New-York tribune., 1899-07-23
A FINE NEW COUNTRY CLUB.
NASSAU COUNTRY WE'LL STARTED AT
GLEN COVE-ITS HANDSOME HOUSE
AND EXCELLENT GOLF LINKS.

Atlantic States from Baltimore to Boston,
there is hardly a section where wealth ana
fashion congregate in summer that has not
one Of these associations, with an ambitious
clubhouse and every appliance for comfort. The
spread of golf has done much for the establish
mcnt Of these country clubs but golf, after all,
IS only one of the attractions. The country
clubs real purpose and inward meaning Is as
meeting place where all the social clans may
gather be refreshed and entertained. The new
est candidate OF them all in the field is The
Nassau Country Club, at Nassau upper Glen
Covc). Long Island.
A formal housewarming on the evening OK
Monday. July 3, set the machinery of this new
club for the first time in motion. though Its
golf links have been played upon since the mid
die Of May Much talked about everywhere,
and the object Of especial interest on the part
of all the summer residents of Long Island. the
Nassau promises to have a great future among
the country clubs close to New-York. But a
few rods away from the station Of Nassau, on
the oyster Bay branch Of the Long Island Rail-
road, and in plain view of this station. 1t is set
close to two of the largest Of recently estab
lshed country house colonies on the Sound-the
North Country Club and the Red Spring colo
nies both Of Glen Cove. In addition to this, 1t
is near the well known Pratt estate, at Glen
Cove, and the prominent Newly Yorkers and
Brooklynites interested in it and behind it are
legion.
Among these close at hand residents are the
families Of Charles NJ Pratt, Frederick b. Pratt
George d. Pratt Herbert NJ. Pratt Frank L.
Babbott +. r. Ladew j. II. Ladew. Percy
Chubb, William V. Hester ]. Rogers Maxwell.
Howard Maxwell. Leonard j. Busby, Thomas
w Leemng, Woodruff Leeming, Henry Noyes.
c. c. Baldwin Harvey Murdock. w. Critten-
den Adams. j. NJ. V. Hoffman, J. X. L. Sher
wood, John w. Simpson, William Tubby
Parker D. Handy, John b. Coles Tappan,
Thomas w Story. Leonard Jacob Paul Dana
Phillips Abbott Edmund c. Wetmore, Ernest
l.. Bigelow. Montrose w. Morris, William
Beard, DR.. George r. Fowler. Horatio NJ
Adams and DR.. Samuel Porter Hopkins, of
Brooklyn.
From these and others the new Nassau Coun-
try Club has drawn a membership of 100 active
and 20 junior and has only just started out
upon its course of existence.
The chief pride of the Nassau Country Club is
the golf links, which are at present the clubs
most important sporting feature. Later a polo
ground and tennis courts will be laid out on the
grounds and II is the intention to train up with
In year two first rank polo team. fit to
try conclusions with Meadow Brook and with
ROckaWay. But Just now the eOl INKS are all
that are in shape. These give promise of being
nearly the finest course for the popular Scotch
game anywhere near NewYork As yet they
have been played upon but little, comparatively
Speaking and the turf needs rolling and rain
But the possibilities in this course all there
The clubs grounds number 105 acres in ex-
tent, and all of this is the clubs own property
not a rod OF it being leased ground The links
are original farm and meadow land rolling and
admirable to play on, for the golfer has good
stiff walks up hill and down dale from green
to green, and there is an abundance Of natural
hazards. Taken all in all, the Nassau is sure
to prove a good Sporty" course and seems
bound TO attract outsiders.
The eighteen holes all in playing order
the entire length being G.l00 yards The views
from almost every point Of the links well
worth seeing. All these grounds have been
piped dhe club having its own artesian well
and water supply. and it has been arranged so
that there is water every green.
1t is a difficult matter to tell as yet just who
the chief golfers Of the club will be The course
Is too thus far, and has been too little
played upon. Yet some of the foremost men
and women on the links may be spoken Of Miss
Ruth Underhill leads among the feminine play
ers her game in fact, being close up to that
Of the best men. In the club tournament played
on July she came near winning the consola-
tion cup. William l. Hicks is called the Mas
sau's champion and he holds the present record
Of the links-S9 This record is almost certain
10 be reduced, however. Especially expert, also
are Howard w. Maxwell, captain OF the team;
Herbert L. Pratt, William V. Hester Harvey
Murdoch, the president, and John b. Coles Tap
pan.
Though unfinished yet and only a little over
half the size of what IT will eventually be- the
new clubhouse has many attractions. Built on
a sidehill the front toward the station has a