This Week in Pinehurst, Feb. 25, 1920

From The Pinehurst Outlook, Feb. 25, 1920. To see a photograph of members of the Sand Hills Polo Club, go to http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068725/1920-02-25/ed-1/seq-5/.

The Week in Pinehurst

SIR HUGH CUNLIFFE-OWEN and Lady Cunliffe-Owen came down from Washington for the week end for a short rest and recreation and registered at The Carolina last Saturday morning. We apologize for the miserable weather which greeted our distinguished guests.

LADY GREEN-PRICE and her sister of Knighton, Wales, are registered at the Holly Inn for a two month’s stay.

MRS. STEEL will leave for Liverpool sometime this week. She is registered at the Berkshire.

QUINTON PREECE, son of Godfrey Preece, the well known polo professional of Westbury, L.I. (Long Island), sails for England on March 10^th to race in the June Derby against the Britishers. Quinton will ride the horses from the famous stables of Lord Rosebery. Quinton is only a youngster of 17. He started to ride when he was 12 years of age and is a remarkably good polo player as well as a jockey of experience.

THE WEEKLY DANCE party at the Holly Inn last Tuesday was well attended. Many of the cottage colony were among those to be found on the floor. Punch was served in the lobby during intermission.

MR. EATON from New York is becoming quite adept at polo. Mr. Eaton is also fond of hunting and is often to be found among Mrs. Spencer’s parties.

NOT SATISFIED with Thursday’s hunting, Mrs. Spencer and a party of 20, which included Miss O’Rourke, Miss Leath, Mr. and Mrs. Corwin, Mr. Horan, Mr. Rotain, Dr. Peters, Mrs. Esthers, Miss Lane, Mr. Eaton, Captain Bryan, Mr. Coffee and a few others, went out again Saturday morning. The party did not go very far into the woods on this trip. They met so many foxes, they could not decide which trail to hit first.

MISS O’ROURKE, it seems, never gets tired of riding. In the morning she usually goes hunting and in the afternoon, if it isn’t the race track, it’s the bridle paths, but ride she must.

DR. J.P. TUNIS entertained at dinner Rev. and Mrs. T.A. Cheatham and their daughter, Miss Elizabeth, at the Berkshire, on Friday.

HENRY W. WANNER of Syosett, L.I., and Roger Ward of Montreal, Canada, seem to be fond of tennis. Despite the bad weather conditions last week they were to be seen almost daily on the courts.

MRS. STUART BEEBE NORRIS of New York City has completely recovered from her illness of the past month. She feels the call of the golf links and is tempted by the echoes of that “jazz” band. Mrs. Norris will remain in Pinehurst until the end of the season.

MR. AND MRS. P.W. THOMSON and their son, Eric, of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, are here for a long stay, as guests at the Carolina.

WE ARE INFORMED that Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Tinker will not occupy the Morganton Cottage as expected. Mrs. Tinker, it is rumored, is not well and will not be able to visit Pinehurst at all this season. Mrs. P.C. Thomas of Rome, N.Y., has leased the cottage and will be ready to occupy it sometime this week. Mrs. Thomas is here accompanied by her daughter, Louise. Mr. Thomas will arrive early in March.

MR. AND MRS. JAS. P. ANDERSON of Philadelphia, Passenger Traffic Manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., was among the arrivals last week at the Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are expected to remain here for another two weeks.

MR. AND MRS. N.B. JONES are among those to register at the Holly Inn in the past week. Mrs. Jones will be remembered by many as Miss Cummings, the well known singer.

MRS. W.B. DEAN JR. of St. Louis arrived last week and is registered at the Carolina. She expects to stay here for some time.

AT THE GUN CLUB the Ladies’ Shooting Contest this past week was won by Mrs. A. Astire of New York with the remarkably good score of 145. This equals the record made by Mrs. Lawrence Barr some weeks ago. Price for second place went to Mrs. A.H. Corwin of East Orange, N.J., who hit the target for 142. Mrs. J.E. Lewis of Philadelphia won third prize with 139 points.

ALTHOUGH LT. MITCHELL has spent much of the week overhauling his airplane his passenger list is almost as large as usual. He has taken up Mr. J.C. Platt, Mr. I.E. Rushmore, Mr. E.J. Ridgway, Mr. M.H. Childs, Mr. A.G. Hannan, Mr. J.M. Simpson, all of New York City, Miss Eleanor C. Whiteley of Baltimore and her sister, Miss Mabel Whiteley, Miss Priscilla Kimball of Bath, Maine, Mr. J.O. Christian of Scranton, and Mrs. Dorothy B. Hunneman of Boston, Mass.

