As well as a miniature golf course for practice in pitching and putting in the precincts of the hotel, it is intended that there should also be first-class tennis courts and croquet lawns in the immediate vicinity for pastime in the summer; while the Laich Loch will provide opportunity for boating in the summer and for curling and skating in the winter. And in the out-of-door recreation the children will not be forgotten, because, in addition to other facilities for enjoyment, there will be grassy playgrounds and some Shetland ponies in a paddock immediately adjoining, which will provide them with healthy amusement.

But the great attraction in the realm of sport at Gleneagles will be golf on "The Golf Course the Great in Scotland," the starting tees and home greens of which are within from three to five hundred yards of the front door of the hotel. But all do not play golf, and it is intended that visitors to the hotel amongst their other pastimes should enjoy walking with freedom in the pleasure grounds of the hotel, and for miles on the outskirts of and between the golf courses - "unbeaten tracks and bridle paths" over virgin grounds of finely undulating character typically Highland with bracken and broom and whin and heather, and from the heights of which splendid views of the dens and Bens can be obtained without the irksome feeling attaching to trespass, because, as has been said, more than 500 acres of land have been acquired.

Scotland is par excellence the land of golfing, and fishing and shooting, and in respect of beautiful scenery and excellent roads it is unsurpassed as a country for motoring, Gleneagles Hotel will be in the very middle of it. There are many different 100 miles return motor runs through country of vividly storied interest and natural charm. Northward and westward lie the passes and glens of the Grampians; eastward and northward, beyond the 1 air City of Perth, are the fertile valleys of the Carse of Gowrie, Birnam Wood, and Dunsinane Hill, and the romantic towns and villages of the Howe of Strathmore. Eastward, through the passes of the Ochils, is the "Kingdom of Fife" with its quaint old-world seaports, and westward, beyond Loch barn and Balquhidder, stretch Monteith and the Lennox to famous Loch Lomond, while southward there is Stirling itself the key to the north and the whole ancient battle ground of Scotland. And of an afternoon a different famous Scottish Loch may be visited every day in the week, because it will be easy to motor along roads which run tor miles in mountainous glens through muirs of heather to such Lochs as Loch Lomond, Loch Tay, Loch Earn, Loch Katrine, Loch Vennacher, Loch Voil and Loch Leven, all of which arc within a convenient motor car journey from the hotel. And in addition, such places as Crieff, Dunkeld, Aberteldy, Pitlochry, Callander and the Trossachs can be comfortably visited within a few hours; while St. Andrews and e\en Oban and Braemar can be reached by motor car from Glen-eagles, returning the same day. The facilities tor angling in the district arc also attractive, and at Glneagles the lover of the "gentle art" will find himself in the centre of .1 varied and fine fishing district. Besides the famous "Pond" at Carsebreck, on which the great Scottish Curling Bonspiels are held when there is frost and sufficient ice in the winter time, and the Upper and Lower Rhind Lochs at Braco, all of which are carefully stocked and preserved, and where good baskets of trout are the rule, there is the River Earn in the vicinity and also burns at Gleneagles and neighbourhood which provide opportunity for fishing. And within easy motor run through Glendevon lies the Queen of all the angling waters in the world, the far-famed Loch Leven itself, about 15 miles distant, while a little further north, in the neighbourhood of Perth, the well known River Tay salmon fishing is probably unequalled. These fishings will be at the disposal of visitors to the Gleneagles Hotel on moderate payment. And thousands of acres of the finest shooting ground in Scotland can be leased in the vicinity of the Hotel. Glenartney Deer Forest is distant about an hour's journey by motor car, and there are grouse moors in every direction. As has been indicated, grouse and other wild birds nest on the very golf course.

In a word, Gleneagles, situated as it is on the threshold of the Highlands in the very "he'rt o' Scotland," possesses everything that is desirable for the full enjoyment of free country life amidst surroundings, which, in respect of pleasing landscape and historic and romantic interest, are unsurpassed in Scotland.

It will be appreciated that the future still holds something in store, but the present has much to offer to all who, having the wisdom of the wise, make sure of enjoying the delights of golf at Gleneagles.