The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

W /lilTE SULPHUR SPRINGS. w
M Va, Dec. 22.-The most IA
" nous OF American spas with
the opening OF the New Green
''r Hotel in September started on it's
ID in" year round career with record
breaking fall season and bids fair ia
''i'rse The fall record with the winter sea-
ON Just beginning. White sulphur
springs. ON the main line Of the Chesa-
lake and ohio Railway in the heart OF
he Alleshanles. is far enough south to
rscape the more severe rigors OF winter
i"lf tennis, riding, driving. motoring.
sAootius and hunting are some OF the di-
t"fslons offered to the visitor here. but
White sulphur Springs. which Is the old
t resort In America. is primarily "A cure
nd health resort.
Since 1877. when early settlers learned
rom III" Indians that the waters of the
.iinous sprin-s possessed curative prop
Ties for hose suffering with rheumat ism
md govt. White sulphur has been famed
= "A fashionable cure. There are accom-
inodations FOR thousand people in the
No hotels. the New Gr.enlier and the
White. and nearly "A hundred hotel cot
yes which are available for long or
hort term leases at any time OF the year.
outside OF the 1000 acre estate Of the
'hite sulphur Springs Company within
'adius ~ twenty miles are scattered n
lumber Of attractive estates owned and
'cupied the greater part of the year by
continent members of New York, Phila-
lphia. Washington and Richmond So
ty. The private park ~ the company
fenced in on all sides and two massive
nirance gates OF wrought iron with their
't'ndant gate keepers remind the casual
Sitor of a vast ENGLISH estate and AFFORD
.l the same eXclusiveness.
IN the winter season the Greenbrier.
hch is On the European plan. Is run in
Iunccton with the White, which accom-
'odltcs the overflow. In the spring
hen the throng OF visitors begins 10 ar
ve from Aiken. Augusta. ST. Augustine.
'tlm Beach. Miami and Havana the two
tells and the majority ~ the cottages
N h. open.
ror he devotee Of golf and tennis there
he freenbrier Golf Club and the casino
he golf club a short distance from the
lei and adjoining the famous spring.
a an eighteen hole course OF over 5000
trds. In order to accommodate the
nall army OF players here in the height
the season. work was commenced some
ne ago 10y Seth J. Rayner Of South
upton under the direction OF G. u. Mac
,nald. who laid out the National Piping
;ock and other we'll known courses on a
eighteen hole course. The new
lurse like the present one starts in AT
f" clubhouse but runs in an opposite d
.ction, in the rolling valleys between
reenbrler Mountain and Lovers Leap
II. and will be ready In the early spring.
eck Simpson OF Stonehaven. Scotland
the professional in charge
Five tennis courts at the casino In
mt OF the Kurhaus are in constant use
the throng OF tennis players who
-ually arrange subscription and invita-
IA tournaments. In addition to the
,ual fail. winter and spring events OF
Ic Greenbrier Tennis Club for the Green
Ter, Valley View and White sulphur
Fps The casino and the tennis are under
'r direction OF William Ganley OF the
.acquct and Tennis Club. Boston, and the
sex club OF Manchester
For the horseback rider there are Ken
ky thoroughbred horses that have
cry gait on the splendid dirt roads to be
'und all around the resort and are
lally sure footed on the mountain trails
III which the ranges abound for n radius
thirty or forty miles Hunters and
'inpers are, at the disposal Of the fol-
'wer Of the hounds. who will md kindred
n.rits in the membership of the Green
Ter Hunt Club. OF which Lawrence Dick.
IN is NJ. +. II. For the winter season an