The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-15

Sixteen couples participated and several
hundred people Witnessed the dancing
Mr. Herbert w Mason, of Boston,
| Mass. Harvard senior, and prominent
In college club and social circles. and
Miss Florence Durstine. of New York
city. who is a general favorite in the
younger set of New York social circles,
and Wellesley 0901) graduate, led
led through a series of figures that were
unique and varied, and which combined
the rare quality of providing entertain
ment for both participants and on-l look
ers Mr.. Mason was a finished leader
and Miss Durstine charming hostess.
Many exquisite toilettes were worn by
the women
The participants We're: Mr. Herbert w
Mason and Miss Florence Durstine; Mr.
]. S. Seabury and Miss Wigglesworth:
Mr.. ]. d. Barry and Mrs w. w. Walker:
Mr.. Fl. o. Curtis Davis and Miss Carew;
Mr.. e. b. Piper and Miss Smith: Mr.. j.
G. Thorpe and Mrs. NJ. A. Crockett: Mr.
r. H. Dana and Mrs. St John Smith: DR.
Montgomery A. Crockett and Mrs. Myra
d. Paterson; Mr.. p. H. Sawyer and Mrs
Sawyer; Mr.. l. c. Bates Dana and Mrs
Dana; Mr. M. G. Parshall and Mrs. c.
S. Horton; Mr. Herbert L. Jillson and
Miss Levett; Mr.. w. c. Chick and Miss
Priest; MIR. Charles Presbrey and Miss
Stackpole; Mr.. r. G. Reynolds and Miss
Doremus: Mr. Burrows McNair and Miss
Stanton.
The matrons OF the evening were Mrs.
Lee B. Durstine and Mrs. Frank Pres
brey, of New York city, and Mrs M. j.
Tabraham of New Ipswich, N II.
Mrs. j. Henry Hentz, Jr., and Mrs
George c. McNair. presided at the favor
table very graciously.
CARD PARTIES NUMEROUS.
Card parties are numerous and they
have now come to be regular features
at the various hotels. Manager +. B.
Kimball, of the Berkshire: Mr. Ormon
Rambo. of Philadelphia, and Mrs. S. e.
Stowe, of Grafton, Mass. were the win
rers at the weekly card party at The
Berkshire. Mrs. VIM. G. Bassett of
Northampton, Mass; Mrs. S. S. Tribou
of Baltimore, Md. Mr.. Howard c. Morse,
Of Boston, and Mr.. Chas. S. McQuinn, of
Boston, were winners at euchre party at
The Holly Inn. Miss Bessie Otis Hinck-
ley, of Chicago, and Mr.. E. Sumner, of
Newton, Mass, won the consultations.
PING-PONG REVIVED,
A Ping Pong tournament at The Caro-
lima recently, revived intere st in this
popular game. Mr.. Leroy r. Clarke of
New York city, and Miss Smith, of Port
land, Me-, were the prize winners. The
affair was arranged by Mr.. Roy S. Ours
tine and Miss Florence Durstine, of New
York city.
c. A. Lockwood of Brooklyn, was the
winner of the fifth shoot in the winters
stated program Of handicap trap shoot
ing fixtures, fifty singles and twenty dou-
bic targets, for the Leonard Tufts cup.
Mr. Lockwood had a handicap allowance
of twelve birds, and out of these he Sc
cured ten, making his total score sixty
five out of possible seventy. Arthur
c. Ketcham, of Manhattan, who had
handicap allowance of eighteen birds, was
second with total of sixtyfour. G. H.
Stanley, of Cleveland, O., and A. e,
Lard, of ST. Joseph, Mo, scratch men,
scored sixty-two and sixty, respectively.
The golf features of the week were
mems eighteen hole, open medal play
handicap event. for The Berkshire cup.
similar event 70 women, for the Leonard
Tufts cup, offered for the best net and
best gross scores. There were sixty par
t'cipants.
DR.. t. ]. King of Boston. Mass, who
had a handicap of twenty-five, won the
mems event, with a net score of seventy
three. Mrs Myra D. Paterson, of New
York city who played from scratch. won
the gross score cup in the women's
event. with ninety-eight.
Mrs. c. P. Fay, of Chicopee Falls. Mass,
who had a handicap of thirty, won the
net score cup, with eighty three.
The scores of the first sixteen in the
mems event were as follows: King (25),
49, Bailey t1S). IA Fuller (10), 10; Keith
cd, 70: Wilcox C5), 10; Piper (20), so;
ParshaIl (1O) so; North C6), 81; Lard
d2), 81. Chas. Presbrey t20), 50; Baird
(27. IS; Steele (20), So Howard 600,
SO; Gildersleve (2S), SO; Reynolds (5) SO;
Chick (9). SO; w. H. Cady 12), SO.
Other scores in the women's event
were: Miss Bushnell (25). SO; Miss e.
Check (30), 9s: Miss Crary (2O), 1o8;
Mrs. Smith (15l, 100; Miss Bradbury 0O),
1O2; Mrs. Sill 900, 1o7.
NEW COURSE RECORD-
f. c. Reynolds, Of Orange, N. J., broke
the amateur record for the course rec
ord for the course Monday with a score
of u.s. SO out ~ in. The best previous
record was rs, made last year, by G. H.
Bartlett, of Springfield, Mass.
THE BIG TOURNAMENT.
The United North and South Open
Championship Tournament at Pinehurst,
N, c., March Is, 80 and 81, is being looked
forward to by golfers everywhere with
unusual interest. for it is now regarded
as the golf event of the winter, drawing
field which includes many of the best
amateurs in the country.
Play begins Saturday morning. March
eSth. ana continues through Tuesday.
There are open championship events for
| both men and women, and eight magnif-
cent sterling silver trophies are offered
! as prizes
The affair is in the hands of COM
mittee composed of A. c. Ketcham, /.
Bates, Dona and =. A. Freeman, of New
York city