New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-18
GOLF.
voNpNs GALA SEASON ON SUMMER
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FINE GAME AT sHINNECOCK-ARDsLbh
PROMINENT WOMEN GOLFERS.


PROMINENT WOMEN GOLFERS
peonle who get their golhng information from the
daily papers seldom realize the extent to which go'i
,s nlove5 hv women There is popular idea that
the girl who trips gayy over the INKS WIN ne'
cadlio- hoy and bag of clubs Is sort or summer
resort myth and that the modern miss MINUS ne'
ool0ng experience Il espousing red-coa' anu ST.
ting on some shaded portion Of the clno piazza vi
course Il &c not 10 be expected that women WI! show
as active an interest men Nature never ia''o'Vu
they would take TO games " ball. Ana ye' NS''
IN eor,e Of the larger clubs would astonish a goo"
many people In the enthusiasm dispiayeo oS NV
feminine contingent. The number as wei a' Wv
social prominence OF the women VINO are iio" p,"'
the mark the game as one of the popular outdoor
fads Of the DAY.
IT,, cocoa, ,herc has been no end Of interesting
matches in which they have taken part. Al LehoN'
Ardslov Morris County Newport, ShihhecoCh ii''''
and q host Of other resorts there mas Deei' i''u
fishing succession of games Next fall woman
championship IS 10 be held At Ardsley. and aireadF
busy preparations arc going on among 'he o"H.'
dates for the National challenge cn' J""s"s ~
nrsseot activity the cntry list will show an eho'-
NOUS increase over that Of last year Al tha' tune
thirty-three asnirants for honofs th'e" uo"" Nv
gauntlet but the expectation this year IS 'h' moro
Than twice tha- number VIII compete II Is inter-
esting TO not. mat IN 1855. the year tha' ihdih7N
the beginning Of the championships. only an even
dozen faced the ordeal
Inst now Shinnecock may be said TO attract fnucn
of the Interest in women's play for II IS 'hel' una,
Miss Beatrice Hoyt. the present champion Is
amending the season. Miss Hoyt has already dein-
onstrated her superiority in two N"tional 'hdih-
pionshps and far no one has appeared VINO
seems to have a chance Of supplantine her She IS
rassionately devoted 20 golf, and her determination
10 succeed has met with abundant success In the
Shnnecock handicaps she has invariahly mace the
hest gross score and now holds the womens record
of the course Perhaps her strongest points are ne
full free swing and her wrist iron shots. the latter
making her short game of rare effect. Mrs
Arthur Turner who second place in the cham
pionship Of 1890 is also spending the season at Shh
necock and is among the notable players there.
Some of the others include Mrs. F. f. Wickham'
Mrs c. : Brown. Miss Parrish MISS D. > ''aIN
and Miss Barney.
Golf is the order Of the day nj Ardsley this
month and Of course. abundant provision has been
made for women's matches Mrs. a De Wit
Cochrane is the clubs champion. and. though she
has played little during the last week or two she
has been a notable figure in members games this
season Miss Brooks the oX-champicn. is another
carable player Mrs +. L. Eldridge. Mrs Charles
A. Smith Miss Edith Gould and Mrs John T.
Terry IT, should also he mentioned as among those
who play excellent golf.
The Lenox golf season opened last week with
meda-pay handicap for women. in which Miss
Eliza beth King Of this city. the cup. Twenty
five players were entered which shows somelh hing
of the enthusiasm displayed. Miss Lila " sloane
got third place, while the Misses su,lman 81 81
those who finished the full course.
staten isahd Pe are raetsI nlavers MIS- I"s
sic McNamee, a cousin of George Vanderbilt and
as gracefully as a good many of their masculine
friends, while there are plenty Of others who are
was at time tennis champion OF the United
states. and she now bids fair to gain a. much nue..
1se raeq wh hsT Miss s0 fnHs S
PARK, Miss Worth and Miss Edith Kobbe are some
OF the other good players Of the Richmond County
Miss Helen shelton. the Morris County champion.
has been showing her best form Of late but her
friends are confident that she will fulfil the promise
Of the earlier months Of the season s by fall Norris
eps and in fact the 4HG was os srra an65er
Morris County player who has won not few tro-
plies since taking up the game She was mem
ment at Ardsev last fall and since then has taken
a prominent place in Morris County's going inter-
the Foote cup is TO be held and among he com
petitors at that time Will probably be Miss Hoy
and Mrs william Shipper. Miss Alice Sands. who
has bee ,troad for the last few months. Is an
other NI,.xfs County PLAYER of note She is expect
ed 10 return within few days, and will doubtless
represent the club in the coming Ardsley champion
Mrs. Hobart Chatheld Chatheld-Taylor and her
mos most exnert of the chicago women and though
seldom taking part IN tourna me1ts here ootG are
feld-Taylor was one Of the competitors AT the
women's championship at Manchester blythe sea
last season. and is reckoned among the proDa BILE
competitors again this season. During the last
winter her home at Aiken Hospitality open 70
many weknown Eastern golfers. and she herself
was frequent visitor az the Aiken links Mention
should also be made Of Miss A. y Sargent. Of the
Essex County Country Club who was second 10
Miss Hoyt in the championship Of 1897; Miss F. G:
Griscon of Philadelphia: Miss c. f. Loneworth, or
Cincinnati; Mrs E s Adams. Of Chicago. and a
host OF others. who regarded as the most skill
full golfers Of other cities Even in this brief way
II is difficut 10 include many of those who havo
won recognition the links, but enough has been
said TO show that as a game for women. golf has
won enthusiastic support.