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Tii ©=port in Aiken is MM , i unis, played in only ten cities m the United State:, Gift of 400 Acres Makes and in less than 50 in the entire world Indoor tennis had its origin in France in 1212, but was not introduced into the "nited States until 1876. The Aiken Tennis club was organized in Aiken Into Sports Center 1903 and the present court was com pleted in 1936. Pierre Etchebaster. world©s champion, has been court ten- ! Hitchcock and Whitney Set Aside Tract in 1901 for nis instructor at the Aiken club for the last two seasons. When ha arrives Uolf, Polo and Horse Racing With Control in Hands as manager for his third season, na- tional handicap double court tennis , of Trustees. rriitches will be played, bringing to Aiken such players as Ogden Phipps. United States champion; James H. By McCLESKEY GARLYCH Van Alen and William Standing. With interest keener than in sev In the New York Herald Tribune eral yenrs. plans are being formed © lor the running of the tenth annual , amateur field trials of the Aiken Fit-Ul '• On a ridge surrounded by pine C. Grace. G. Macculloch Mil forests stands the city of Aiken, Eugene Trials association. Miss Claudm ; ler. Thpmas Hitchcock aiul Edmund Phelps. secretary of the Aiken asso- . dividing the Piedmont section from Rogers return to the club in 1938. ; HV should I mine to Aiken?" people often say to me. "I don©t the coastal plains, and on this P. elation, some years ago purchased he sees no worried brows. Homerun plantation, 12 miles from i ridge is a "sportsman©s paradise" with Within 200 feet of the Highland Park know one end of a horse from the other. ThereM be nothing for » world-famed climate. The fact that here, which is the scene of this sport hotel is the Highland Park golf course, ing event. The coxirse is in excep Aiken is 565 feet above sea level is for more than 25 years. This me to do." Never fear, you won©t have to hibernate in lonely splendour of wniril concern to those of the North operated tionally good condition for the spring j undulating course of 18 holes is one of meet and is well stocked with native i who come here to canter over miles the smoothest in the South for wom ;(" you aren©t of the horse world. You might even come to Aiken for of violet-scented bridle pnths. The birds. At the time of the run, quail I en and the average golfer. Walking will be liberated. The trials will be J fact that December 19, 1834, was the easy in sandy soil. The national no other reason than this -to meet spring half-way. Late rehruary and official birthday of the city is seldom is held during February and th event©, women©s invitation tournament is Pointers, of any breed 01 discussed by the nationally promi played over this coursn. include: March liring spring with all its bulbs and blossoms, and summer ar nent poio players who gather after age; amateur puppy stake, one yeai ; Drag Hunt Started In 1!MO. old and amateur derby, two years old an Aiken garden on a March a match on one of Aiken©s 16 polo The Aiken drag hunts were inaugu rive- with April. Nothing is lovelier than fields. rated by Thomas Hitchcock about anH over. One seek* not the oak under which Col. Theodore Roosevelt, after ft evening, with axaleas in all colour^ from pink to flame, mauve and 1900. when he selected Aiken as suit to Aiken, was asked his im rested the cortege of John C. Calhoun, able for foxhunting during the win visit «n route to the .grave, but ratruftr pression of the city, and replied: "It 1 -- © white wistaria, ami the Cherokee rose with its great white petals. The ter and ideal for conditioning of thor horses morning, noon and night." more anxiously inquires for the horses for the spring races, blooming dogwood, the flowering oughbred That is even more nearly true sinc-c woods are full of jasmine, red hud, laurel, and shiny magnolia with Having been one of the founders of the completion uf the Aiken mile peach and the Carolina honeysuckle L. that wafts its perfume over tennis Meadow Brook Hunt, at Westbury. trjck, Today one finds box stalls heif great exotic: flowers. courts and golf courses. I., as well as one of its early masters, as thick bfhmd cottages as garax«- Visitors rarely ask to read the orig he interested many of his fellow club (n suburban New York Or yon might come for the heunlifnl food: dove, quail, hot inal charter of the city, or inquire the members in coming here, and