Bbaro the Parses fa the Wednes day Races If P. . . i . 12 4 1 ST " . ' t mm vV-l-I 1 -V .V -. r'. RODMAN WANA MAKER WINNING THE PINEHURST STEPLE CHASE Malcolm McGregor, Detroit 91 91182 Paul Starrett, Baltusrol 89 94182 T. A. Kelley, So. Pines 89 94183 Spencer Waters, Apawamis 94 90 184 SECOND SIXTEEN J. D. Armstrong, Buffalo 89 95184 Richard Mott, Huntingdon 94 91185 R.C.Shannon, 2d, Brockport 91 94185 P. A. Proal, Deal 96 89185 G. E. Atherton, Aronimink 93 93186 T. A. Cheatham, Pittsburgh 93 94187 J. H. Clapp, Chevy Chase 94 93187 C. S. McDonald, Lambton 92 96188 E. H. Jones, Detroit 93 95188 W. S. Van Clief, Richmond 93 95188 J.G.Nicholson, New Bedford 93 96189 P. S. McLaughlin, Scarsdale 96 93189 J. E. Jacobs, Wollaston 90 100190 Dr. J. S. Brown, Mohtclair 92 98190 SA.Hennessee, Cooperstown 94 96 190 Franklin Gates, Hoffman 92 99191 F. P. Lee, Framingham C. I. Aaron, Westmoreland James McLaughlin, Yountakah W.. L. Milliken, Hyannisport P. A. McDonald W. S. L. Hawkins, Springfield W. C. Breed, Knollwood P. E. Heller, New York C. H. Lay, Wanango H. E. Bradford, Waterbury J. P. Bowman, Rochester J. R. Hardin, Baltusrol FIFTH SIXTEEN J. D. C. Rumsey, Brooklyn II. O. Wiegand, Highland H. F. Lesh, Brae Burn C. R. Corwin, Brae Burn C. L. Farrell, Essex E. L. Scofield, Wee Burn M. B. Johnson (Continued on page thirteen) 199 200 200 200 200 201 201 201 201 202 202 202 202! 202 203 203 203 203 203 r?j THE white railings of the race course, glisten ing in the sun, were lined with carriages! and automobiles, piled high with an expectant throng when the two thirty trot was called at the trotting meet Wed nesday last. It was a thrilling spectacle, new to Pinehurst, suggestive of the Mea dowbrook on an Autumn day. The feature that appealed most to the gallery was the rivalry and the hot finish expected between Polly, owned and rid den by Rodman Wanamaker II, of South ern Pines and New York, and the darling of the Pinehurst stables, the thorough bred mare Miriel H., with Batchelor up. The entry included three other fast per formers, including Welch's Jay Bird that the week before had trimmed the light ning mare, and pushed the Wanamaker stable to its limit. The steeple chase this time was once and a half around the course and proved to be all that was anticipated. As the Pinehurst backers truly said Miriel H. galloped the whole course under double wraps and finished strong. But in spite of this Leonrad Tufts, president of the trotting association, was seen shorty afterwards adorning the beautiful Polly with a blue ribbon, and presenting a sil ver cup to a stripling whose riding has never been equalled in theso parts. Wanamaker won by a head in a furious finish, with honors equally divided be tween horse and rider. Next Wednesday they will run the full course twice, and Batchelor has sworn by the blood of his ancestors that the Pinehurst stable shall suffer loss no more, not even if he has to ride the Stirl ing mare against Tod Sloan himself. And may I be there to see. In the 2.30 trot for green horses Red Leo, owned by Tufts and driven by Thomas, outclasses the field and sprinted home with space and to spare. She ran with a running mate, and also distanced him, taking easy money. The much heralded Are Am Bee from the Pinehurst stables came up to speci (Concluded o ae fourteen)