THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
weather, and, owing to the sandy
nature of the soil, rain may fall
for several days and the day that
the skies clear will leave the
ground almost as dry as before
the precipitation began. Then,
the management of Pinehurst,
seeing the interest in this game,
has constantly fostered this phase
of the establishment's activities
by every means in its power.
There are now four golf
courses at Pinehurst, three) of
which are eighteen-hole courses,
and the fourth of which is a nine
hole course being rapidly con
verted into the double length. The
first course is open at all times;
the next two courses must be ap
proached by reservation made be
forehand, the demand for these
playing grounds being so geat
that the management could not
allow an indiscriminate entrance
thereon. Drawings are made
nightly for the reservations of the
following day, and the schedule
so secured is posted in the lobbies
of all the hotels. These drawings
are most impartially secured so
that one may know that if he has
an inconvenient time for starting
he has not been singled out with
a dark sense of malice by the
management.
Golf is by no means, however,
the only form of outdoor diver
sion at Pinehurst. Riding is an
other means of exercise which
here numbers many devotees. A
good stable is kept and competent
attendants may be secured, either
for instruction or as. escorts for
long rides in the country around.
Drag hunts, fox hunts, ghym
khanas, and other "equestrian
events," to use the circus phrase,
are frequent throughout the "sea
son," and add much to the inter
est of this form of the establish
ment's activity.
The lover of tennis will find
good courts at Pinehurst, but the
general level of the play is not by
any means of the same high ex
cellence as will be found on the
golf links. The courts are sandy
and are rather hot. It would be
impossible to make Pinehurst a
Mecca for tennis enthusiasts as
it is for followers of golf. Happy
the man or place, however, that
is able to find excellence in one
direction !
Trap shooting is also one of the
major diversions afforded by the
Pinehurst management. One can
secure competent instruction at
the traps and women visitors fre
quently take advantage of the
chance to become adept in the
sport peculiarly associated with
the sterner sex.
The roads in the vicinity of
Pinehurst are good, though not
wide. They are acceptable, how
ever for motor travel, and there
are many rides near at hand that
are well worth taking. One may
go, for instance, to Fayetteville,
North Carolina, one of the old,
old towns with a historic back
ground. Or he may go to Che
raw, South Carolina, another pic
turesque survival of a long gone
generation.
A few words as to the tourna
ment with the strange name, the
Tin Whistle Tournament, may
not be amiss : The Tin Whistle
Club is a special organization of
old Pinehurst people drawn to
gether some years ago and main
tained with enthusiasm ever
since. It has weekly handicap
events and one annual tourna
ment. The number of members
is limited and possession of a Tin
Whistle membership is much
prized.
Back from the Front
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. McDonald
of Toronto are spending the Win
ter in the Mistletoe. They ex
pect their son to join them there
very soon after Christmas.
He has been serving the King
in the trenches in Flanders and
was blown up by a German mine
during an attack. He regained
consciousness in a hospital in
England. And although he has
recovered he will not be able to
go back to the front again. He
will receive a particularly hearty
welcome in the Sandhills.
Come and Join the Dance
There will be a holiday ball at
the Carolina both Saturday even
ing next and Christmas night.
Everybody in the Sandhills is
cordially invited, to come. Many
parties have been arranged from
the outlying plantations, and it is
expected that the dances will
prove as much of a community
party as they were last year.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ross
are at home in the Beech, which
has been renovated and repaired
into an entiely new edifice during
the Summer.
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