FIFTH RECORD. 
THE CARTER SYSTEM IN FRANCE. 
Owing to the semi-tropical climate, all putting greens in Southern Europe were destroyed and 
remade every season, until Carters proved at Nice that permanent greens could be made that 
would stand the heat of the summer. 
THE ABOVE IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FIRST PUTTING GREEN TO STAND THROUGH THE 
SUMMER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. 
It was sown with Carters “ Riviera ” Mixture, September 23rd, 1908, and photographed on 
November 25th, 1909. 
The Grand Continental Hotel, Rome, 
J. R. Hay Gordon, Esq. 7th April, 1911. 
Dear Sir, 
We, the undersigned, desire to tender to the Committee of the Nice Golf Club and yourself our sincere thanks for the kindness and 
hospitality shown to us during our recent visit, a visit we thoroughly enjoyed. Three of us visiting the links again after an absence of four 
years, and reviewing the great progress that they have made, we were specially struck with the excellence of the greens. We should like 
to say that the putting greens you possess reflect the highest credit on those responsible for them. The turf upon them is firmly knit, 
uniformly good, and of splendid texture ; in fact, it is rarely that one has the pleasure of putting over a better or more true surface. 
(Signed) JAMES BRAID, A. MASSY, J. H. TAYLOR, J. G. SHERLOCK. 
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