The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-02
GOLF ON ELECTION DAY.
MANY COMPETITIONS SET DOW
O DECISION,

The Navarro Property Purchased ~ a..
seabrirht Golf Club Results for IN.
Smith Cue at the Richmond County C,nn
Mixed Foursome at Westbrook TO-DAY.
Two new golf courses are to be opened on .,.o.
tion day. one at the Marine and Field Clph
Bath Beach, and the other at the Staten Island
Cricket ana Baseball Club. At the Marine ana
Field Club there will DO only informal PLAY. bu,
luncheon will be served after the inspection NJ
the links. At the Staten Island course at LlyIn,.
ston the events the 1rst semi-annual hAnd,co,
for tho valuable silver challenge CUP. which
must be won three times to become the proper,v
of the winner. There will also he medals for IN.
first, second. and third men. The club expec,,
a large entry. Among those already entered
are l.. b. Stoddart, @. f. Armstrong, Jan.,
Park, w. W. Lowery, J. r. Chadwick. w. X
Jewett. Charles T.. Slant, A. L. Paterson, w. q
Calender, #. Roberts. c. A. Fry, Malcolm
Graham. F. t. Short, r.. f. Robinson. O. Hock.
meyer. V. Hockmsyer, r. st. c. Walker, A. ".
Morriss, Austin p. Kelley, c. Barton, Douglas
Bonner. and Edward Beckett.
Other election day golfng events include ,
bogle competition at the New Brunswick Golf
Club. with the players divided into five cla,se,.
a mixed foursome at the Morris County Go,r
Club, in which no male can start who ha. failed
to yete, and n members handicap, at thirty.sr
holes, medal play. will be held at the Dyker
Meadow Golf Club. for n silver cup presented bv
Timothy l.. Woodruff. There will also be a
competition. with silver cups as the prizes, al
the Englewood Golf Club, and In the morning
Van Antwerp. A. I. Enos. and Lydecker viii
play off their tie in the MacKay Cup series.
There will also be competitions at Ardslev
Casino, Tuxedo Park. Essex County Country
Club. Richmond Hill Golf Club. Paterson
Golf Club and elsewhere. The most Important
contest. however. will DO for the John Reid gold
medal. representing the club cham ionship. a.
the ST. Andrews Golf Club. This trophy dates
back to days when tho only golfers In this coun-
try were the Apple Tree Gang" at the first ST.
Andrews course, in the meadows below Harry
Talmadge's house at Yonkers In 1880 It was
won by p. c. Myers; 1890. J. B. Upham: 1891,
DR.. Henry Mofrat: 1892. J. B.. upham; 1888,
George Hunter; 1894, D.. G. Henderson,; 1895,
w. II. Sands.
There will be n mixed foursome to-day at the
Westbrook Golf Club. The women expected TO
play include Mrs. w. Butler Duncan. Jr. Miss
Anna Sands. Mrs. C. +. Havemoyer. Mira. Tap
tournament last week was managed in excellene
style; The good form Of the home players was
H ihSi 1Lu IT, Tappip ens and d'I Kp.p n'' 9bo IRON rom. y ~
their native heath, the best game wa. put up By
9: T. Armstrong OF Richmond County and ST.
Andrews. II. r. Townsend, who won the
handicap, also played up to the top OF his game.
The play in the handicap was not very brilliant
for the lowest scratch score was ~.
The final rounds for the silver loving cup pre-.
scented by Arthur Smith were played al the
Richmond County Country Club on Saturday.
The competition began on Oct. IL. The condl-
tions were three rounds of eighteen holes,
medal play. the two contestants returning the
lowest net scores to DO declared the winner,
Tweuty-one turned the requisite number OF
cards, although nearly sixty started In the
match. John r. Chadwick. who. with Pater-
son, Park. and Armstrong. make up the =" Big
-Four" of the club. was the winner. The pr
best cards and the summary OF the other scores
follow: