Popular Science Monthly 



669 



Playing Golf on the Roof 



THE already familiar 

 practice net of the golf 

 stores has been turned to 

 the use of finished players 

 by a Boston hotel. On the 

 roof has been set up the 

 usual sort of net into which 

 the player drives, but in- 

 stead of the canvas back 

 being merely to stop his ball 

 from flying off the roof, it is 

 painted to show what sort 

 of shot he made. On the 

 right are two sections, "low 

 slice" and "high slice," and 

 on the left two correspond- 

 ing sections, "low pull" and 

 "high pull." Numbers in- 

 dicate the distance that 

 would be gained by either, 

 and whether the ball would 

 go out of bounds before 

 stopping. The central panel 

 is dotted with numbers indicating 

 the lenght of drive which would ha\e 

 resulted on a normal course. \\'here\er 

 the ball strikes, the can\as shows the 

 value of the drive, as to distance and 

 direction. Below the charts is a space 

 two feet high marked "bunker." 



Francis Ouimet trying roof-garden golf on the top 

 of a Boston Hotel 



Sleep Outdoors in this Hotel 



THE fresh-air habit has at last been 

 recognized by a Boston hotel keep- 

 er, who, winter or summer, will let you 

 sleep on his roof under a tent, if you 

 have paid for a room down-stairs. Need- 

 less to say this hotel is becoming popular. 



The roof of a hotel on which patrons may sleep summer or wiiiii-r 