thus it Synonymous with Horses. location of the "Old Tory Trail." In has become the winter playground of The mile track was built by Dun- bread-, shrimp pie, and chicken. Or to bring up your young in un stead they stroll through the by the Long Island hunting and polo en bar W. Bostwick, who last year flout ways and saunter through the road thusiasts. Mr. Hitchcock assembled ed the tradition that it was bad busi forgettable surroundings. Or to ride through pine-shaded roads in ways that lead to the homes on the his private pack of hounds here, ness to let just any one drive < .hill. The visitor may not lack inter- i Wheji foxhunting was started in valuable trotter. In his enthusiasm buggies. Or to gel a preview of the tweed* that will later come North. est in historical research, but he is j Aiken the gray foxes were natives to to give his friends a taste of the to sec- swarm^ of black boy> standing outside the entrance of a first compelled to appreciate the nat ; the soil, but red foxes were brought fun he was havinR with his harnf1:^ ; Or ju-t ural beauty that surrounds him. 1 in and they did so well that in a horses. Mr. Boslwick often let rail- © during the dove-shooting season, hopefully expecting to be en Ancestral estates reflect Aiken©s be 7hort time they were «u> numerous as birds take the reins behind anv house, ginnings and many descendant! of the the grays. horse of hi* stnblp, including h© as beaters or loaders. While they wait, they sing or clog or, families still reside here. W ith the influx of Northern own favorite. Holly rood AuHr*n ', gaged In 1901 Thomas Hitchcock and the sportsmen, who brought their own Some of the older trainers shor>k belter yet, snonxc, either landing or sitting, but usually landing. late William C. Whitney gave to the 1 h*trM?s, foxhunting WHS displaced by (heir heads, but Hollyrood Audre City of Aiken about 400 acres of land thr drag hunt*. To many this *.nort, became one of the season©s ttar It K true that if you are a horse-lover, Aiken is a paradise. The gift included the Palmetto golf with fast packs of drag hound* tak winning the initial race at the mile track last spring and later carry©"3 links, the Whitney polo field and the ing the fences, was preferable. The There are all those famou* dirt roads to make riding and driving Whitney racetrack. It was placed in awav honors in th» Hambletonian first Master of Hounds was F. Am at Goshen. N. Y. Primo, the Bost ©
Tliim yar- atiu. thr \i-iinr to Aikcu Siiininer or vsinh-r. if one wanl> to FAMjJ&S ESTATES rampciJ in a n-nlril roltagc or ut a (id away, there are alwav- plaee» near- l«'jrclin^-l)nit~c, \nw ilwTf arc admit h>. CharliMon and Ileanfnrl are onK ninri\ hiMi-i-. Imilt or nitwlt'cni/ftl 1»\ one hninlreil and twenty mile- di-tant. winfi-r rf-iilfiii-. Tlir-i- lum-r* \ar> Savannah not mm-h nmre. \llanta ami of Old Aiken from iht- pillared dignity n{ ill*- OOP "Tara" finee (,nric with the ff(W tiiun to tht- nimanlir t'liann i»f (Iharlt- are ahout one hundred mile* away. The tuu "alU-rif* i»r \i-w Orkan- lialrotiii-. -irei.-h of land from Aiken in north of Inli'ritirs art- n«»t MI vari'-tl a- i'x!«-rii>r- < ihurlcMon i^ dotted with planlufi<'ii» Winter Colony Found thf Iryninji i- »i>nrrall) in KnjrlMi owned hy \ortherii 'pori-inen who i-liinl/c-. -purlin): print!-. and yn-ji have miMerted the rice and i-uttoii- AIKEN A valuable map of The area included in the map **>fu«. Imuriitlilv. Ihing-nmni'- an1 helds into diirk and quail pre-.erve-. Aiken©a Winter Colony as it was covers several square miles, and turj-c, ami dinin^-rnnin- not -it lurjrc - The life on the-e plantailnii IIIIK li at one of many famous estates, was re- shows the spacious grounds of the iiitlii'-iict-d tlif whole -< trial lifr of of the-e hi-|oric proper! ie- i- milv a rmtly presented to the Aiken estates, with adjoining stables, \ikrn. making li<>~filali(> ru-icr In di- ;>lea-ani day's trip from Aiken. During County Public Library by Mrs. training tracks and polo fields. In \n-ti-i- at Ica-linu- (lian a( turul-limr. the winter, you can motor In Charle- \\illis Irvin, formerly of Aiken the 1930©s there were 11 polo I Inn i- dinner- arc -malt and n-iiiill> ti»n and *-ee that romantic cil\ und conn- and now of Augusta, Ga. fields in the city. liinili-il itt -H- i, r cliiptt-.. and larjjr hark with an antique or a camellia The map was given in memory Among winter residents listed danrr- ..r formal ^Jlln-riii^- an- [irarij bll-ll. \\hile AJkell iv a little ci.nl fn| nf her husband, the late Willis are such famous names as Mr. • •all> unknown. Tin- -rrwml prultlriu all variHie. of this tieautiful Hower to Irvin, architect who designed and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, iia^ lirrti uimllu-r iinprrjinn-ni t» cnl*-r- thrive outdoor-, many uf them do \erv many of Aiken©s winter homes. founders of the Winter Colony; tainint! nn a lar^f -ral«- nm-t P-M- well. In Marvh. you'll want In inuke the Irvin drew the map himself in Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, philan Jfni- brinj; wily a white Ititiler <»r (rip l<> the purden- around Charli-lrm 1933, and illustrated it with typi thropist and noted race horse lad>'- rnurd uitli them and depend 1W to -ce the a/alea- in hhioin. cal Aiken sporting scenes, using owner; Eugene Grace, chairman ihf n--i i iti local N«-^ru >er \ani- vtlm Ka-ttT lirin^-i crowds nf >oiin^ peo AS his models prominent personali of the board of Bethlehem Steel (••line ties of that day. There arc scenes Russell Grace, of the steamship in by tlu- day. Kr-nlt llie a\er- ple down to Aiken for their vacation. of polo, drag hunts, the steeple lines; Col. Robert R. McCormick, Sf-'f dinner-narty cim-i-1- of atmni So deep i- the imprint of Aiken*- charm chase, trotting races, golf, and publisher of the Chicago Tribune; thai, when they fin Mi -diool ami col tennis. In the upper left-hand J osef Hofmann, noted Polish lege and marry, they *ant to mine corner Is Mrs. Joseph Wilshire pianist; Devereaux Milburn, polo with- ith i>4*s%i;K hack and »cfttc and have ihrir children with her famous ooaoh-and four. star; and Mrs. Sheffield Phelps Hn.w tl]i in (he \iken lliey lovf -n well. _. . , . «f~ The cxodn- l)t'(jin- April l.~>, and In .M:MI U.KK I.. I'\HM)\- who founded the Garden Clubf Max !."», wliefl tile '•rllM.t)- clti-r. \ikfll of South Carolina. ' .-el ()e- i Into n Ii> (lie loriy -IIHIIIHT limn ill- Their various "cottages", which id heal and >\n-\ ami rtnriMiir- of lln- sometimes ran to 20 or 30 rooms prci-pi-rity «d the moil winter. The na are located on the map. The; tive of Aiken j* alway* riptinii-lir that \AIKEN IS hoar such fanciful names as the next .-eaton t* iLtiiti)!. In he lii^trer Prickly Pear, Mousetrap, Scanty and Iw-tter than ever. IVrhap<- it i- thi- Shanty, Calico Cottage, Horse- |»ni(rri--»jve pride mi (In- part nf hnlli H-Bomb Plant Disrupts haven, Cocktail Cottage, Tea Tray, native and winter rr»jd<-nl- that a< - and Rye Patch. Crninl- fur \iken"- enntitllied *in-«-e^- William C. Whitney©s home, rJnring the pa-t -ixiv \ear*. Kadi >*-ar ©built in 3890, hears an address brinti- a (pnila «.f -iew life and |I|«KM|. Life At Winter Resort that has become world famous; anil earlt >ear hnni:- hark m«i>i of the By ALDERMAN DUNCAN Joy Cottage at the comer of nld quota. Il iw -urpri-iny from how AIKEN, S. C. W» Will the billion-dollar H-bomb materials plant [Whiskey Road and Easy Street. -c fr mam different loialilit-^ [lie hnmr own inear here spell the doom of Aiken as one of the South©s foremost 1 In a brief presentation ceremony er- hail . . . tmt uriK from New ^ .,rk [and most colorful winter playgrounds? | held at the library, P. F. Hcndcr- and Hi.-tnn. hut frmn W a-hinylon. question !son. prominent Aiken attorney and That©i a of some con- historian, recounted events lead lj iil-l>iir^h, (Jiii'ajjn, Canada, and Kn- [cern among the many residents horseback area. Now it is the main gland Aiken life appeal- enoniKiii-ly ». K -* ; * .* li. *-« tK- rcute to the bomb plant and dan- ing to the founding of Aiken and In the HrihVh. There i- noihinj: eiinfin- who benefit financially from the i rou8 fer ^r^ a* d ridofs dur. the establishment of the Winter in^ nr narrow ahuul the Aiken ru|nri>. [annual resort business. jjng the morning and afternoon Colony. He mentioned three maps provided one da- varied inti-re-l- arrd Famous for polo and riding to|rush hours. that have played an important role in the rare- enough to riite -everal hohhit-. (hounds, Aiken suddenly has found; An old fancy grocery business! city©s history the last of To the native hnrn Aikenite. nil oui- itself the capita] of the H-bomb that catered to the bulk of thel th£se being the Irvin map. -ider- are "Northerner-," hut iitit country. The Atomic Energy Com-:winter trade no longer is in exis-l Mrs. Irvin then presented the "Daiiineil Vunkee-i," and the |£