The herald., 1898-08-28
CLEtK AND PUTTER
OCAN PARKLIN GAY WITH AN
OTHER TOURNAMENT
Double Wedding at Hotel Arcadia
Elaborate Preparations for
South Side Clambake

SANTA MONICA, August 27.-Of the
several enjoyable meets at the ocean
Park golf links none have been more
pleasant than that held there To-Day
when society turned out in force TO
watch the play. The tournament began
at 10 o'clock and lasted until evening.
1t consisted of nine-hole medal play by
the ladies and eighteen-hole medal play
by the gentlemen. The entries were
many and the games well contested.
There is enough difficult ground at
Ocean Park links to bring out the skill
of the players, which adds zest and in
terest to the game. In the ladies' handi-
cap there were eleven entries. Mesdames
Warning, Vail and Balch being scratch
starters. The other entries for this
event were Mesdames Tufts, Young,
Wells, Jardine, Severance, Misses
Marian Jones, A. Jones and Nora Will
shire, all being given handicaps OF from
20 to 49, Mrs Jardine, with handicap
of 40. made a score of Al, winning first
prize, and Mrs. Tufts. with handicap
of 30, made score Of 66. carrying OIL
second honors.
In the gentlemen's handicap the en-
tries were Messrs. Young, Butcher, Os-
burn, Hudson, Pitcher, Bumiller, Jar
dine, Stearns, Robertson, Vail, Tufts,
Severance, johnson, Van Dyke and H.
Rowan. Bumiller, with a handicap of is
and score of 81. won first prize and e.
Tufts, with a handicap Of and score OF
49, won second prize.
An elegant luncheon in the spacious
tent, erected as temporary club house,
was done full justice to by players and
spectators alike.
Among those present other than con-
testants were Mr.. and Mrs. John Wig
more, Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Wigmore,
Mesdames Addison Smith, Livingston.
Bettner, H. G. Wiltshire, Stearns, Rob-
ertson, Squires, Bancroft. Ryan, Kin
ney, Misses Henshaw, Corson, Van
Dyke, Overton, Banks, Beatrice Wig
more, Lee and James; General Horace
Binney Sargent, Colonel G. Wiley Wells,
Messrs. Plez. James. Bandini, T. H.
Dudley and Overton.
Mrs. Abbot Kinney entertained
twenty little folks at the links today in
honor Of her son Carleton's third birth
day. All sorts of outdoor games were
played and every little tot present re-
ceived a prize. The little Misses were
Dorothy Jones, Constance Stearns, Be
atrice Ferron, Alice and Elizabeth
Ryan, Marjory Severance, Olive Yeaton,
Helen Montgomery, Virginia Osburn.
Marian Wigmore; the boys present were
Gerald Young. Walter Ferron, Gregory
Jones, William Severance, Francis
Steele, Graham Steele, Chalmers Gray,
Kent Sherwood and Inness Kinney.
A double wedding took place at the
h1k 81 l-L
Eugene D. Henderson was the groom
Of one Of the contracting parties and his
daughter, Miss Lyllian Henderson, the
bride Of the other. Mrs. Sarah C. Strever
was the bride of the former and Burt o.
McCord the groom Of the latter. The
ceremony was performed in the ball
room. which was prettily decorated for
the occasion with a profusion of palms,
blue plumbago and ported plants. The
high contracting parties were attended
by large number Of friends and the
party formed in the sun porch, marching
into the ballroom to the strains of the
Lohengrin wedding march played by
Ohlmeyer's orchestra. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. s. H. Taft and
the two newly married couples were
greeted by Mendelssohn's march at its
conclusion. A wedding luncheon was
served in the annex dining room, at
which the table decorations consisted Of
pink and white carnations and Duchesse
roses. Those in the party were Mrs.
Anna Strever, Maybelle A. Strever, Anne
McAllister, w. E. Edwards, e. o. Nc
Cord, o. e. McCord, Master George Nc
Cord, r. T. Curtis, B. o. McCord and E.
D. Harrington. Mr.. and Mrs. McCord left
this afternoon for San Francisco, where
they will reside, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Henderson will remain for some time as
guests at the Arcadia.
George Elliott, eldest son of r. Porter
Elliott Of this city, and Miss Lilley Of the
Southside, were married this evening
at o'clock by Rev. S. H. Taft.
Mrs. H. E. Terry of Pasadena Is a
guest at the Clarendon, to remain a
| week or more.
Phillip Pedley of Riverside came down
today to remain over next week at the
Casino.
Messrs. Kinney and Ryan are making
| elaborate preparations for the enter
tainment Of their friends at the clam
bake and barbecue which they will
give on Monday evening on the South
side in celebration Of the completion of
their new wharf.