HILTON FIELD ADDITION

Through the repeated generosity of Mr. H. H. Hilton '90, who gave Hilton Field and the clubhouse which afford playing facilities for the Hanover Country Club, the golf grounds will shortly be increased by nearly fifty percent.

Mr. Hilton has made possible the purchase of land formerly owned by the late George Ray Wicker, lying east of the Vale of Tempe and giving access to the county road. Three new greens have been laid out on this land and will, it is hoped, be for playing soon after Commencement. This rearrangement of the golf links makes them probably the best links in New Hampshire. The old field was unduly congested. The fifty per cent "addition which is now possible gives six holes on the old territory and three on the new, and constitutes a course of between 2800 and 2900 yards, a length considered ample for nine holes.

A notable feature of the links is the big hazard across the Vale of Tempe, which has been cleared out at this point sufficiently well so that even if a ball does fall short between the two lips of the gap there may yet be hope of finding it. Various names for this hazard have been suggested by golf players who have tried it. Most of them, however, are of a somewhat fulminating character and are felt by the greens committee to be likely to scorch the grass.

As already stated, the new links will be open soon after Commencement and it is expected that they will shortly attain a wide reputation through the State.