New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-27
APAwAMIs CLUB BRANCHING OUT
LAND To Pc PURCHASED AND FINE HptS
BUILT At AN EXPENSE OF ABOUT oNE
HrNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

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HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
The wants club. Of Rye. y. y. which has re-
Gently emerged from exclusive and seiate cou'-
try club INTO golf club. is giving strong lndl'a-
fi0ps OF being rival this to the other large
climbs AT s. Andrews Knollwood and Arisley. The
club al present occupies nine hole course on inc
Boston Post Road. This location was leased two
years ago when golf had just been introduced ih
Rye and the success Of the innovation was ID doun
But the links and clubhouse are -" sHi''' u"
accommodate the membership. which has grown
10 be more than three hundred. Recently the gov
ernors decided 10 purchase land for an eighteen
mole golf course to Of tho finest in the coun
try The grounds and clubhouse IT is soidwill cost
nearly 100000 The links will consist OF @o acres or
land owned by the heirs OF Charles PARK ohN "
short distance from the Rye railroad station. Inc
land is in one Of the pro'ticst sections Of Rye ana
abounds in stone fences. built in Revolutionary
times covered with moss and evergreen. which can
he readily utilized for hunkers relieving the lah1-
scape scenery Of the conventional appearance Wih'h
so often charac,erizes newly-made links Inc course
is now being land out. and fine macadamized drives
are being constructed through the property 10 con-
meet il with the main thorouehfares OF inc village
and 10 furnish convenient approaches for coachlhE
parties.
1T is proposed to buy this land" said Henry w
Cooper treasurer Of the club. lat price not TO OK
c. d 500 acre: to pay for IT in purchase money
mortgage and to borrow upon I'VE per cent "'''''
~ the club in denominations OF $1,000 800 10 ana
s25 not to exceed S25 90 10 be secured by second
mortgage or the land and improvements and az
other property Of the club and with the proceeds OF
budi2ss' Win ample observation-disclosures for an nom
hers. 10 lay out and put in order the eor course
and To nav the expenses incident 10 inc chahEr from
the present quarters II is believed that IT me ne,
should he not less than 2000W this plan can pe
successfully carried out At once SO that me NV NV,
grounds can be used me coming seniIlea - picb
believed that the establishment OF the cluh IN SUN
location will result in an increase OF the Nalut y.
The property OF the club and OF other real estate
in the neighborhood. - ....
and $1,000 have already been subscribed ior- IN az
dtion 10 this man mas agreed 20 '"At S''O'' va
The. governors have urgently requested mat every
member OF the club and residents and land owners
of Rye interested in its welfare shaI sousoi '''' d.
soon as possible such amounts as lhey en- -,
The total length Of the course ls 10 ht hfy yai"S
making il one Of the largest around New ofK. =
clubhouse OF the most modern UP Is 70 ne DGr MI
II win be about 1oox5o feet and is balconies WI
overlook Long Island sound, ana WIN slis4,s IN.
Uudeon River and CatsEil mountains can he seen
ie-- ,e - combine The essential features OF both
D. e,rf and country club. 10 take In the best PLAYERS
Manor club the I.archmont Manor club and NOSE
of W-Rocheue Rye. Greenwich ana 81, mi 'rH
thus making 10 OF the largest clubs OF the knd
between New-York and LenoX. II Is expected tat
the membership OF 800 viii be increased 10 l"n pc
fore the season is over ana that H'. ma ID, H.
lrka al which golfers OF national reputation VII"
Tx. officers ~ the Apawamis Club are F. II
dent Henry " Cooper. treasurer. Richard T.
Wainwright secretary. ana Richard J. W al "tisHl
= Lambert Sackeu. Jriugle Mitchell : Ward
Doubleday and Simeon Ford governors. Ih" pre-
eut board j. one o. the most energetic me clIp mas
ever had and 10 us efforts mainly is dac the Re-
markatle growth and success Of the CLUB in the