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July 8, 1927 WILMETTE LIFE 17 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 'North Shore Golf Clubs lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. l lllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Indian Hill Club Digs Name Out of Redskin Trail Golf Course Is Real Test for Players Club Formed in 1912 First Called .Winnetka Country Club·Tennis, Riding Featured .. I Thia ia the aixth article of a aeries cleacribinc the fine golf clubs in the North Shore district. There is much of interest to all colfers in the stories of these clubs, which rank .w ith the greatest in the country. Indian Hill is a fine example of the club which makes life more enjoyable for those who are fortunate enough to be members. The article herewith presented tells the story of Indian Hill. By RAY C. PEARSON W HEN on~ "digs around" at the Indian Hill cluh to g-lean informatipn for a story ahout that fine north shore club, the net result is a fund rich in interest. It is "a story"-a story in which unusual twists intertwine with the .ordinary events in the life of any club organization; a story of a club which got away to a flying start and followed a pace which grew swifter and ~wi fter as the years sped on. Lets go back to a day in 1912. That was the day when a sma11 group of Winnetka tnen took the ~teps that "tnade" the Indian Hill of today. In this group were Douglas Smith, Judge Thomas Taylor, Willoughby Walling, W. B. Mcllvane and others. They agreed that the best way to start operations vwuld be to form a syndicate to purchase the land for a golf course. The syndicate was quickly formed. The start was made. THE PICTURES: Indian Hill clubboost (top) -Mrs. Austin Pudut. ranking woman star (lower right)Jot McMorran. professional ( instt). happened that in 1915 the members decided to change the name of the club. They Yoted on whether to retain the name under which the club had been incorporated or to change to Indian Hill. It was decided that Indian Hill "·as the more distinctive name, and that was the choi-ce of the members. so it has been that ever since and probably always will he. Club of Many Sports \Vhen the ne"· name was taken, howeyer. it was not called a country riuh. Neither is it called a golf club. Correctly it is the "Indian Hill club." Tust whv it is that is not hard to un~lerstand. While golf is greatest in importance at Indian Hill, the · club goes in for other sports extensively. For in stance tennis is given a big play, the members and their families enjoy the henefits of a riding academy and in the winter skating and tobogganing pro,·ide healthful pleasure. . It is an all year around club. · Tf am·one thit;k~· that Indian Hill g-olf roursc is easy, that person may olav it and be convinced of his error. Th~ course measures 6,420 yards and · most of the play is throug-h trees which mak<'s it difficult. And of course there ·are traps, ponds and other difficulties which serve to hold a plaver's mind on the business at hand. gave the \Vinnetka Country dub a fine not the inferential sort oi the opening start. And how it has grown in thir- paragraph of this story. teen yean;! · The new name of Indian Hill was Name Is Changed dug out of the ground. Someone. we The cluh was a success right from do not know who it was. discovered the start. But the next year there was that the old Indian trail ran through another important step taken, a step the golf cluh grounds. This was veriwhich caused a change of name and fied when exca\'ators, while working the selection was the indirect result of on the ninth green found some old arsome "digging around"; real digging, row heads and hatchet heads. So it Called Winnetka C. C. But these men were conservative. They "saw" the future, hut they didn't ~o on a wild buying spree. They selected the ground they wanted to th~ west and south of Winnetka. Gradually the holdings were increased and when January 29. 1914, arrived, the dub was ready to become a "going institution." Incorporation papers were taken out. but not in the name of Indian Hill. The club was incorporated as the \Vinnetka Country club. The clubhouse had been built. the golf course was finished, the club became an established fact and then began the important bu$iness of liquidating the debt. The syndicate which had financed the project-friendly because of its interest-sold the land to the club at a smatl price, a price which yielded no profit. This arrangement Many Good players Par for the course is 72, and although it has been broken or equalled a few times. it is seldom that either memhers or guests have been able to do so. The club roster includes many good plavers. Francis Blossom is the club champion. He also is the low handicap player. Other good players are Lesti~ Gordon, Robert 0. Lord. G. M. (Continued on Page 21)