The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-06
COR.
Knoiiweod Country CIub Agrees 20 Buy
~. AndreM,n RoEie Gup.

Hereafter the Knollwood Country Club will be
It's own landlord. A committe. consisting of
Messrs. Hartmann; Scwell, Reynal. Clark and
Bows. has been dick ering with Augustus 7.
Gillender. tho owner OF the property at Elms-
ford, for some weeks. The reported
to the members, at q meeting held at the house
OF Nathsniel c. Rcynal, 800 Madison avenue. on
Monday. recommending the purchase at sT5,-
900. The report was unanimously adopted.
The property includes about eighty acres, on
which is an eighteen hole golf course In the best
Of condition. we'll laid out walks and lawns. a
lake and a carriage drive. besides q three-story
clubhouse. stables. greenhouses and IA yege-
table garden.
The terms Of the purchase are that $50. 900 DO
paid In cash to Gillender and 500. 900 remain AS
n mortgage for ten years at 4 Der cent. IL was
also voted to issue 900 bonds Of the par value OF
500 each. redeeniablo In ten years. to bear 4
per cent. interest and to be secured by u second
mortgage. Three hundred Of the bonds are to
be sold TO the members Mt once. anu. Of the pro-
ceeds. $4,000 to DO paid on the property and
$40. 0OO expended in improvements. The latter
will include an addition to the clubhouse. in
which will be plunge baths and many new
lockers. One hundred and seventy Of the bonds
have been subscribed for.
A strong effort 10 to DO made to have the ANA
teur and open CHAMPIONSHIPS Of 1897 decided
At the knoiiwood Country Club. The organiza-
NlOn 10 hoW I'LL MI httltu III " u tIo ~
states Golf Association, but AT the next meeting
OF the Executive Committee II will be elected un
associate member, winch Will give to It's dele
gates th- right to vote At the annual meeting. at
which the championship Is nNed. The Knoll
wood property Is midway betw cen White fiains
and Elinsford. and the trolley line that conneets
the two railroads. the Northern and the har-
lem. passes the gates. The championship, It
was said at the meeting, lies between Knoll
wood aud the Chicago Goif Club.
Further business transacted OH Monday night
was the election Of y. T.. keynal to the Board OF
tuNRFnnFa. william nDw rOnAlSIa nf Inhn III.
Archbold. Charles J. Gould, Augustus 4. Gill
lender. l.. E. Van Elton, N. T.. keynal, George
Il. Newton, Il. Gilbert The baud, Worthington
Whitohouss, anu Frank A.. Walthew. Arch
bold 10 President or the club ana was IN the
chair at the meeting, Whitehouss acting rs
and H.. l.. James were appointed AS u committee
to revise the constitution aud bylaws. Van
Etten Will be Chairman of both the Greens aud
the Handicap committees.
The match at st. Andrews for the bogio cup
presented by X. II. Robertson. postponed from
cup was offered early in the season for the best
score made against the boyle score OF thirty
nine throughout the year. living to the change
IN superintendents the cards handed IN were
mislaid, and, when the committee IN TO
award the cup In december, they had no data
contest, with the Robertson cup rs the prize.
shortly after the postponenent tho missing
cards were found. A comparison showed that
b. w. Menzles was the winner. A. l.. Liver
more won second place.
A. II. Fem OF tho Palmetto Golf Club notified
Secretary OF the United States Golf
Association. before Jan. 1. that he was no longer
All employee OF q sporting goods house. He Is
therefore eligible. under the rules, to play in
open amateur competitions.