St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-08-18
MOUNTAIN VIEW
COUNTRY CLUB

To many of those to whom Green's
boro has become a regular summer
home, as well as to such as each year
seek an ideal place for spending a
summer vacation, the golf and tennis
afforded by membership in the Noun
tain View Country club are decided
attractions. Organized under a def
mite constitution and given its pres
sent name in 1909, the golf club
dates it's existence to the summer of
1893. In this year a few golf en-
thusiasts, among whom were Prof
A. L. Wheeler, John F. Eliot, Benja-
min H. Sanborn, Dr. Gilman
Wheeler, George w. Morrow, Prof
Frank E. Woodruff, and Prof J. w.
Votey, laid out a nine-hole golf
course, renting portions of the pas
lures belonging to H. S. and A. e.
Tolman. A small frame building was
erected as a shelter and place for
leaving the golf bags. Prof Wheeler
was the first president, being succeed
ed by John F. Eliot and Benjamin
H. Sanborn, the last named having
acted as such since 1904. The pres
ent officers are Benjamin H Sanborn,
of Wellesley, Mass, president; Rev.
Charles F. Carter, of Hartford, Conn,
vice president, and Francis A. Bag
nall, of Adams, Mass, secretary and
treasurer.
In the early years of golf in
Greensboro, the cattle and the golf
ers shared the use of the grounds,
the cattle in the morning, the golfers
in the afternoon. The popularity of
the game so increased, however, that
beginning in 1905 the human de-
voices of the sport have taken pos
session of the links throughout the
day, and, the cows have continued
their browsing, on seeming intimate
friendship with those who have be-
come accustomed to drive their golf
balls over these moving animal
bunkers.
The club house has twice been en-
larged and is now well-appointed to |
meet the needs of a country club. In |
1908 the first of the tennis courts |
was built and last year the second
one. And now both tennis courts |
and golf course on any pleasant day
are crowded with players. Some so
families are represented on the mem
visitors who come attracted for a |
days pleasure on the links.
There are few courses anywhere
more beautifully located than these.
The view of lake and mountains,
sweeping from the lower ranges of |
the White Mountains in the south
east, around through the south and |
west to the Green Mountains, with |
Mount Mansfield plainly in sight due
west and sharp pointed Lowell
Mountain in the distance far to the
north over Caspian Lake, gives a pan
Drama which, with it's wonderful
cloud effects, is almost beyond de-
scription.
The matches with clubs of other
places prove a feature of the sum-
mer golf Contests with the Mont
pelier, Barre and st. Johnsbury clubs
are on the schedule each year Be
ginning in 1909, a Round Robin
has been held each year.
the three clubs in this triple-club
match being Montpelier, Barre and
Greensboro. The matches are held
successfully in the three places and
each team plays the other two teams.
The winning club is the one winning
the most points in the two matches
it plays The valuable silver cup,
first offered in 1909 to the club win
ming it three times, became the per-
property OF the Mountain
View club in 1913, having been won
by it's team in the years 1909, 1912
and 1913. The second cup was con-
tested for in 1914 at Barre, and this
year at Greensboro, each team sue
ceeding in winning the contest on it's
own links
The Mountain View Country club
numbers among its players repre-
sentative members of prominent
clubs from all over the country, and
Is naturally able to put up quite an
argument in inter-club contests. ]
Pleasant as is this feature of its club ]
ife, it's especial contribution to max |
ng Greensboro so attractive, is the I
'oyal good fellowship of the many 5
Who enjoy themselves in wholesome
sport under such charming conditions i
If nature and human nature. t