MR. F.H. POUCH of Brooklyn is amongst the new arrivals at the Holly Inn. He is accompanied by his two daughters, Janet and Muriel, and also by Miss G. Miller and Mr. Donald C. Alford, famous Princeton football player.

FEW OF THE COLONY who know Mr. Harold E. Porter, as a prolific writer of the most diverting sort of literature, think of him as an authority on Aerial Observation, a field in which he performed highly specialized service during the War. Mr. Porter revealed himself in this new role at the last meeting of the Pinehurst Forum, held on Sunday evening, February 15^th, at the Country Club, when he chose this subject for his talk. He pointed out that the publicity granted the romantic activities of the pursuit pilot has put into the shade, the business of the observer, whose work during the Great War was every whit as dangerous and, from a military standpoint, infinitely more important. Mr. Porter discussed in some detail the process of aerial regulation of artillery fire and modern methods of reconnaissance photography. The latter made it possible to bring operation maps up to date hourly, and furnished the most reliable means of learning the conditions and modifications of the enemy’s work, the result of bombardments, progress of an infantry attack, the location of hostile trench, field, and heavy artillery, and movements of men and material. The speaker cited as an example of the effectiveness of aerial photography the discovery of the super-guns employed by Boches for the bombardment of Paris.

The meeting was attended by about 75 members of the Colony.

MR. AND MRS. A.T. McDERMOTT are at the Carolina and promise to be with us for the next month. Mr. and Mrs. McDermott are very fond of horse back riding and a fox hunt is seldom started without these two representatives from Philadelphia being among the party.

ON TUESDAY PAST Mrs. George W. Towle of Boston, Mass., entertained seven at a dinner at the Berkshire. The party included Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Merrill of Boston, Mass, Mr. Charles B. Davis of Lexington, Mass., Miss Helen Davis, Lexington, Mass., Mrs. Fowler of Cambridge, Mass., and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Conant, Boston, Mass.

ON SATURDAY Mr. J.M. Robinson, Manager of the Berkshire Hotel, entertained at dinner Mr. and Mrs. George Jenks of Michigan, Mrs. Thersherd, also of Michigan, and Dr. R. Ward Taylor.

MISS ANNETTE DWYER of Detroit now seems to have full claim to being the best woman horse rider in Pinehurst. By breaking the record for the one-half mile eventy by 18 ¾ seconds at the Track last Wednesday, held by Mrs. L.F.F. Wanner of New York City, she can lay full claim to the title. The new record is 1 minute 13 2/5 seconds.

IN A MIXED FOURSOME Golf Tournament for Pinehurst Inn only, Mr. J.V. Healy and Mrs. E.C. Bliss won the gold medal for first prize, while Mr. W.E. Phillips and Mrs. C.W. Lockwood won second price.

MRS. E.C. BLISS added to her laurels by winning first prize in the Bridge Tournament held for ladies at the Pinehurst Inn. Mr. M.A. day won the prize for gentlemen.

MISS ESTHER TUFTS is very busy on the tennis courts these days. She and her dainty friend from Toronto, Miss “Billy” Buntin, are to be seen almost daily on the clay courts, practicing for the coming tourney. Miss Tufts, especially, is a very impressive player. She has a good swift serve and covers the court with the skill of a veteran. If Miss Tufts learns a little net play she will be hard to beat.

AT THE FIRST WEEKLY CARD PARTY held at the Holly Inn on Thursday night there were 11 tables of bridge. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. W.A. Magoon, Mrs. S.D. Conger, Mrs. W.J. McWinne, Mr. W.W. Waker, Mrs. T.L. Price, Mrs. A.P. Baxter, Mr. F.G. Butler, Mrs. C.A. Wright, Mrs. S. Jones Philipps, Mr. W.W. Windle and Dr. J.L. Paiste.

MR. AND MRS. T.B. BOYD were entertained at dinner on Tuesday at the Holly Inn by Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Truesdell.

MR. PILLING and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Phillips entertained at the Holly Inn on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Statzell and their niece and granddaughter, Mrs. M.M. Tenzler and Miss Adele Statzell. After dinner the party adjourned to the dancing.