The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-21
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with the fascinating brightness and exhilars
tion of our autumna al weather, II IL hardly reason
able 10 expect that those who have homes ~
piete with comfort and luxury in the countrl
should be willing 10 come back TO town. What
after all has big city 10 offer, chat ming Ne q
may be to those who lack out-of-door tastes
that can compare with Long Islands exciting
hunts. Tuxedos sailing. golf and cycling con.
tests, weetchester's endless succession Of driv
ing. riding, aud shooting parties, or the induce
ments offered by food and feld ct the Hudsonf
stately homes, 20 live In - the open" and lay NJ
a stock Of health and vitality Of which futnn
generations will feel the benentf
Scarcely another city in the world offers tn,
suburban attractions OF ours Londoners, II h
true, have the Thames, the toy river, which b
40 beautiful Of q summer day with It's barge,
and launches, Its eayly dressed house boats
and its little canoes and rowboats darting 10
and out among the bigger craft. But mist
that often approaches yellow fog. hangs owe,
its locks aud reaches" when September \
past, which even the lofty heights OF Clleveden
fail 10 escape and there Is no country club near
by at which pleasure seekers may stop find
company, and be refreshed
indeed. those delightful organizations known
no country clubs are quite American In theii
scope and intention. England has its hunting
clubs, which are world-famous, and its great
ancestral country seats, or places" as they are
generally called, from which the owner some
times takes his name, and which at any rate
distinguish him from all others Of the same or Of
varying standing and position, and where the
exclusive parties assembled have their sports
and pastimes quite to themselves, and neither
money, beauty nor influence can effect an open
sesame. The country club as we have It here ID
as unknown in England as II Is among the
chateaux and forests of France.
The runs with the Meadowbrook hounds
which occur every Tuesday, Thursday. and Sat
urday, have been more exciting than usual this
year. The sixteen hounds recently imported
from England by Frank Griswold are In use,
and the master and whip are generally mounted
on the two thoroughbreds Irishman and Cum
mock. The attendance has been unusually large
and the lady riders more numerous than they
have been for several seasons.
On Thursday, Mrs. James l.. Kernochan, who
rode the hunter Retrbution, covered herself
with glory, and was pretty n sight rs was
ever seen In hunting field. skmming as she
did over fences and bitches without q halt or
stumble, and coming In FIRST at the finish. The
ladies who followed were many of them on
horseback, and many driving T carts, spider
phaetons, and other fast-song traps and with
Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Ken
nedy, Mrs. Charles Carroll, and Mrs. Sidney
Dillon Ripley forming Q galaxy Of open-air
beauties Of which Long Island might well be
proud. Among the new members Of the club
who have not been seen at the meets until this
year are Miss Roby and Miss Claire okic.
Tho Rockaway Hunt Club opened Its new
house with bali on Thursday evening. at which
were present all the leading people of Rocka-
wav. Lawrence, and Cedarhurst. The new club
house Is Improvement upon the first one,
which was destroyed by fire year or two since,
-
construction. The present building is in the
colonial style. and Is ornamental in It's exterior
well as tastefully decorated and furnished
within. The paintings, water colors, and pho
tographs which adorn the walls of the principal
rooms were special objects OF interest. Among
the company assembled were Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander II. Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs. Foxhall
Keene, the Louis Nelson's Egerton l.. Win
throps. Mr.. and Mrs. John Z. Cowdin. Mr. and
Mrs. Middleton Burrill, Baron and Baroness
de Wardener, Mr.. Eben Stevens. Mr.. Richard
Ladenburg. and Mr.. Stuyvesant Pilot. Pros
perity and long life TO the club, which was the
pioneer in Long Islands hunting fields, was
proposed and received with enthusiasm by all
that were present on the occasion.
The wedding of Mr.. Charles Heckscher and
Miss Thebaud at Morristown on Tuesday was q
small but by no means dull affair. The Heck
scher family have been landowners and resi-
dents In Orange for so many years that they
have come to be identified with Jersey, and
Charlie" the youngest Of the family Is rs
popular any man In the State. Mr.. Leonard
Jacob who was hest man. 1, not descient IN
huar,tv and GOOD sn,rits whom occas,on call.
for their d,.,lav and IN. wedding NJ which
fo,v hesid.s relatives were nre.ent vas as io,,v
as Il conld nos,iblv he. Mr. and Mrs Heckscher
will spend the winter in Florida. where Mr..
Heckscher has been for many years n grower ~
oranges and on their return will occupv n cot
taee Mt West Hampton presented to them a. n
wedding Gift by Mr. Thebaud.
The marriag. which took nl.cs v.s,srd.v a,
&C. Chnroh y, Ma ~ $3.50, - ~
Howard Townsend was also a quiet affair, and
the guests at the breakfast given by Major and
Miss Philip Schuyler, at their residence ON
Washington square, wete limited TO members OF
their own and Mr.. Townsend,s large family
Good ,visba. %. .nd ,n,.ro., a.