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Spent Delightful
Winter AT Pinehurst

Winter AT PinehursI
1t has been the good fortune of my
wife and myself to spend winter al
Pinehurst, which in my opinion, all
things considered, is the finest win
ter resort in the South. Situated in
the sand hill country of North
Carolina, only days ride from New
York, which means you may leave
New York wrapt in furs and be play
ing golf in your shirt sleeves in the
morning. After travelling through
fourteen different countries, | can
truthfully say l do not know any
place where the general health is as
good as at Pinehurst. Some of the
oldest inhabitants told me they never
heard of a case of malaria; mosqui-
toes are not known there, or at least,
l judge so, as there are no screens in
the hotels and cottages. II there is
any stagnant water l have not seen
it, and | have covered many miles in
the vicinity of Pinehurst on my hunt
ing trips. The drinking water, which
comes from the sand hills, is abso-
lutely pure.
Pinehurst was started twenty
twenty years ago by the late Mr.. j.
w. Tufts, father of Leonard Tufts,
the present owner. The tract con-
tains about 1000 acres, most of
which is in pine woods and fine
farms. The village of Pinehurst,
which, judging from the winter
population, might well be called a
city, is laid out in winding paths and
drive-ways, all of which are planted
in flowers, trees and shrubbery. Each
year Mr.. Tufts spends a fortune in
beautifying Pinehurst.
When l was travelling with the
Wild West show l was often asked
when we slept. I always replied that
we did our sleeping in winter, when
the show was not running. l think
both Mr.. Tufts and his able mana
ger, Mr.. Mcqueen, must do their
sleeping in summer, for if they have
done any this winter no one knows
when they did it.
There are five hotels at Pinehurst,
all we'll managed. Every one of them
has been filled to more than
capacity the past winter. The Caro-
lima, where we were located, is with
out doubt the best in the South. With
ii SdpdStts VI h' II hdo
been filled all winter So great was
the demand for accommodations that
the end of each hall was curtained off
and turned into temporary sleeping
rooms Cots were placed in the bill
lard rooms many nights and the
schoolhouse was also turned into
sleeping quarters. No attention was
paid to kilograms sent to request
hn hoh
The people came just the same, un-
til there was not a vacant room of
any kind in Pinehurst. And right
here let me tell you a few of the
many things that make Pinehurst so
popular.
Fine golf course, tennis grounds.
gun club, with pistol and rifle range
for ladies. and quail shooting, to all
of which Mr.. Tufts had just added
half-mile race track, where trotting,
running, and high jumping contests
are held every week. In fact, there
is something doing every day to
keep the people out of doors, and, as
the aFefage temperature for the win
ter months is about fifty-two de-
grees, few, if any, remain indoors.
The Carolina, as well as all other
hotels here, employs only white help.
This is true of nearly all first-class
hotels in the South. To see the hum
dred or more mattresses in their pret
ty uniforms at the Carolina every
morning is enough to make a sick
man want mince pie for breakfast.
The manager, Mr.. H. w. Preist, who
also manages the Wentworth Hotel,
at Portsmouth, N. H, in summer, is
a fine hotel manager. No guests ev-
er leave the Carolina that Mr.. and
Mrs. Preist are not at the hotel to
wish them goodbye and Good speed.
In all the rush this winter, l have
never seen a clerk or any other en-
ploye get out of patience, and I know
many times the conditions were very
trying.
One thing in particular that Mr..
Tufts may well feel proud of-the
Pinehurst dairy-which supplies the
village with cream and milk. l have
seen dairies many times in my trav-
els, but l have never seen a finer or
more sanitary one than the one at
Pinehurst.
A favorite past-time there is horse
back riding. The stable contains
about forty saddle horses, all well
kept. There have been a great many
grand riders here during the winter,
but none better than Mrs. Tufts and
her daughter. To see them going
across country on their thorough
breds was a sight we'll worth seeing.
About six miles from Pinehurst is a
little town of Pine Bluff. If it were
not for the fine canoing on the Lum-
bee river, doubt if Pine Bluff would
have been put on the map. Starting
from there one morning, accompani-
ed by Master Albert Tufts, we had a
delightful trip of seventy miles
through the widest and most pic
turesque part of North Carolina
This river has current of about sin
miles an hour, and more crooks and
bends than any river | have evel
seen AS Master Albert says, | woult
hate to be running an automobile OF
a road like this. On this trip we
saw any number of wild hogs anC
wild turkeys; also a few otters. A:
the river for miles has nothing bu
cypress swamps, on account of thu